diff --git a/roles/pkgdb2/templates/pkgdb_update_package_info.cron b/roles/pkgdb2/templates/pkgdb_update_package_info.cron
index a2e39cf9a0..df0b685bff 100644
--- a/roles/pkgdb2/templates/pkgdb_update_package_info.cron
+++ b/roles/pkgdb2/templates/pkgdb_update_package_info.cron
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Cron updating weekly the pkgdb database to adjust summary and description of
 # each package.
 #
+MAILTO=root
+
 0 10 * * 5 root PKGDB2_CONFIG=/etc/pkgdb2/pkgdb2.cfg /usr/bin/update_package_info.py