diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
index 28370b9a7b..a34747875f 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@
   tags:
   - mirrorlist_proxy
 
+- name: Set cron MAILTO for restart-mirrorlist-containers
+  cronvar:
+    name: MAILTO
+    value: "root@fedoraproject.org,adrian@lisas.de"
+    cron_file: restart-mirrorlist-containers
+
 # Custom selinux policy to allow logrotate to rotate our mirrorlist logs
 - name: ensure a directory exists for our custom selinux module
   file: dest=/usr/local/share/mirrorlist-logrotate state=directory