diff --git a/sendmail/manifests/init.pp b/sendmail/manifests/init.pp
index 83f5046..f40d867 100644
--- a/sendmail/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/sendmail/manifests/init.pp
@@ -96,6 +96,18 @@ class sendmail::client inherits sendmail::common {
         require => Exec["make submit.cf"],
     }
 
+    case $::operatingsystem {
+        "centos","redhat","fedora": {
+            case $mail_server {
+                "127.0.0.1","localhost": {
+                    File["/etc/sysconfig/sendmail"] {
+                        content => "DAEMON=yes\nQUEUE=1h\n",
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
 }