diff --git a/testsite/group_vars/mail.yml b/testsite/group_vars/mail.yml
index 0d61b3af58f28895f2f38f532f407f927bc3cf8f..6f850c65528a179e426789ffcd7ae2fada1a720a 100644
--- a/testsite/group_vars/mail.yml
+++ b/testsite/group_vars/mail.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ mail_user: vmail
 mail_user_uid: 5000
 mail_user_gid: 5000
 
+local_mail_aliases:
+  root: "root john.doe@{{ testsite_domain }}"
+
 imap_tls_certificate: "{{ lookup('file', inventory_dir + '/tls/mail.' + testsite_domain + '_imap.pem') }}"
 imap_tls_key: "{{ lookup('file', inventory_dir + '/tls/mail.' + testsite_domain + '_imap.key') }}"
 smtp_tls_certificate: "{{ lookup('file', inventory_dir + '/tls/mail.' + testsite_domain + '_smtp.pem') }}"