diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 0b1f183ce8..794224b1b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ sendemail.aliasesfile::
 
 sendemail.aliasfiletype::
 	Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesfile. Must be
-	one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', or 'gnus'.
+	one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', 'elm', or 'gnus'.
 
 sendemail.multiedit::
 	If true (default), a single editor instance will be spawned to edit
diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index 172b53c2d5..cccbf4517a 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -418,6 +418,14 @@ my %parse_alias = (
 			$x =~ /^(\S+)$f\t\(?([^\t]+?)\)?(:?$f){0,2}$/ or next;
 			$aliases{$1} = [ split_addrs($2) ];
 		}},
+	elm => sub  { my $fh = shift;
+		      while (<$fh>) {
+			  if (/^(\S+)\s+=\s+[^=]+=\s(\S+)/) {
+			      my ($alias, $addr) = ($1, $2);
+			       $aliases{$alias} = [ split_addrs($addr) ];
+			  }
+		      } },
+
 	gnus => sub { my $fh = shift; while (<$fh>) {
 		if (/\(define-mail-alias\s+"(\S+?)"\s+"(\S+?)"\)/) {
 			$aliases{$1} = [ $2 ];