diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
index f792194da224..ae6a24604d52 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ The pre-existing [services.ankisyncd](#opt-services.ankisyncd.enable) has been m
 
 - [](#opt-boot.kernel.sysctl._net.core.wmem_max_) changed from a string to an integer because of the addition of a custom merge option (taking the highest value defined to avoid conflicts between 2 services trying to set that value), just as [](#opt-boot.kernel.sysctl._net.core.rmem_max_) since 22.11.
 
+- `services.zfs.zed.enableMail` now uses the global `sendmail` wrapper defined by an email module
+  (such as msmtp or Postfix). It no longer requires using a special ZFS build with email support.
+
 - Gitea 1.21 upgrade has several breaking changes, including:
   - Custom themes and other assets that were previously stored in `custom/public/*` now belong in `custom/public/assets/*`
   - New instances of Gitea using MySQL now ignore the `[database].CHARSET` config option and always use the `utf8mb4` charset, existing instances should migrate via the `gitea doctor convert` CLI command.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix
index 784040f0ce9e..fc9420fb8d28 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix
@@ -508,9 +508,15 @@ in
     };
 
     services.zfs.zed = {
-      enableMail = mkEnableOption (lib.mdDoc "ZED's ability to send emails") // {
-        default = cfgZfs.package.enableMail;
-        defaultText = literalExpression "config.${optZfs.package}.enableMail";
+      enableMail = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = config.services.mail.sendmailSetuidWrapper != null;
+        defaultText = literalExpression ''
+          config.services.mail.sendmailSetuidWrapper != null
+        '';
+        description = mdDoc ''
+          Whether to enable ZED's ability to send emails.
+        '';
       };
 
       settings = mkOption {
@@ -550,14 +556,6 @@ in
           assertion = cfgZfs.modulePackage.version == cfgZfs.package.version;
           message = "The kernel module and the userspace tooling versions are not matching, this is an unsupported usecase.";
         }
-        {
-          assertion = cfgZED.enableMail -> cfgZfs.package.enableMail;
-          message = ''
-            To allow ZED to send emails, ZFS needs to be configured to enable
-            this. To do so, one must override the `zfs` package and set
-            `enableMail` to true.
-          '';
-        }
         {
           assertion = config.networking.hostId != null;
           message = "ZFS requires networking.hostId to be set";
@@ -671,7 +669,13 @@ in
       };
 
       services.zfs.zed.settings = {
-        ZED_EMAIL_PROG = mkIf cfgZED.enableMail (mkDefault "${pkgs.mailutils}/bin/mail");
+        ZED_EMAIL_PROG = mkIf cfgZED.enableMail (mkDefault (
+          config.security.wrapperDir + "/" +
+          config.services.mail.sendmailSetuidWrapper.program
+        ));
+        # subject in header for sendmail
+        ZED_EMAIL_OPTS = mkIf cfgZED.enableMail (mkDefault "@ADDRESS@");
+
         PATH = lib.makeBinPath [
           cfgZfs.package
           pkgs.coreutils