diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 186a18056cf..4ac012c6c12 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
     "morgan": "^1.6.1",
     "node-uuid": "^1.4.3",
     "nodemailer": "^2.1.0",
+    "nodemailer-ses-transport": "^1.3.0",
     "normalize-url": "^1.3.1",
     "normalizr": "^2.0.0",
     "object.assign": "^4.0.3",
diff --git a/server/datasources.local.js b/server/datasources.local.js
index c1881a0fefe..94ef628b369 100644
--- a/server/datasources.local.js
+++ b/server/datasources.local.js
@@ -8,13 +8,10 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   mail: {
     connector: 'mail',
-    transports: [{
-      type: 'smtp',
-      service: 'Mandrill',
-      auth: {
-        user: secrets.mandrill.user,
-        pass: secrets.mandrill.password
-      }
-    }]
+    transport: {
+      type: 'ses',
+      accessKeyId: process.env.SES_ID,
+      secretAccessKey: process.env.SES_SECRET
+    }
   }
 };