diff --git a/PHPCI/Command/InstallCommand.php b/PHPCI/Command/InstallCommand.php
index ad9cbeb7..dea4e560 100644
--- a/PHPCI/Command/InstallCommand.php
+++ b/PHPCI/Command/InstallCommand.php
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class InstallCommand extends Command
 
         $conf['phpci']['email_settings']['smtp_address']  = $this->ask('(Optional) Smtp server address: ', true);
         $conf['phpci']['email_settings']['smtp_port']     = $this->ask('(Optional) Smtp port: ', true);
+        $conf['phpci']['email_settings']['smtp_encryption'] = $this->ask('(Optional) Smtp encryption: ', true);
         $conf['phpci']['email_settings']['smtp_username'] = $this->ask('(Optional) Smtp Username: ', true);
         $conf['phpci']['email_settings']['smtp_password'] = $this->ask('(Optional) Smtp Password: ', true);
         $conf['phpci']['email_settings']['from_address']  = $this->ask('(Optional) Email address to send from: ', true);
diff --git a/PHPCI/Plugin/Email.php b/PHPCI/Plugin/Email.php
index ae7ced05..798a01b5 100644
--- a/PHPCI/Plugin/Email.php
+++ b/PHPCI/Plugin/Email.php
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ class Email implements \PHPCI\Plugin
         /** @var \Swift_SmtpTransport $transport */
         $transport = \Swift_SmtpTransport::newInstance(
             $this->getMailConfig('smtp_address'),
-            $this->getMailConfig('smtp_port')
+            $this->getMailConfig('smtp_port'),
+            $this->getMailConfig('smtp_encryption')
         );
         $transport->setUsername($this->getMailConfig('smtp_username'));
         $transport->setPassword($this->getMailConfig('smtp_password'));
@@ -164,6 +165,8 @@ class Email implements \PHPCI\Plugin
                     return null;
                 case 'smtp_port':
                     return '25';
+                case 'smtp_encryption':
+                    return null;
                 case 'from_address':
                     return "notifications-ci@phptesting.org";
                 default: