diff --git a/server_ui/templates/base.html b/server_ui/templates/base.html
index 5421fd7499b471b550de10038cc057e1a60219d9..e4df4e58379878af99e6b087d90fbb65f134af60 100644
--- a/server_ui/templates/base.html
+++ b/server_ui/templates/base.html
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ not logged in. [<a href="{{settings.SECURE_URL_HOST}}{% url auth.views.index %}?
 {% for footer_link in settings.FOOTER_LINKS %}
 | <a href="{{ footer_link.url }}">{{footer_link.text}}</a>
 {% endfor %}
-| <a href="mailto:help@heliosvoting.org">Help!</a>
+| <a href="mailto:{{settings.HELP_EMAIL_ADDRESS}}">Help!</a>
 {% if user and user.admin_p %}
 | <a href="{% url helios.stats_views.home %}">Statistics</a>
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index 67589ee2113d245452e0f4d8a3ee21275fb1cd50..0ca2f19b4de3d64498b6db328812f2fdc8f783b5 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ FOOTER_LOGO = False
 
 WELCOME_MESSAGE = get_from_env('WELCOME_MESSAGE', "This is the default message")
 
+HELP_EMAIL_ADDRESS = get_from_env('HELP_EMAIL_ADDRESS', 'help@heliosvoting.org')
+
 AUTH_TEMPLATE_BASE = "server_ui/templates/base.html"
 HELIOS_TEMPLATE_BASE = "server_ui/templates/base.html"
 HELIOS_ADMIN_ONLY = False