diff --git a/etc/alternc/templates/apache2/webmail.conf b/etc/alternc/templates/apache2/webmail.conf
index e97810ff..1a50f948 100644
--- a/etc/alternc/templates/apache2/webmail.conf
+++ b/etc/alternc/templates/apache2/webmail.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <Directory /usr/share/squirrelmail>
   #  php_value register_globals On # refer to Debian bug #128226
     php_flag register_globals on
-    php_value open_basedir /usr/share/squirrelmail
+    php_value open_basedir /usr/share/squirrelmail:/etc/squirrelmail/:/var/lib/squirrelmail/data/
     php_admin_flag safe_mode off
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
   </Directory>