diff --git a/atheme-compat.h b/atheme-compat.h
index 567745d..9e9c4e5 100644
--- a/atheme-compat.h
+++ b/atheme-compat.h
@@ -28,8 +28,14 @@
  * of Atheme to compile a subset of the Atheme 7.1 API, if such API features
  * are unavailable.
  */
+#define compat_sendemail sendemail
+
 #if CURRENT_ABI_REVISION < 710000
 typedef char *stringref;
+
+#undef compat_sendemail
+#define compat_sendemail(user, myuser, type, email, content) \
+	sendemail(user, type, myuser, content)
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/ms_fsend.c b/ms_fsend.c
index a7a7cf8..b9a508e 100644
--- a/ms_fsend.c
+++ b/ms_fsend.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static void ms_cmd_fsend(sourceinfo_t *si, int parc, char *parv[])
 		/* Should we email this? */
 	        if (tmu->flags & MU_EMAILMEMOS)
 		{
-			sendemail(si->su, tmu, EMAIL_MEMO, tmu->email, memo->text);
+			compat_sendemail(si->su, tmu, EMAIL_MEMO, tmu->email, memo->text);
 	        }
 	
 		/* Note: do not disclose other nicks they're logged in with