diff --git a/commands/sql/sync.sql.inc b/commands/sql/sync.sql.inc
index 2b718a3..c77e3fd 100644
--- a/commands/sql/sync.sql.inc
+++ b/commands/sql/sync.sql.inc
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ function sql_drush_sql_sync_sanitize($site) {
         $email_map = array('%uid' => "', uid, '", '%mail' => "', replace(mail, '@', '_'), '", '%name' => "', replace(name, ' ', '_'), '");
         $newmail =  "concat('" . str_replace(array_keys($email_map), array_values($email_map), $newemail) . "')";
       }
-      $user_table_updates[] = "mail = $newmail";
+      $user_table_updates[] = "mail = $newmail, init = $newmail";
     }
     else {
-      $user_table_updates[] = "mail = '$newemail'";
+      $user_table_updates[] = "mail = '$newemail', init = '$newmail'";
     }
     $message_list[] = 'email addresses';
   }