diff --git a/djrill/mail/backends/djrill.py b/djrill/mail/backends/djrill.py
index 3fc6ab7..8b0be95 100644
--- a/djrill/mail/backends/djrill.py
+++ b/djrill/mail/backends/djrill.py
@@ -159,8 +159,15 @@ class DjrillBackend(BaseEmailBackend):
         if not getattr(message, 'use_template_subject', False):
             msg_dict["subject"] = message.subject
 
+        if hasattr(message, 'reply_to'):
+            reply_to = [sanitize_address(addr, message.encoding) for addr in message.reply_to]
+            msg_dict["headers"] = {'Reply-To': ', '.join(reply_to)}
+            # Note: An explicit Reply-To header will override the reply_to attr below
+            # (matching Django's own behavior)
+
         if message.extra_headers:
-            msg_dict["headers"] = message.extra_headers
+            msg_dict["headers"] = msg_dict.get("headers", {})
+            msg_dict["headers"].update(message.extra_headers)
 
         return msg_dict
 
diff --git a/djrill/tests/test_mandrill_send.py b/djrill/tests/test_mandrill_send.py
index 4c25fb9..7d67c4a 100644
--- a/djrill/tests/test_mandrill_send.py
+++ b/djrill/tests/test_mandrill_send.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from email.mime.image import MIMEImage
 import json
 import os
 import six
+from unittest import SkipTest
 
 from django.core import mail
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
@@ -143,6 +144,23 @@ class DjrillBackendTests(DjrillBackendMockAPITestCase):
         self.assertNotIn('text', data['message'])
         self.assertEqual(data['message']['html'], html_content)
 
+    def test_reply_to(self):
+        # reply_to is new in Django 1.8 -- before that, you can simply include it in headers
+        try:
+            # noinspection PyArgumentList
+            email = mail.EmailMessage('Subject', 'Body goes here', 'from@example.com', ['to1@example.com'],
+                                      reply_to=['reply@example.com', 'Other <reply2@example.com>'],
+                                      headers={'X-Other': 'Keep'})
+        except TypeError:
+            # Pre-Django 1.8
+            raise SkipTest("Django version doesn't support EmailMessage(reply_to)")
+        email.send()
+        self.assert_mandrill_called("/messages/send.json")
+        data = self.get_api_call_data()
+        self.assertEqual(data['message']['headers']['Reply-To'],
+                         'reply@example.com, Other <reply2@example.com>')
+        self.assertEqual(data['message']['headers']['X-Other'], 'Keep')  # don't lose other headers
+
     def test_attachments(self):
         email = mail.EmailMessage('Subject', 'Body goes here', 'from@example.com', ['to1@example.com'])
 
diff --git a/docs/history.rst b/docs/history.rst
index 7c89699..824d3bb 100644
--- a/docs/history.rst
+++ b/docs/history.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Release Notes
 Version 1.4 (development):
 
 * Django 1.8 alpha support
+* Support new Django 1.8 EmailMessage reply_to param.
+  (Specifying a :ref:`Reply-To header <message-headers>`
+  still works, with any version of Django,
+  and will override the reply_to param if you use both.)
 
 
 Version 1.3:
diff --git a/docs/usage/sending_mail.rst b/docs/usage/sending_mail.rst
index 1417209..3864422 100644
--- a/docs/usage/sending_mail.rst
+++ b/docs/usage/sending_mail.rst
@@ -76,13 +76,27 @@ Some notes and limitations:
     .. versionchanged:: 0.4
        Special handling for embedded images
 
+.. _message-headers:
+
 **Headers**
-    Djrill accepts additional headers and passes them along to Mandrill.
+    Djrill accepts additional headers and passes them along to Mandrill:
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+        msg = EmailMessage( ...
+            headers={'Reply-To': "reply@example.com", 'List-Unsubscribe': "..."}
+        )
 
     .. versionchanged:: 0.9
        In earlier versions, Djrill only allowed ``Reply-To`` and ``X-*`` headers,
        matching previous Mandrill API restrictions.
 
+    .. versionchanged:: 1.4
+       Djrill also supports the `reply_to` param added to
+       :class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMessage` in Django 1.8.
+       (If you provide *both* a 'Reply-To' header and the `reply_to` param,
+       the header will take precedence.)
+
 
 .. _mandrill-send-support: