diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 176de4c..9936938 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 - "save pane contents" feature saves files to a separate directory
 - archive and compress pane contents file
 - make archive & compress pane contents process more portable
+- `mutt` added to the list of automatically restored programs
 
 ### v2.4.0, 2015-02-23
 - add "tmux-test"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 553bbc8..aa44c17 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ You should now be able to use the plugin.
 
 - [Changing the default key bindings](docs/custom_key_bindings.md).
 - Only a conservative list of programs is restored by default:<br/>
-  `vi vim nvim emacs man less more tail top htop irssi`.<br/>
+  `vi vim nvim emacs man less more tail top htop irssi mutt`.<br/>
   [Restoring programs doc](docs/restoring_programs.md) explains how to restore
   additional programs.
 - [Change a directory](docs/save_dir.md) where `tmux-resurrect` saves tmux
diff --git a/docs/restoring_programs.md b/docs/restoring_programs.md
index 804049c..3f8c32b 100644
--- a/docs/restoring_programs.md
+++ b/docs/restoring_programs.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Restoring programs
 
 Only a conservative list of programs is restored by default:<br/>
-`vi vim nvim emacs man less more tail top htop irssi`.
+`vi vim nvim emacs man less more tail top htop irssi mutt`.
 
 This can be configured with `@resurrect-processes` option in `.tmux.conf`. It
 contains space-separated list of additional programs to restore.
diff --git a/scripts/variables.sh b/scripts/variables.sh
index a5f708e..8d3edd4 100644
--- a/scripts/variables.sh
+++ b/scripts/variables.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ restore_path_option="@resurrect-restore-script-path"
 
 # default processes that are restored
 default_proc_list_option="@resurrect-default-processes"
-default_proc_list='vi vim nvim emacs man less more tail top htop irssi'
+default_proc_list='vi vim nvim emacs man less more tail top htop irssi mutt'
 
 # User defined processes that are restored
 #  'false' - nothing is restored