diff --git a/datacenterlight/views.py b/datacenterlight/views.py
index c7b258c2..9eaf95aa 100644
--- a/datacenterlight/views.py
+++ b/datacenterlight/views.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from opennebula_api.models import OpenNebulaManager
 from opennebula_api.serializers import VirtualMachineTemplateSerializer, \
     VMTemplateSerializer
 from datacenterlight.tasks import create_vm_task
+from utils.tasks import send_plain_email_task
 
 
 class ContactUsView(FormView):
@@ -41,6 +42,15 @@ class ContactUsView(FormView):
 
     def form_valid(self, form):
         form.save()
+        email_data = {
+            'subject': 'Request received on Data Center Light',
+            'from_email': settings.DCL_SUPPORT_FROM_ADDRESS,
+            'to': ['info@ungleich.ch'],
+            'body': "\n".join(
+                ["%s=%s" % (k, v) for (k, v) in form.cleaned_data.items()]),
+            'reply_to': [form.cleaned_data.get('email')],
+        }
+        send_plain_email_task.delay(email_data)
         if self.request.is_ajax():
             return self.render_to_response(
                 self.get_context_data(success=True, contact_form=form))
diff --git a/utils/tasks.py b/utils/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5334b507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from celery.utils.log import get_task_logger
+from django.conf import settings
+from dynamicweb.celery import app
+from django.core.mail import EmailMessage
+
+logger = get_task_logger(__name__)
+
+
+@app.task(bind=True, max_retries=settings.CELERY_MAX_RETRIES)
+def send_plain_email_task(self, email_data):
+    """
+    This is a generic celery task to be used for sending emails.
+    A celery wrapper task for EmailMessage
+
+    :param self:
+    :param email_data: A dict of all needed email headers
+    :return:
+    """
+    email = EmailMessage(**email_data)
+    email.send()