build/skel/mail/mutt-2.3.2.do                 |  1 +
 build/skel/mail/mutt-forced-text-base64.patch | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

diff --git a/build/skel/mail/mutt-2.3.2.do b/build/skel/mail/mutt-2.3.2.do
index ea7f90d723838189507ec42af5255dd97b760fa706d1705935cbfcfde2699395..2bd109b7bdbd10a4af819191b5c9e2767008d02f4df0217b11ead62b05b0e3c5 100644
--- a/build/skel/mail/mutt-2.3.2.do
+++ b/build/skel/mail/mutt-2.3.2.do
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ ./configure --prefix="$SKELBINS"/$ARCH/$NAME-$hsh \
     --enable-pop --enable-imap --enable-smtp \
     --with-gnutls --with-sasl --with-idn --enable-gpgme \
     --with-domain=$(hostname) --with-homespool >&2
+patch <"$BASS_ROOT"/build/skel/mail/mutt-forced-text-base64.patch >&2
 make -j$MAKE_JOBS >&2
 make install >&2
 
diff --git a/build/skel/mail/mutt-forced-text-base64.patch b/build/skel/mail/mutt-forced-text-base64.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..44b9ea5db06667e501a9a46e76cc4e8815212233d1006940458ec232e3d9490b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/skel/mail/mutt-forced-text-base64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+--- a/sendlib.c	2026-05-27 21:41:31.320146000 +0300
++++ b/sendlib.c	2026-05-27 23:14:39.653723000 +0300
+@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@
+ 
+       mutt_update_encoding (a);
+       if (a->encoding == ENC8BIT)
+-	a->encoding = ENCQUOTEDPRINTABLE;
++	a->encoding = ENCBASE64;
+       else if (a->encoding == ENCBINARY)
+ 	a->encoding = ENCBASE64;
+     }
+@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@
+     if ((info->lobin && ascii_strncasecmp (chsname, "iso-2022", 8)) || info->linemax > 990 || (info->from && option (OPTENCODEFROM)))
+       b->encoding = ENCQUOTEDPRINTABLE;
+     else if (info->hibin)
+-      b->encoding = option (OPTALLOW8BIT) ? ENC8BIT : ENCQUOTEDPRINTABLE;
++      b->encoding = option (OPTALLOW8BIT) ? ENC8BIT : ENCBASE64;
+     else
+       b->encoding = ENC7BIT;
+   }
+--- a/crypt.c	2026-04-26 05:42:08.000000000 +0300
++++ b/crypt.c	2026-05-27 23:18:54.790064000 +0300
+@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@
+ 	mutt_message_to_7bit (a, NULL);
+     }
+     else if (a->encoding == ENC8BIT)
+-      a->encoding = ENCQUOTEDPRINTABLE;
++      a->encoding = ENCBASE64;
+     else if (a->encoding == ENCBINARY)
+       a->encoding = ENCBASE64;
+     else if (a->content && a->encoding != ENCBASE64 &&