diff --git a/i3-sensible-terminal b/i3-sensible-terminal
index dd4b075a..6e05ce36 100755
--- a/i3-sensible-terminal
+++ b/i3-sensible-terminal
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # We welcome patches that add distribution-specific mechanisms to find the
 # preferred terminal emulator. On Debian, there is the x-terminal-emulator
 # symlink for example.
-for terminal in $TERMINAL x-terminal-emulator urxvt rxvt terminator Eterm aterm xterm gnome-terminal roxterm xfce4-terminal termite lxterminal; do
+for terminal in $TERMINAL x-terminal-emulator urxvt rxvt terminator Eterm aterm xterm gnome-terminal roxterm xfce4-terminal termite lxterminal mate-terminal; do
     if command -v $terminal > /dev/null 2>&1; then
         exec $terminal "$@"
     fi