diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Mail/MailManager.php b/src/Illuminate/Mail/MailManager.php
index c2a4f58309fe..f901975e23bb 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Mail/MailManager.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Mail/MailManager.php
@@ -226,6 +226,14 @@ protected function createSendmailTransport(array $config)
      */
     protected function createSesTransport(array $config)
     {
+        $config = array_merge(
+            $this->app['config']->get('services.ses', []),
+            ['version' => 'latest', 'service' => 'email'],
+            $config
+        );
+
+        $config = Arr::except($config, ['transport']);
+
         $factory = new SesTransportFactory();
 
         return $factory->create(new Dsn(