diff --git a/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/extras/main/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/MailEntityProcessor.java b/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/extras/main/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/MailEntityProcessor.java
index 1db93273e87..9c08a579598 100644
--- a/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/extras/main/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/MailEntityProcessor.java
+++ b/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/extras/main/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/MailEntityProcessor.java
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ public class MailEntityProcessor extends EntityProcessorBase {
     fetchSize = getIntFromContext("fetchSize", 32 * 1024);
     cTimeout = getIntFromContext("connectTimeout", 30 * 1000);
     rTimeout = getIntFromContext("readTimeout", 60 * 1000);
-    processAttachment = getBoolFromContext("processAttachement", true);
+    processAttachment = getBoolFromContext(
+              getStringFromContext("processAttachment",null) == null ? "processAttachement":"processAttachment"
+            , true);
 
     logConfig();
   }