diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/members.test.js.snap b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/members.test.js.snap
index dc329b91d4..b25ae54dc7 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/members.test.js.snap
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/members.test.js.snap
@@ -5589,6 +5589,86 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`Members API Does not send a signup email when email verification is required 1: [body] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "members": Array [
+    Object {
+      "attribution": Object {
+        "id": null,
+        "referrer_medium": "Ghost Admin",
+        "referrer_source": "Created manually",
+        "referrer_url": null,
+        "title": null,
+        "type": null,
+        "url": null,
+      },
+      "avatar_image": null,
+      "comped": false,
+      "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+      "email": "member_not_getting_confirmation@test.com",
+      "email_count": 0,
+      "email_open_rate": null,
+      "email_opened_count": 0,
+      "email_suppression": Object {
+        "info": null,
+        "suppressed": false,
+      },
+      "geolocation": null,
+      "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+      "labels": Array [],
+      "last_seen_at": null,
+      "name": "Do not Send Me Confirmation",
+      "newsletters": Array [
+        Object {
+          "description": null,
+          "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+          "name": "Default Newsletter",
+          "status": "active",
+        },
+        Object {
+          "description": null,
+          "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+          "name": "Daily newsletter",
+          "status": "active",
+        },
+      ],
+      "note": null,
+      "status": "free",
+      "subscribed": true,
+      "subscriptions": Array [],
+      "tiers": Array [],
+      "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+      "uuid": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{8\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{12\\}/,
+    },
+  ],
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`Members API Does not send a signup email when email verification is required 2: [headers] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
+  "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
+  "content-length": "901",
+  "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+  "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
+  "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
+  "location": Any<String>,
+  "vary": "Accept-Version, Origin, Accept-Encoding",
+  "x-powered-by": "Express",
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`Members API Does not send a signup email when email verification is required 3: [headers] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
+  "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
+  "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
+  "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
+  "vary": "Accept-Version, Origin",
+  "x-powered-by": "Express",
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`Members API Errors when fetching stats with unknown days param value 1: [body] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "errors": Array [
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/members.test.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/members.test.js
index cd0f7f9f71..fb7f6bdfdb 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/members.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/members.test.js
@@ -1018,6 +1018,85 @@ describe('Members API', function () {
             .expectStatus(200);
     });
 
+    it('Does not send a signup email when email verification is required', async function () {
+        mockManager.mockSetting('email_verification_required', true);
+
+        const member = {
+            name: 'Do not Send Me Confirmation',
+            email: 'member_not_getting_confirmation@test.com',
+            newsletters: [
+                newsletters[0],
+                newsletters[1]
+            ]
+        };
+
+        const {body} = await agent
+            .post('/members/?send_email=true&email_type=signup')
+            .body({members: [member]})
+            .expectStatus(201)
+            .matchBodySnapshot({
+                members: [
+                    buildMemberWithoutIncludesSnapshot({
+                        newsletters: 2
+                    })
+                ]
+            })
+            .matchHeaderSnapshot({
+                'content-version': anyContentVersion,
+                etag: anyEtag,
+                location: anyString
+            });
+
+        const newMember = body.members[0];
+
+        emailMockReceiver
+            .assertSentEmailCount(0);
+
+        await assertMemberEvents({
+            eventType: 'MemberStatusEvent',
+            memberId: newMember.id,
+            asserts: [
+                {
+                    from_status: null,
+                    to_status: 'free'
+                }
+            ]
+        });
+
+        await assertMemberEvents({
+            eventType: 'MemberSubscribeEvent',
+            memberId: newMember.id,
+            asserts: [
+                {
+                    subscribed: true,
+                    source: 'admin',
+                    newsletter_id: newsletters[0].id
+                },
+                {
+                    subscribed: true,
+                    source: 'admin',
+                    newsletter_id: newsletters[1].id
+                }
+            ]
+        });
+
+        // @TODO: do we really need to delete this member here?
+        await agent
+            .delete(`members/${body.members[0].id}/`)
+            .matchHeaderSnapshot({
+                'content-version': anyContentVersion,
+                etag: anyEtag
+            })
+            .expectStatus(204);
+
+        // There should be no MemberSubscribeEvent remaining.
+        await assertMemberEvents({
+            eventType: 'MemberSubscribeEvent',
+            memberId: newMember.id,
+            asserts: []
+        });
+    });
+
     it('Add should fail when passing incorrect email_type query parameter', async function () {
         const newMember = {
             name: 'test',