diff --git a/app/controllers/settings/preferences_controller.rb b/app/controllers/settings/preferences_controller.rb
index 90967635da5..5afdf0eec0d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/settings/preferences_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/settings/preferences_controller.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Settings::PreferencesController < Settings::BaseController
       :setting_hide_network,
       :setting_aggregate_reblogs,
       :setting_show_application,
-      notification_emails: %i(follow follow_request reblog favourite mention digest report),
+      notification_emails: %i(follow follow_request reblog favourite mention digest report pending_account),
       interactions: %i(must_be_follower must_be_following)
     )
   end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index c9309bc2167..135baae122b 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
     settings.notification_emails['report']
   end
 
+  def allows_pending_account_emails?
+    settings.notification_emails['pending_account']
+  end
+
   def hides_network?
     @hides_network ||= settings.hide_network
   end
@@ -295,7 +299,7 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
 
   def notify_staff_about_pending_account!
     User.staff.includes(:account).each do |u|
-      next unless u.allows_report_emails?
+      next unless u.allows_pending_account_emails?
       AdminMailer.new_pending_account(u.account, self).deliver_later
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/views/settings/notifications/show.html.haml b/app/views/settings/notifications/show.html.haml
index 8aaac043b71..6ec57b502f7 100644
--- a/app/views/settings/notifications/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/settings/notifications/show.html.haml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
       - if current_user.staff?
         = ff.input :report, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label
+        = ff.input :pending_account, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label
 
   .fields-group
     = f.simple_fields_for :notification_emails, hash_to_object(current_user.settings.notification_emails) do |ff|
diff --git a/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml b/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml
index 3317127f3ce..1a43e19e231 100644
--- a/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ en:
         follow: Send e-mail when someone follows you
         follow_request: Send e-mail when someone requests to follow you
         mention: Send e-mail when someone mentions you
+        pending_account: Send e-mail when a new account needs review
         reblog: Send e-mail when someone boosts your status
         report: Send e-mail when a new report is submitted
     'no': 'No'
diff --git a/config/settings.yml b/config/settings.yml
index 4f05519a555..63f7c338038 100644
--- a/config/settings.yml
+++ b/config/settings.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ defaults: &defaults
     follow_request: true
     digest: true
     report: true
+    pending_account: true
   interactions:
     must_be_follower: false
     must_be_following: false