diff --git a/app/controllers/settings/preferences_controller.rb b/app/controllers/settings/preferences_controller.rb
index 692cf95ace..3b6d109a65 100644
--- a/app/controllers/settings/preferences_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/settings/preferences_controller.rb
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ class Settings::PreferencesController < ApplicationController
   def show; end
 
   def update
-    current_user.settings(:notification_emails).follow    = user_params[:notification_emails][:follow]    == '1'
-    current_user.settings(:notification_emails).reblog    = user_params[:notification_emails][:reblog]    == '1'
-    current_user.settings(:notification_emails).favourite = user_params[:notification_emails][:favourite] == '1'
-    current_user.settings(:notification_emails).mention   = user_params[:notification_emails][:mention]   == '1'
+    current_user.settings(:notification_emails).follow         = user_params[:notification_emails][:follow]         == '1'
+    current_user.settings(:notification_emails).follow_request = user_params[:notification_emails][:follow_request] == '1'
+    current_user.settings(:notification_emails).reblog         = user_params[:notification_emails][:reblog]         == '1'
+    current_user.settings(:notification_emails).favourite      = user_params[:notification_emails][:favourite]      == '1'
+    current_user.settings(:notification_emails).mention        = user_params[:notification_emails][:mention]        == '1'
 
     current_user.settings(:interactions).must_be_follower  = user_params[:interactions][:must_be_follower]  == '1'
     current_user.settings(:interactions).must_be_following = user_params[:interactions][:must_be_following] == '1'
@@ -26,6 +27,6 @@ class Settings::PreferencesController < ApplicationController
   private
 
   def user_params
-    params.require(:user).permit(:locale, notification_emails: [:follow, :reblog, :favourite, :mention], interactions: [:must_be_follower, :must_be_following])
+    params.require(:user).permit(:locale, notification_emails: [:follow, :follow_request, :reblog, :favourite, :mention], interactions: [:must_be_follower, :must_be_following])
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/settings/preferences/show.html.haml b/app/views/settings/preferences/show.html.haml
index db5b9fb48f..a0860c94bb 100644
--- a/app/views/settings/preferences/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/settings/preferences/show.html.haml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
   = f.simple_fields_for :notification_emails, current_user.settings(:notification_emails) do |ff|
     = ff.input :follow, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label
+    = ff.input :follow_request, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label
     = ff.input :reblog, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label
     = ff.input :favourite, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label
     = ff.input :mention, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label
diff --git a/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml b/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml
index 12b7178776..578208700e 100644
--- a/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ en:
       notification_emails:
         favourite: Send e-mail when someone favourites your status
         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
         reblog: Send e-mail when someone reblogs your status
     'no': 'No'