diff --git a/readthedocs/core/tasks.py b/readthedocs/core/tasks.py
index e5b67355e3f..c3c7f6251bc 100644
--- a/readthedocs/core/tasks.py
+++ b/readthedocs/core/tasks.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 @app.task(queue='web', time_limit=EMAIL_TIME_LIMIT)
-def send_email_task(recipient, subject, template, template_html, context=None):
+def send_email_task(recipient, subject, template, template_html, context=None, from_email=None):
     """Send multipart email
 
     recipient
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def send_email_task(recipient, subject, template, template_html, context=None):
     msg = EmailMultiAlternatives(
         subject,
         get_template(template).render(context),
-        settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL,
+        from_email or settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL,
         [recipient]
     )
     try:
diff --git a/readthedocs/core/utils/__init__.py b/readthedocs/core/utils/__init__.py
index 80e5d90631b..be277991a7c 100644
--- a/readthedocs/core/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/readthedocs/core/utils/__init__.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def trigger_build(project, version=None, record=True, force=False, basic=False):
 
 
 def send_email(recipient, subject, template, template_html, context=None,
-               request=None):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+               request=None, from_email=None):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
     """Alter context passed in and call email send task
 
     .. seealso::
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ def send_email(recipient, subject, template, template_html, context=None,
         context = {}
     context['uri'] = '{scheme}://{host}'.format(
         scheme='https', host=settings.PRODUCTION_DOMAIN)
-    send_email_task.delay(recipient, subject, template, template_html, context)
+    send_email_task.delay(recipient=recipient, subject=subject, template=template,
+                          template_html=template_html, context=context, from_email=from_email)
 
 
 def slugify(value, *args, **kwargs):