diff --git a/Documentation/rest-api-accounts.txt b/Documentation/rest-api-accounts.txt
index 0c9df4223a..0b9d58f79d 100644
--- a/Documentation/rest-api-accounts.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rest-api-accounts.txt
@@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ Registers a new email address for the user. A verification email is
 sent with a link that needs to be visited to confirm the email address,
 unless `DEVELOPMENT_BECOME_ANY_ACCOUNT` is used as authentication type.
 For the development mode email addresses are directly added without
-confirmation.
+confirmation. A Gerrit administrator may add an email address without
+confirmation by setting `no_confirmation` in the
+link:#email-input[EmailInput].
 
 In the request body additional data for the email address can be
 provided as link:#email-input[EmailInput].
@@ -869,15 +871,20 @@ The `EmailInput` entity contains information for registering a new
 email address.
 
 [options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^1,5"]
-|========================
-|Field Name ||Description
-|`email`    ||
+|==============================
+|Field Name       ||Description
+|`email`          ||
 The email address. If provided, must match the email address from the
 URL.
-|`preferred`|`false` if not set|
+|`preferred`      |`false` if not set|
 Whether the new email address should become the preferred email address
 of the user.
-|========================
+|`no_confirmation`|`false` if not set|
+Whether the email address should be added without confirmation. In this
+case no verification email is sent to the user. +
+Only Gerrit administrators are allowed to add email addresses without
+confirmation.
+|==============================
 
 [[query-limit-info]]
 QueryLimitInfo
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/CreateEmail.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/CreateEmail.java
index 28f8547722..869c2e92b1 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/CreateEmail.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/CreateEmail.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public class CreateEmail implements RestModifyView<AccountResource, Input> {
     @DefaultInput
     String email;
     boolean preferred;
+    boolean noConfirmation;
   }
 
   static interface Factory {
@@ -85,8 +86,13 @@ public class CreateEmail implements RestModifyView<AccountResource, Input> {
     if (input.email != null && !email.equals(input.email)) {
       throw new BadRequestException("email address must match URL");
     }
+    if (input.noConfirmation && !self.get().getCapabilities().canAdministrateServer()) {
+      throw new AuthException("not allowed to add email address without confirmation, "
+          + "need to be Gerrit administrator");
+    }
 
-    if (authConfig.getAuthType() == AuthType.DEVELOPMENT_BECOME_ANY_ACCOUNT) {
+    if (input.noConfirmation
+        || authConfig.getAuthType() == AuthType.DEVELOPMENT_BECOME_ANY_ACCOUNT) {
       try {
         accountManager.link(rsrc.getUser().getAccountId(),
             AuthRequest.forEmail(email));