diff --git a/test/api-acceptance/admin/email_preview_spec.js b/test/api-acceptance/admin/email_preview_spec.js
index 73888c7524..ac473c713e 100644
--- a/test/api-acceptance/admin/email_preview_spec.js
+++ b/test/api-acceptance/admin/email_preview_spec.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const ObjectId = require('bson-objectid');
 const testUtils = require('../../utils');
 const localUtils = require('./utils');
 const config = require('../../../core/server/config');
+const models = require('../../../core/server/models/index');
 
 const ghost = testUtils.startGhost;
 
@@ -68,5 +69,44 @@ describe('Email Preview API', function () {
                     localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.email_previews[0], 'email_preview', null, null);
                 });
         });
+
+        it('can read post email preview with email card and replacements', function () {
+            const post = testUtils.DataGenerator.forKnex.createPost({
+                id: ObjectId.generate(),
+                title: 'Post with email-only card',
+                slug: 'email-only-card',
+                mobiledoc: '{"version":"0.3.1","atoms":[],"cards":[["email",{"html":"<p>Hey {subscriber_firstname \\"there\\"} {unknown}</p><p><strong>Welcome to your first Ghost email!</strong></p>"}],["email",{"html":"<p>Another email card with a similar replacement, {subscriber_firstname, \\"see?\\"}</p>"}]],"markups":[],"sections":[[10,0],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"This is the actual post content..."]]],[10,1],[1,"p",[]]]}',
+                html: '<p>This is the actual post content...</p>',
+                plaintext: 'This is the actual post content...',
+                status: 'draft',
+                uuid: 'd52c42ae-2755-455c-80ec-70b2ec55c904'
+            });
+
+            return models.Post.add(post, {context: {internal: true}}).then(() => {
+                return request
+                    .get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`email_preview/posts/${post.id}/`))
+                    .set('Origin', config.get('url'))
+                    .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+                    .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+                    .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+                    .expect(200)
+                    .then((res) => {
+                        should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
+                        const jsonResponse = res.body;
+                        should.exist(jsonResponse);
+                        should.exist(jsonResponse.email_previews);
+
+                        jsonResponse.email_previews[0].html.should.match(/Hey there {unknown}/);
+                        jsonResponse.email_previews[0].html.should.match(/Welcome to your first Ghost email!/);
+                        jsonResponse.email_previews[0].html.should.match(/This is the actual post content\.\.\./);
+                        jsonResponse.email_previews[0].html.should.match(/Another email card with a similar replacement, see\?/);
+
+                        jsonResponse.email_previews[0].plaintext.should.match(/Hey there {unknown}/);
+                        jsonResponse.email_previews[0].plaintext.should.match(/Welcome to your first Ghost email!/);
+                        jsonResponse.email_previews[0].plaintext.should.match(/This is the actual post content\.\.\./);
+                        jsonResponse.email_previews[0].plaintext.should.match(/Another email card with a similar replacement, see\?/);
+                    });
+            });
+        });
     });
 });