diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/services/members/middleware.js b/ghost/core/core/server/services/members/middleware.js
index d8dca8927d..b0cbef2d56 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/services/members/middleware.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/services/members/middleware.js
@@ -101,7 +101,13 @@ const getMemberData = async function (req, res) {
 const deleteSuppression = async function (req, res) {
     try {
         const member = await membersService.ssr.getMemberDataFromSession(req, res);
+        const options = {
+            id: member.id,
+            withRelated: ['newsletters']
+        };
         await emailSuppressionList.removeEmail(member.email);
+        await membersService.api.members.update({subscribed: true}, options);
+
         res.writeHead(204);
         res.end();
     } catch (err) {
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/__snapshots__/middleware.test.js.snap b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/__snapshots__/middleware.test.js.snap
index 8e853684a1..f31ab54f9b 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/__snapshots__/middleware.test.js.snap
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/__snapshots__/middleware.test.js.snap
@@ -45,6 +45,83 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`Comments API when authenticated can remove member from suppression list and resubscribe to default newsletters 1: [body] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "avatar_image": null,
+  "email": "member@example.com",
+  "email_suppression": Object {
+    "info": null,
+    "suppressed": false,
+  },
+  "enable_comment_notifications": true,
+  "expertise": "test",
+  "firstname": "Test",
+  "name": "Test User",
+  "newsletters": Array [],
+  "paid": false,
+  "subscribed": false,
+  "subscriptions": Array [],
+  "uuid": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{8\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{12\\}/,
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`Comments API when authenticated can remove member from suppression list and resubscribe to default newsletters 2: [headers] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "access-control-allow-origin": "*",
+  "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
+  "content-length": "310",
+  "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+  "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
+  "vary": "Accept-Encoding",
+  "x-powered-by": "Express",
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`Comments API when authenticated can remove member from suppression list and resubscribe to default newsletters 3: [body] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "avatar_image": null,
+  "email": "member@example.com",
+  "email_suppression": Object {
+    "info": null,
+    "suppressed": false,
+  },
+  "enable_comment_notifications": true,
+  "expertise": "test",
+  "firstname": "Test",
+  "name": "Test User",
+  "newsletters": Array [
+    Object {
+      "description": null,
+      "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+      "name": "Default Newsletter",
+      "sort_order": 0,
+    },
+    Object {
+      "description": null,
+      "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+      "name": "Weekly newsletter",
+      "sort_order": 2,
+    },
+  ],
+  "paid": false,
+  "subscribed": false,
+  "subscriptions": Array [],
+  "uuid": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{8\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{12\\}/,
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`Comments API when authenticated can remove member from suppression list and resubscribe to default newsletters 4: [headers] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "access-control-allow-origin": "*",
+  "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
+  "content-length": "500",
+  "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+  "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
+  "vary": "Accept-Encoding",
+  "x-powered-by": "Express",
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`Comments API when authenticated can update comment notifications 1: [body] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "avatar_image": null,
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/middleware.test.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/middleware.test.js
index d4b543173c..bc79602159 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/middleware.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/middleware.test.js
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ const memberMatcherUnserialised = (newslettersCount) => {
     };
 };
 
+async function getDefaultNewsletters() {
+    return (await models.Newsletter.findAll({filter: 'status:active+subscribe_on_signup:true+visibility:members'})).models;
+}
+
 describe('Comments API', function () {
     before(async function () {
         membersAgent = await agentProvider.getMembersAPIAgent();
@@ -197,11 +201,43 @@ describe('Comments API', function () {
             member.get('enable_comment_notifications').should.eql(true);
         });
 
-        it('can remove member from suppression list', async function () {
+        it('can remove member from suppression list and resubscribe to default newsletters', async function () {
+            const newsletters = await getDefaultNewsletters();
+
+            // unsubscribe member from all newsletters
+            await membersAgent
+                .put(`/api/member/`)
+                .body({
+                    newsletters: []
+                })
+                .expectStatus(200)
+                .matchHeaderSnapshot({
+                    etag: anyEtag
+                })
+                .matchBodySnapshot(memberMatcher(0))
+                .expect(({body}) => {
+                    body.newsletters.should.eql([]);
+                });
+
+            // remove email from suppression list
             await membersAgent
                 .delete(`/api/member/suppression`)
                 .expectStatus(204)
                 .expectEmptyBody();
+
+            // check that member re-subscribed to default newsletters after removing from suppression list
+            await membersAgent
+                .get(`/api/member/`)
+                .expectStatus(200)
+                .matchHeaderSnapshot({
+                    etag: anyEtag
+                })
+                .matchBodySnapshot(memberMatcher(2))
+                .expect(({body}) => {
+                    // body should contain default newsletters
+                    body.newsletters[0].id.should.eql(newsletters[0].get('id'));
+                    body.newsletters[1].id.should.eql(newsletters[1].get('id'));
+                });
         });
     });
 });