diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/__snapshots__/create-stripe-checkout-session.test.js.snap b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/__snapshots__/create-stripe-checkout-session.test.js.snap
index 2f0d202b9f..2a2744c812 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/__snapshots__/create-stripe-checkout-session.test.js.snap
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/__snapshots__/create-stripe-checkout-session.test.js.snap
@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`Create Stripe Checkout Session Can create a checkout session without passing a customerEmail 1: [body] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "url": "https://site.com",
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`Create Stripe Checkout Session Can create a checkout session without passing a customerEmail 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-type": "application/json",
+  "vary": "Accept-Encoding",
+  "x-powered-by": "Express",
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`Create Stripe Checkout Session Does allow to create a checkout session if the customerEmail is not associated with a paid member 1: [body] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "url": "https://site.com",
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/create-stripe-checkout-session.test.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/create-stripe-checkout-session.test.js
index 9ffc9eb6ba..0ffd5aaf4f 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/create-stripe-checkout-session.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/create-stripe-checkout-session.test.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const querystring = require('querystring');
 const {agentProvider, mockManager, fixtureManager, matchers} = require('../../utils/e2e-framework');
 const nock = require('nock');
 const should = require('should');
@@ -127,6 +128,61 @@ describe('Create Stripe Checkout Session', function () {
             .matchHeaderSnapshot();
     });
 
+    it('Can create a checkout session without passing a customerEmail', async function () {
+        const {body: {tiers}} = await adminAgent.get('/tiers/?include=monthly_price&yearly_price');
+
+        const paidTier = tiers.find(tier => tier.type === 'paid');
+
+        nock('https://api.stripe.com')
+            .persist()
+            .get(/v1\/.*/)
+            .reply((uri, body) => {
+                const [match, resource, id] = uri.match(/\/v1\/(\w+)\/(.+)\/?/) || [null];
+                if (match) {
+                    if (resource === 'products') {
+                        return [200, {
+                            id: id,
+                            active: true
+                        }];
+                    }
+                    if (resource === 'prices') {
+                        return [200, {
+                            id: id,
+                            active: true,
+                            currency: 'usd',
+                            unit_amount: 500
+                        }];
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return [500];
+            });
+
+        nock('https://api.stripe.com')
+            .persist()
+            .post(/v1\/.*/)
+            .reply((uri, body) => {
+                if (uri === '/v1/checkout/sessions') {
+                    const bodyJSON = querystring.parse(body);
+                    // TODO: Actually work out what Stripe checks and when/how it errors
+                    if (bodyJSON.customerEmail) {
+                        return [400, {error: 'Invalid Email'}];
+                    }
+                    return [200, {id: 'cs_123', url: 'https://site.com'}];
+                }
+
+                return [500];
+            });
+
+        await membersAgent.post('/api/create-stripe-checkout-session/')
+            .body({
+                tierId: paidTier.id,
+                cadence: 'month'
+            })
+            .expectStatus(200)
+            .matchBodySnapshot()
+            .matchHeaderSnapshot();
+    });
     it('Does allow to create a checkout session if the customerEmail is not associated with a paid member', async function () {
         const {body: {tiers}} = await adminAgent.get('/tiers/?include=monthly_price&yearly_price');
 
diff --git a/ghost/payments/lib/payments.js b/ghost/payments/lib/payments.js
index 1096dc61b2..d3a7218894 100644
--- a/ghost/payments/lib/payments.js
+++ b/ghost/payments/lib/payments.js
@@ -86,11 +86,13 @@ class PaymentsService {
 
         const price = await this.getPriceForTierCadence(tier, cadence);
 
+        const email = options.email || null;
+
         const session = await this.stripeAPIService.createCheckoutSession(price.id, customer, {
             metadata,
             successUrl: options.successUrl,
             cancelUrl: options.cancelUrl,
-            customerEmail: options.email,
+            customerEmail: customer ? email : null,
             trialDays: trialDays ?? tier.trialDays,
             coupon: coupon?.id
         });
@@ -119,8 +121,8 @@ class PaymentsService {
 
     async createCustomerForMember(member) {
         const customer = await this.stripeAPIService.createCustomer({
-            email: member.email,
-            name: member.name
+            email: member.get('email'),
+            name: member.get('name')
         });
 
         await this.StripeCustomerModel.add({