diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/services/mega/mega.js b/ghost/core/core/server/services/mega/mega.js
index e6add349fd..062252ed0f 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/services/mega/mega.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/services/mega/mega.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const db = require('../../data/db');
 const models = require('../../models');
 const postEmailSerializer = require('./post-email-serializer');
 const {getSegmentsFromHtml} = require('./segment-parser');
+const emailSuppressionList = require('../email-suppression-list');
 const labs = require('../../../shared/labs');
 
 // Used to listen to email.added and email.edited model events originally, I think to offload this - ideally would just use jobs now if possible
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ async function sendEmailJob({emailId, options}) {
                     }
                 });
             }
-    
+
             if (emailModel.get('status') !== 'pending') {
                 // We don't throw this, because we don't want to mark this email as failed
                 logging.error(new errors.IncorrectUsageError({
@@ -560,7 +561,13 @@ async function createEmailBatches({emailModel, memberRows, memberSegment, option
 
     debug('createEmailBatches: storing recipient list');
     const startOfRecipientStorage = Date.now();
-    const batches = _.chunk(memberRows, bulkEmailService.BATCH_SIZE);
+    const emails = memberRows.map(row => row.email);
+    const emailSuppressionData = await emailSuppressionList.getBulkSuppressionData(emails);
+    const emailSuppressedLookup = _.zipObject(emails, emailSuppressionData);
+    const filteredRows = memberRows.filter((row) => {
+        return emailSuppressedLookup[row.email].suppressed === false;
+    });
+    const batches = _.chunk(filteredRows, bulkEmailService.BATCH_SIZE);
     const batchIds = await Promise.mapSeries(batches, storeRecipientBatch);
     debug(`createEmailBatches: stored recipient list (${Date.now() - startOfRecipientStorage}ms)`);
     logging.info(`[createEmailBatches] stored recipient list (${Date.now() - startOfRecipientStorage}ms)`);