diff --git a/ghost/magic-link/lib/MagicLink.js b/ghost/magic-link/lib/MagicLink.js
index f05f54283a..1445c9d2c6 100644
--- a/ghost/magic-link/lib/MagicLink.js
+++ b/ghost/magic-link/lib/MagicLink.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class MagicLink {
      * @param {object} options
      * @param {MailTransporter} options.transporter
      * @param {TokenProvider<Token, TokenData>} options.tokenProvider
-     * @param {(token: Token, type: string, requestSrc?: string) => URL} options.getSigninURL
+     * @param {(token: Token, type: string, referrer?: string) => URL} options.getSigninURL
      * @param {typeof defaultGetText} [options.getText]
      * @param {typeof defaultGetHTML} [options.getHTML]
      * @param {typeof defaultGetSubject} [options.getSubject]
@@ -46,18 +46,17 @@ class MagicLink {
      *
      * @param {object} options
      * @param {string} options.email - The email to send magic link to
-     * @param {string} options.requestSrc - The source magic link was requested from
      * @param {TokenData} options.tokenData - The data for token
      * @param {string=} [options.type='signin'] - The type to be passed to the url and content generator functions
+     * @param {string=} [options.referrer=null] - The referrer of the request, if exists
      * @returns {Promise<{token: Token, info: SentMessageInfo}>}
      */
     async sendMagicLink(options) {
         const token = await this.tokenProvider.create(options.tokenData);
 
         const type = options.type || 'signin';
-        const requestSrc = options.requestSrc || '';
 
-        const url = this.getSigninURL(token, type, requestSrc);
+        const url = this.getSigninURL(token, type, options.referrer);
 
         const info = await this.transporter.sendMail({
             to: options.email,
diff --git a/ghost/magic-link/test/index.test.js b/ghost/magic-link/test/index.test.js
index 46c8c5848c..f1136463a1 100644
--- a/ghost/magic-link/test/index.test.js
+++ b/ghost/magic-link/test/index.test.js
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ describe('MagicLink', function () {
                 tokenData: {
                     id: '420'
                 },
-                type: 'blazeit'
+                type: 'blazeit',
+                referrer: 'https://whatever.com'
             };
             const {token} = await service.sendMagicLink(args);
 
             should.ok(options.getSigninURL.calledOnce);
-            should.ok(options.getSigninURL.firstCall.calledWithExactly(token, 'blazeit', ''));
+            should.ok(options.getSigninURL.firstCall.calledWithExactly(token, 'blazeit', 'https://whatever.com'));
 
             should.ok(options.getText.calledOnce);
             should.ok(options.getText.firstCall.calledWithExactly('FAKEURL', 'blazeit', 'test@example.com'));
diff --git a/ghost/members-api/lib/MembersAPI.js b/ghost/members-api/lib/MembersAPI.js
index db91643ba0..72318f3412 100644
--- a/ghost/members-api/lib/MembersAPI.js
+++ b/ghost/members-api/lib/MembersAPI.js
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ module.exports = function MembersAPI({
 
     const users = memberRepository;
 
-    async function sendEmailWithMagicLink({email, requestedType, tokenData, options = {forceEmailType: false}, requestSrc = ''}) {
+    async function sendEmailWithMagicLink({email, requestedType, tokenData, options = {forceEmailType: false}, referrer = null}) {
         let type = requestedType;
         if (!options.forceEmailType) {
             const member = await users.get({email});
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ module.exports = function MembersAPI({
                 type = 'signup';
             }
         }
-        return magicLinkService.sendMagicLink({email, type, requestSrc, tokenData: Object.assign({email}, tokenData)});
+        return magicLinkService.sendMagicLink({email, type, tokenData: Object.assign({email}, tokenData), referrer});
     }
 
     function getMagicLink(email) {
diff --git a/ghost/members-api/lib/controllers/router.js b/ghost/members-api/lib/controllers/router.js
index 9f5905407a..a7dc09cca7 100644
--- a/ghost/members-api/lib/controllers/router.js
+++ b/ghost/members-api/lib/controllers/router.js
@@ -345,11 +345,11 @@ module.exports = class RouterController {
                 const member = await this._memberRepository.get({email});
                 if (member) {
                     const tokenData = {};
-                    await this._sendEmailWithMagicLink({email, tokenData, requestedType: emailType});
+                    await this._sendEmailWithMagicLink({email, tokenData, requestedType: emailType, referrer: req.get('referer')});
                 }
             } else {
                 const tokenData = _.pick(req.body, ['labels', 'name', 'newsletters']);
-                await this._sendEmailWithMagicLink({email, tokenData, requestedType: emailType});
+                await this._sendEmailWithMagicLink({email, tokenData, requestedType: emailType, referrer: req.get('referer')});
             }
             res.writeHead(201);
             return res.end('Created.');