diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/services/feature.js b/ghost/admin/app/services/feature.js
index 9853d6d3c8..86903fe7cf 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/services/feature.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/services/feature.js
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export default class FeatureService extends Service {
     @feature('suppressionList') suppressionList;
     @feature('emailStability') emailStability;
     @feature('webmentions') webmentions;
+    @feature('webmentionEmails') webmentionEmails;
     @feature('outboundLinkTagging') outboundLinkTagging;
     @feature('emailErrors') emailErrors;
     @feature('milestoneEmails') milestoneEmails;
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/labs.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/labs.hbs
index ae389ea597..42d63e6cae 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/labs.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/labs.hbs
@@ -213,6 +213,19 @@
                         </div>
                     </div>
                 </div>
+                <div class="gh-expandable-block">
+                    <div class="gh-expandable-header">
+                        <div>
+                            <h4 class="gh-expandable-title">Webmention notification emails</h4>
+                            <p class="gh-expandable-description">
+                                Send a notification email to staff when a webmention is received.
+                            </p>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="for-switch">
+                            <GhFeatureFlag @flag="webmentionEmails" />
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
                 <div class="gh-expandable-block">
                     <div class="gh-expandable-header">
                         <div>
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/staff/user.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/staff/user.hbs
index fb17ee6c29..38b2b934c8 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/staff/user.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/staff/user.hbs
@@ -265,26 +265,26 @@
                                     </div>
                                 </div>
                                 {{#if this.user.isAdmin}}
-                                {{#if (feature 'webmentions')}}
-                                <div class="user-setting-toggle">
-                                    <div>
-                                        <label for="user-email">New Mentions</label>
-                                        <p>When you receive a new webmention</p>
+                                {{#if (and (feature 'webmentions') (feature 'webmentionEmails')) }}
+                                    <div class="user-setting-toggle">
+                                        <div>
+                                            <label for="user-email">New Mentions</label>
+                                            <p>When you receive a new webmention</p>
+                                        </div>
+                                        <div class="for-switch small">
+                                            <label class="switch" for="mention-notifications" data-test-label="mention-notifications">
+                                                <input
+                                                    id="mention-notifications"
+                                                    type="checkbox"
+                                                    checked={{this.user.mentionNotifications}}
+                                                    class="gh-input"
+                                                    {{on "change" this.toggleMentionNotifications}}
+                                                    data-test-checkbox="mention-notifications"
+                                                >
+                                                <span class="input-toggle-component"></span>
+                                            </label>
+                                        </div>
                                     </div>
-                                    <div class="for-switch small">
-                                        <label class="switch" for="mention-notifications" data-test-label="mention-notifications">
-                                            <input
-                                                id="mention-notifications"
-                                                type="checkbox"
-                                                checked={{this.user.mentionNotifications}}
-                                                class="gh-input"
-                                                {{on "change" this.toggleMentionNotifications}}
-                                                data-test-checkbox="mention-notifications"
-                                            >
-                                            <span class="input-toggle-component"></span>
-                                        </label>
-                                    </div>
-                                </div>
                                 {{/if}}
                                 {{#if this.canToggleMemberAlerts}}
                                     <div class="user-setting-toggle">
diff --git a/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/staff-test.js b/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/staff-test.js
index a618c5004f..f38a1c9f87 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/staff-test.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/staff-test.js
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ describe('Acceptance: Staff', function () {
             enableMembers(this.server);
             enableStripe(this.server);
             enableLabsFlag(this.server, 'webmentions');
+            enableLabsFlag(this.server, 'webmentionEmails');
 
             admin = this.server.create('user', {email: 'admin@example.com', roles: [adminRole]});
 
@@ -880,7 +881,7 @@ describe('Acceptance: Staff', function () {
                 await click('[data-test-save-button]');
 
                 await visit(`/settings/staff/${admin.slug}`);
-                
+
                 expect(find('[data-test-checkbox="free-signup-notifications"]')).to.be.checked;
                 expect(find('[data-test-checkbox="paid-started-notifications"]')).to.be.checked;
                 expect(find('[data-test-checkbox="paid-canceled-notifications"]')).to.be.checked;
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/shared/labs.js b/ghost/core/core/shared/labs.js
index d8d273b399..2c8d0749f9 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/shared/labs.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/shared/labs.js
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ const ALPHA_FEATURES = [
     'beforeAfterCard',
     'lexicalEditor',
     'outboundLinkTagging',
-    'websockets'
+    'websockets',
+    'webmentionEmails'
 ];
 
 module.exports.GA_KEYS = [...GA_FEATURES];
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/webmentions/webmentions.test.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/webmentions/webmentions.test.js
index ad168b6eb7..978272af3c 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/webmentions/webmentions.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/webmentions/webmentions.test.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ describe('Webmentions (receiving)', function () {
         await allSettled();
         mockManager.disableNetwork();
         mockManager.mockLabsEnabled('webmentions');
+        mockManager.mockLabsEnabled('webmentionEmails');
         emailMockReceiver = mockManager.mockMail();
     });
 
@@ -367,6 +368,35 @@ describe('Webmentions (receiving)', function () {
         emailMockReceiver.sentEmailCount(0);
     });
 
+    it('does not send notification with email flag disabled', async function () {
+        mockManager.mockLabsDisabled('webmentionEmails');
+
+        const targetUrl = new URL('integrations/', urlUtils.getSiteUrl());
+        const sourceUrl = new URL('http://testpage.com/external-article-123-email-test-2/');
+        const html = `
+            <html><head><title>Test Page</title><meta name="description" content="Test description"><meta name="author" content="John Doe"></head><body></body></html>
+        `;
+
+        nock(targetUrl.origin)
+            .head(targetUrl.pathname)
+            .reply(200);
+
+        nock(sourceUrl.origin)
+            .get(sourceUrl.pathname)
+            .reply(200, html, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
+
+        await agent.post('/receive/')
+            .body({
+                source: sourceUrl.href,
+                target: targetUrl.href
+            })
+            .expectStatus(202);
+
+        await allSettled();
+
+        emailMockReceiver.sentEmailCount(0);
+    });
+
     it('can verify a webmention <a> link', async function () {
         const targetUrl = new URL(urlUtils.getSiteUrl());
         const sourceUrl = new URL('http://testpage.com/external-article-2/');
diff --git a/ghost/staff-service/lib/staff-service.js b/ghost/staff-service/lib/staff-service.js
index 731ad5166d..8a41771b14 100644
--- a/ghost/staff-service/lib/staff-service.js
+++ b/ghost/staff-service/lib/staff-service.js
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ class StaffService {
 
     /** @private */
     async handleEvent(type, event) {
-        if (type === MentionCreatedEvent && event.data.mention && this.labs.isSet('webmentions')) {
-            await this.emails.notifyMentionReceived(event.data);
+        if (type === MentionCreatedEvent && event.data.mention && this.labs.isSet('webmentions') && this.labs.isSet('webmentionEmails')) {
+            return await this.emails.notifyMentionReceived(event.data);
         }
 
         if (type === MilestoneCreatedEvent && event.data.milestone && this.labs.isSet('milestoneEmails')) {
diff --git a/ghost/staff-service/test/staff-service.test.js b/ghost/staff-service/test/staff-service.test.js
index 4de4b7e8bb..f628c12bbd 100644
--- a/ghost/staff-service/test/staff-service.test.js
+++ b/ghost/staff-service/test/staff-service.test.js
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ describe('StaffService', function () {
                             if (flag === 'webmentions') {
                                 return true;
                             }
+                            if (flag === 'webmentionEmails') {
+                                return true;
+                            }
                             if (flag === 'milestoneEmails') {
                                 return true;
                             }