diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/emails_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/emails_controller.rb
index ba456efe3e..c31dea0d44 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/emails_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/emails_controller.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def email_params
                                              :send_on_accepted, :send_on_rejected, :send_on_confirmed_without_registration,
                                              :send_on_submitted_proposal,
                                              :submitted_proposal_subject, :submitted_proposal_body,
+                                             :send_on_event_comment,
                                              :registration_subject, :accepted_subject, :rejected_subject, :confirmed_without_registration_subject,
                                              :registration_body, :accepted_body, :rejected_body, :confirmed_without_registration_body,
                                              :send_on_conference_dates_updated, :conference_dates_updated_subject, :conference_dates_updated_body,
diff --git a/app/jobs/event_comment_mail_job.rb b/app/jobs/event_comment_mail_job.rb
index bcc46ca7ea..08f273b915 100644
--- a/app/jobs/event_comment_mail_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/event_comment_mail_job.rb
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ class EventCommentMailJob < ApplicationJob
   queue_as :default
 
   def perform(comment)
-    conference = comment.commentable.program.conference
-
-    User.comment_notifiable(conference).each do |user|
+    User.comment_notifiable(comment.conference_id).each do |user|
       Mailbot.event_comment_mail(comment, user).deliver_now
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/models/comment.rb b/app/models/comment.rb
index ee1a07a8ea..abaf89a9f7 100644
--- a/app/models/comment.rb
+++ b/app/models/comment.rb
@@ -57,13 +57,19 @@ def self.find_commentable(commentable_str, commentable_id)
     commentable_str.constantize.find(commentable_id)
   end
 
+  def conference_id
+    commentable.program.conference_id
+  end
+
   private
 
-  def send_notification
-    EventCommentMailJob.perform_later(self)
+  def conference
+    commentable.program.conference
   end
 
-  def conference_id
-    commentable.program.conference_id
+  def send_notification
+    return unless conference.email_settings.send_on_event_comment?
+
+    EventCommentMailJob.perform_later(self)
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 993d489280..16d9eda4e9 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def for_registration conference
   after_save :touch_events
 
   # add scope
-  scope :comment_notifiable, ->(conference) {joins(:roles).where('roles.name IN (?)', [:organizer, :cfp]).where('roles.resource_type = ? AND roles.resource_id = ?', 'Conference', conference.id)}
+  scope :comment_notifiable, ->(conference_id) {joins(:roles).where('roles.name IN (?)', [:organizer, :cfp]).where('roles.resource_type = ? AND roles.resource_id = ?', 'Conference', conference_id)}
 
   # scopes for user distributions
   scope :recent, lambda {
diff --git a/app/views/admin/emails/index.html.haml b/app/views/admin/emails/index.html.haml
index 41a43825ee..03b97e0b42 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/emails/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/emails/index.html.haml
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
                 %a.btn.btn-link.control_label.template_help_link{ 'data-name' => 'registration_help' } Show Help
                 = render partial: 'help', locals: { id: 'registration_help', show_event_variables: false }
               #proposal.tab-pane{ role: 'tabpanel' }
+                .checkbox
+                  %label
+                    = f.check_box :send_on_event_comment
+                    Send an email to all organizers and CfP team members when a comment is added?
                 .checkbox
                   %label
                     = f.check_box :send_on_submitted_proposal, data: { name: 'email_settings_proposal_submited_subject'}, class: 'send_on_radio'
diff --git a/db/migrate/20220401000955_add_send_on_event_comment_to_email_settings.rb b/db/migrate/20220401000955_add_send_on_event_comment_to_email_settings.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f5a9f3e1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20220401000955_add_send_on_event_comment_to_email_settings.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddSendOnEventCommentToEmailSettings < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def change
+    add_column :email_settings, :send_on_event_comment, :boolean, default: true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 2ad25c7ea7..b0e19bf349 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20181229233811) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2022_04_01_000955) do
 
   create_table "answers", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "title"
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@
     t.boolean "send_on_submitted_proposal", default: false
     t.string "submitted_proposal_subject"
     t.text "submitted_proposal_body"
+    t.boolean "send_on_event_comment", default: true
   end
 
   create_table "event_schedules", force: :cascade do |t|
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 29bb59cb50..218035334b 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@
       let(:cfp_user) { create(:user, role_ids: [cfp_role.id]) }
 
       it 'includes organizer and cfp user' do
-        expect(User.comment_notifiable(conference)).to include(organizer, cfp_user)
+        expect(User.comment_notifiable(conference.id)).to include(organizer, cfp_user)
       end
 
       it 'excludes ordinary user' do
-        expect(User.comment_notifiable(conference)).not_to include(user)
+        expect(User.comment_notifiable(conference.id)).not_to include(user)
       end
     end