diff --git a/ChangeLog.rst b/ChangeLog.rst
index 6c7ec63250..aca18753ec 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.rst
+++ b/ChangeLog.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Note worthy changes
 - A configurable timeout (``SOCIALACCOUNT_REQUESTS_TIMEOUT``) is now applied to
   all upstream requests.
 
+- Added a setting ``ACCOUNT_EMAIL_UNKNOWN_ACCOUNTS`` to disable sending of
+  emails to unknown accounts.
+
 
 Backwards incompatible changes
 ------------------------------
diff --git a/allauth/account/app_settings.py b/allauth/account/app_settings.py
index 86eea74c3a..fe1c2a2156 100644
--- a/allauth/account/app_settings.py
+++ b/allauth/account/app_settings.py
@@ -386,6 +386,10 @@ def PASSWORD_RESET_TOKEN_GENERATOR(self):
             token_generator = EmailAwarePasswordResetTokenGenerator
         return token_generator
 
+    @property
+    def EMAIL_UNKNOWN_ACCOUNTS(self):
+        return self._setting("EMAIL_UNKNOWN_ACCOUNTS", True)
+
     @property
     def REAUTHENTICATION_TIMEOUT(self):
         return self._setting("REAUTHENTICATION_TIMEOUT", 300)
diff --git a/allauth/account/forms.py b/allauth/account/forms.py
index 193d122667..c1c866cad6 100644
--- a/allauth/account/forms.py
+++ b/allauth/account/forms.py
@@ -588,7 +588,8 @@ def clean_email(self):
     def save(self, request, **kwargs):
         email = self.cleaned_data["email"]
         if not self.users:
-            self._send_unknown_account_mail(request, email)
+            if app_settings.EMAIL_UNKNOWN_ACCOUNTS:
+                self._send_unknown_account_mail(request, email)
         else:
             self._send_password_reset_mail(request, email, self.users, **kwargs)
         return email
diff --git a/allauth/account/tests/test_reset_password.py b/allauth/account/tests/test_reset_password.py
index 8e7c48450e..85652a5d15 100644
--- a/allauth/account/tests/test_reset_password.py
+++ b/allauth/account/tests/test_reset_password.py
@@ -6,12 +6,36 @@
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 from django.urls import reverse
 
+import pytest
+
 from allauth.account import app_settings
 from allauth.account.forms import ResetPasswordForm
 from allauth.account.models import EmailAddress
 from allauth.tests import TestCase
 
 
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_reset_password_unknown_account(client, settings):
+    settings.ACCOUNT_PREVENT_ENUMERATION = True
+    client.post(
+        reverse("account_reset_password"),
+        data={"email": "unknown@example.org"},
+    )
+    assert len(mail.outbox) == 1
+    assert mail.outbox[0].to == ["unknown@example.org"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_reset_password_unknown_account_disabled(client, settings):
+    settings.ACCOUNT_PREVENT_ENUMERATION = True
+    settings.ACCOUNT_EMAIL_UNKNOWN_ACCOUNTS = False
+    client.post(
+        reverse("account_reset_password"),
+        data={"email": "unknown@example.org"},
+    )
+    assert len(mail.outbox) == 0
+
+
 @override_settings(
     ACCOUNT_PREVENT_ENUMERATION=False,
     ACCOUNT_DEFAULT_HTTP_PROTOCOL="https",
diff --git a/docs/account/configuration.rst b/docs/account/configuration.rst
index de4b515233..b45b57a6e0 100644
--- a/docs/account/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/account/configuration.rst
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ Available settings:
   Subject-line prefix to use for email messages sent. By default, the
   name of the current ``Site`` (``django.contrib.sites``) is used.
 
+``ACCOUNT_EMAIL_UNKNOWN_ACCOUNTS`` (default: ``True``)
+  Configures whether password reset attempts for email addresses which do not
+  have an account result in sending an email.
+
 ``ACCOUNT_DEFAULT_HTTP_PROTOCOL`` (default: ``"http"``)
   The default protocol used for when generating URLs, e.g. for the
   password forgotten procedure. Note that this is a default only --