diff --git a/src/notifications.js b/src/notifications.js
index eda5ae943..90334c2e0 100644
--- a/src/notifications.js
+++ b/src/notifications.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     ALERT_REBOOT: 'reboot',
     ALERT_BOX_UPDATE: 'boxUpdate',
 
-    alert: alert,
+    alert,
 
     // exported for testing
     _add: add
@@ -113,6 +113,22 @@ function forEachAdmin(options, iterator, callback) {
     });
 }
 
+function forEachSuperadmin(options, iterator, callback) {
+    assert(Array.isArray(options.skip));
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof iterator, 'function');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
+
+    users.getSuperadmins(function (error, result) {
+        if (error && error.reason === BoxError.NOT_FOUND) return callback();
+        if (error) return callback(error);
+
+        // filter out users we want to skip (like the user who did the action or the user the action was performed on)
+        result = result.filter(function (r) { return options.skip.indexOf(r.id) === -1; });
+
+        async.each(result, iterator, callback);
+    });
+}
+
 function oomEvent(eventId, app, addon, containerId, event, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof eventId, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof app, 'object');
@@ -249,7 +265,7 @@ function backupFailed(eventId, taskId, errorMessage, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof errorMessage, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    forEachAdmin({ skip: [] }, function (admin, callback) {
+    forEachSuperadmin({ skip: [] }, function (admin, callback) {
         mailer.backupFailed(admin.email, errorMessage, `${settings.adminOrigin()}/logs.html?taskId=${taskId}`);
         add(admin.id, eventId, 'Backup failed', `Backup failed: ${errorMessage}. Logs are available [here](/logs.html?taskId=${taskId}).`, callback);
     }, callback);
diff --git a/src/userdb.js b/src/userdb.js
index ecaee238f..8d27c2e04 100644
--- a/src/userdb.js
+++ b/src/userdb.js
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 'use strict';
 
 exports = module.exports = {
-    get: get,
-    getByUsername: getByUsername,
-    getByEmail: getByEmail,
-    getByAccessToken: getByAccessToken,
-    getByResetToken: getByResetToken,
-    getAllWithGroupIds: getAllWithGroupIds,
-    getAllWithGroupIdsPaged: getAllWithGroupIdsPaged,
-    getByRole: getByRole,
-    add: add,
-    del: del,
-    update: update,
-    count: count,
+    get,
+    getByUsername,
+    getByEmail,
+    getByAccessToken,
+    getByResetToken,
+    getAllWithGroupIds,
+    getAllWithGroupIdsPaged,
+    getByRole,
+    add,
+    del,
+    update,
+    count,
 
-    addAppPassword: addAppPassword,
-    getAppPasswords: getAppPasswords,
-    getAppPassword: getAppPassword,
-    delAppPassword: delAppPassword,
+    addAppPassword,
+    getAppPasswords,
+    getAppPassword,
+    delAppPassword,
 
     _clear: clear
 };
diff --git a/src/users.js b/src/users.js
index ee2384e7a..915e73255 100644
--- a/src/users.js
+++ b/src/users.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     getByResetToken,
     getByUsername,
     getAdmins,
+    getSuperadmins,
     setPassword,
     update,
     createOwner,
@@ -496,6 +497,16 @@ function getAdmins(callback) {
     });
 }
 
+function getSuperadmins(callback) {
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
+
+    userdb.getByRole(exports.ROLE_OWNER, function (error, owners) {
+        if (error) return callback(error);
+
+        callback(null, owners);
+    });
+}
+
 function sendPasswordResetByIdentifier(identifier, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof identifier, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');