diff --git a/src/mailer.js b/src/mailer.js
index 1bb5b5ab4..5567cc55a 100644
--- a/src/mailer.js
+++ b/src/mailer.js
@@ -226,16 +226,15 @@ function sendInvite(user, invitor) {
     });
 }
 
-function userAdded(user) {
+function userAdded(emailTo, user) {
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof emailTo, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof user, 'object');
 
-    debug('Sending mail for userAdded');
+    debug(`userAdded: Sending mail for added users ${user.fallbackEmail} to ${emailTo}`);
 
     getMailConfig(function (error, mailConfig) {
         if (error) return debug('Error getting mail details:', error);
 
-        var adminEmails = _.difference(mailConfig.adminEmails, [ user.email ]);
-
         var templateData = {
             user: user,
             cloudronName: mailConfig.cloudronName,
@@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ function userAdded(user) {
 
         var mailOptions = {
             from: mailConfig.notificationFrom,
-            to: adminEmails.join(', '),
+            to: emailTo,
             subject: util.format('[%s] User %s added', mailConfig.cloudronName, user.fallbackEmail),
             text: render('user_added.ejs', templateDataText),
             html: render('user_added.ejs', templateDataHTML)
diff --git a/src/notifications.js b/src/notifications.js
index 762421503..fd8b61ec7 100644
--- a/src/notifications.js
+++ b/src/notifications.js
@@ -6,15 +6,23 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     add: add,
     get: get,
     ack: ack,
-    listPaged: listPaged
+    listPaged: listPaged,
+
+    // specialized notifications
+    userAdded: userAdded
 };
 
 var assert = require('assert'),
+    async = require('async'),
     DatabaseError = require('./databaseerror.js'),
     debug = require('debug')('box:notifications'),
+    mailer = require('./mailer.js'),
     notificationdb = require('./notificationdb.js'),
+    users = require('./users.js'),
     util = require('util');
 
+const NOOP_CALLBACK = function (error) { if (error) debug(error); };
+
 function NotificationsError(reason, errorOrMessage) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof reason, 'string');
     assert(errorOrMessage instanceof Error || typeof errorOrMessage === 'string' || typeof errorOrMessage === 'undefined');
@@ -37,17 +45,14 @@ util.inherits(NotificationsError, Error);
 NotificationsError.INTERNAL_ERROR = 'Internal Error';
 NotificationsError.NOT_FOUND = 'Not Found';
 
-function au
-
-function add(userId, title, message, action, sendEmail, callback) {
+function add(userId, title, message, action, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof userId, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof title, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof message, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof action, 'string');
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof sendEmail, 'boolean');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof userId, 'function');
 
-    debug('add: ', userId, title, action, 'email: ', sendEmail);
+    debug('add: ', userId, title, action);
 
     notificationdb.add({
         userId: userId,
@@ -105,3 +110,19 @@ function listPaged(userId, acknowledged, page, perPage, callback) {
         callback(null, result.filter(function (r) { return r.acknowledged === acknowledged; }));
     });
 }
+
+function userAdded(user, callback) {
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof user, 'object');
+    assert(typeof callback === 'undefined' || typeof callback === 'function');
+
+    callback = callback || NOOP_CALLBACK;
+
+    users.getAllAdmins(function (error, result) {
+        if (error) return callback(new NotificationsError(NotificationsError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));
+
+        async.each(result, function (admin, callback) {
+            mailer.userAdded(admin.email, user);
+            add(admin.id, 'User added', `User ${user.fallbackEmail} was added`, '', callback);
+        }, callback);
+    });
+}
diff --git a/src/users.js b/src/users.js
index 4e6a4ad55..fa26e666f 100644
--- a/src/users.js
+++ b/src/users.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ var apps = require('./apps.js'),
     groups = require('./groups.js'),
     GroupsError = groups.GroupsError,
     hat = require('./hat.js'),
+    notifications = require('./notifications.js'),
     mailer = require('./mailer.js'),
     qrcode = require('qrcode'),
     safe = require('safetydance'),
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ function create(username, password, email, displayName, options, auditSource, ca
 
                 eventlog.add(eventlog.ACTION_USER_ADD, auditSource, { userId: user.id, email: user.email, user: removePrivateFields(user), invitor: invitor });
 
-                if (!isOwner) mailer.userAdded(user);
+                if (!isOwner) notifications.userAdded(user);
             });
         });
     });