diff --git a/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/frontend/events/NewUserAction.java b/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/frontend/events/NewUserAction.java
index 0da7b79453d8..661bc2031488 100644
--- a/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/frontend/events/NewUserAction.java
+++ b/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/frontend/events/NewUserAction.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
@@ -94,14 +93,11 @@ public void execute(EventMessage msg) {
 
 
     private String[] getEmails(NewUserEvent evt) {
-        List adminList = evt.getAdmins();
-        String[] adminEmails = new String[adminList.size()];
-        int index = 0;
-        for (Object oIn : adminList) {
-            adminEmails[index] = ((User) oIn).getEmail();
-            index++;
-        }
-        return adminEmails;
+        return evt.getAdmins().stream()
+                .filter(u -> !u.isDisabled())
+                .filter(u -> u.getEmailNotify() == 1)
+                .map(User::getEmail)
+                .toArray(String[]::new);
     }
 
 
diff --git a/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/frontend/events/NewUserEvent.java b/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/frontend/events/NewUserEvent.java
index 61df67606c4b..98af43dd1ebf 100644
--- a/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/frontend/events/NewUserEvent.java
+++ b/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/frontend/events/NewUserEvent.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class NewUserEvent extends BaseEvent implements EventMessage  {
     private User accountCreator;
     private String link;
     private String domain;
-    private List adminList;
+    private List<User> adminList;
 
     /**
      * format this message as a string
@@ -142,13 +142,13 @@ public void setLink(String passwordIn) {
     /**
      * @return Returns the link.
      */
-    public List getAdmins() {
+    public List<User> getAdmins() {
         return adminList;
     }
     /**
      * @param admins Admins to set.
      */
-    public void setAdmins(List admins) {
+    public void setAdmins(List<User> admins) {
         this.adminList = admins;
     }
 
diff --git a/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/manager/user/CreateUserCommand.java b/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/manager/user/CreateUserCommand.java
index 9007566e764c..06176834dc21 100644
--- a/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/manager/user/CreateUserCommand.java
+++ b/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/manager/user/CreateUserCommand.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public ValidatorError[] validate() {
      * might be encrypted, thus useless for this method
      */
     public void publishNewUserEvent(User accountCreator,
-                                    List admins,
+                                    List<User> admins,
                                     String domain,
                                     String password) {
         NewUserEvent userevt = new NewUserEvent();
diff --git a/java/spacewalk-java.changes.cbbayburt.bsc1214553 b/java/spacewalk-java.changes.cbbayburt.bsc1214553
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a1b9293f2fe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/spacewalk-java.changes.cbbayburt.bsc1214553
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Respect user email preferences when sending 'user creation' emails (bsc#1214553)