diff --git a/lib/plugin/metadata.rb b/lib/plugin/metadata.rb
index 5fd20b2c755..d55d65edbf9 100644
--- a/lib/plugin/metadata.rb
+++ b/lib/plugin/metadata.rb
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Plugin::Metadata
     "discourse-staff-alias",
   ])
 
-  FIELDS ||= [:name, :about, :version, :authors, :url, :required_version, :transpile_js]
+  FIELDS ||= [:name, :about, :version, :authors, :contact_emails, :url, :required_version, :transpile_js]
   attr_accessor(*FIELDS)
 
   def self.parse(text)
diff --git a/spec/components/plugin/metadata_spec.rb b/spec/components/plugin/metadata_spec.rb
index fe838d8c7b1..6dd0ac000e6 100644
--- a/spec/components/plugin/metadata_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/plugin/metadata_spec.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ describe Plugin::Metadata do
 # about: about: my plugin
 # version: 0.1
 # authors: Frank Zappa
+# contact emails: frankz@example.com
 # url: http://discourse.org
 # required version: 1.3.0beta6+48
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ TEXT
       expect(metadata.about).to eq("about: my plugin")
       expect(metadata.version).to eq("0.1")
       expect(metadata.authors).to eq("Frank Zappa")
+      expect(metadata.contact_emails).to eq("frankz@example.com")
       expect(metadata.url).to eq("http://discourse.org")
       expect(metadata.required_version).to eq("1.3.0beta6+48")
     end