diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c3bd886..ae1eafff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ application.
 
 3. Modify configuration:
 - Add domains and email addresses to init-letsencrypt.sh
+- Specify if you want to subscribe to EFF mailings
 - Replace all occurrences of example.org with primary domain (the first one you added to init-letsencrypt.sh) in data/nginx/app.conf
 
 4. Run the init script:
diff --git a/init-letsencrypt.sh b/init-letsencrypt.sh
index 95daadb0..936ac7ce 100755
--- a/init-letsencrypt.sh
+++ b/init-letsencrypt.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ rsa_key_size=4096
 data_path="./data/certbot"
 email="" # Adding a valid address is strongly recommended
 staging=0 # Set to 1 if you're testing your setup to avoid hitting request limits
+subscribe_to_eff=0 # Set to 1 if you provided an e-mail address and want to subscribe to EFF mailings
 
 if [ -d "$data_path" ]; then
   read -p "Existing data found for $domains. Continue and replace existing certificate? (y/N) " decision
@@ -60,7 +61,14 @@ done
 # Select appropriate email arg
 case "$email" in
   "") email_arg="--register-unsafely-without-email" ;;
-  *) email_arg="--email $email" ;;
+  *)  email_arg="--email $email"
+      if [ $subscribe_to_eff == "1" ]
+      then
+        subscribe_arg="--eff-email"
+      else
+        subscribe_arg="--no-eff-email"
+      fi
+      ;;
 esac
 
 # Enable staging mode if needed
@@ -71,6 +79,7 @@ docker-compose run --rm --entrypoint "\
     $staging_arg \
     $email_arg \
     $domain_args \
+    $subscribe_arg \
     --rsa-key-size $rsa_key_size \
     --agree-tos \
     --force-renewal" certbot