diff --git a/Owin.Security.Providers/GitHub/GitHubAuthenticationHandler.cs b/Owin.Security.Providers/GitHub/GitHubAuthenticationHandler.cs
index 0b9cdbb..f52bfbb 100644
--- a/Owin.Security.Providers/GitHub/GitHubAuthenticationHandler.cs
+++ b/Owin.Security.Providers/GitHub/GitHubAuthenticationHandler.cs
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ namespace Owin.Security.Providers.GitHub
                 {
                     context.Identity.AddClaim(new Claim(ClaimsIdentity.DefaultNameClaimType, context.UserName, XmlSchemaString, Options.AuthenticationType));
                 }
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(context.Email))
+                {
+                    context.Identity.AddClaim(new Claim(ClaimTypes.Email, context.Email, XmlSchemaString, Options.AuthenticationType));
+                }
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(context.Name))
                 {
                     context.Identity.AddClaim(new Claim("urn:github:name", context.Name, XmlSchemaString, Options.AuthenticationType));
diff --git a/Owin.Security.Providers/GitHub/Provider/GitHubAuthenticatedContext.cs b/Owin.Security.Providers/GitHub/Provider/GitHubAuthenticatedContext.cs
index dec8d80..c4ccea8 100644
--- a/Owin.Security.Providers/GitHub/Provider/GitHubAuthenticatedContext.cs
+++ b/Owin.Security.Providers/GitHub/Provider/GitHubAuthenticatedContext.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ namespace Owin.Security.Providers.GitHub
             Name = TryGetValue(user, "name");
             Link = TryGetValue(user, "url");
             UserName = TryGetValue(user, "login");
+            Email = TryGetValue(user, "email");
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -64,6 +65,11 @@ namespace Owin.Security.Providers.GitHub
         /// </summary>
         public string UserName { get; private set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the GitHub email
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Email { get; private set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the <see cref="ClaimsIdentity"/> representing the user
         /// </summary>