diff --git a/htdocs/public/members/new.php b/htdocs/public/members/new.php
index 1946125dbc2..f850cdff35c 100644
--- a/htdocs/public/members/new.php
+++ b/htdocs/public/members/new.php
@@ -208,9 +208,12 @@ if (empty($reshook) && $action == 'add') {
 		$error++;
 		$errmsg .= $langs->trans("ErrorFieldRequired", $langs->transnoentitiesnoconv("Firstname"))."<br>\n";
 	}
-	if (GETPOST("email") && !isValidEmail(GETPOST("email"))) {
+	if ($conf->global->ADHERENT_MAIL_REQUIRED && empty(GETPOST('email'))) {
+		$error++;
+		$errmsg .= $langs->trans('ErrorFieldRequired', $langs->transnoentitiesnoconv('Email'))."<br>\n";
+	} elseif (GETPOST("email") && !isValidEmail(GETPOST("email"))) {
++		$langs->load('errors');
 		$error++;
-		$langs->load("errors");
 		$errmsg .= $langs->trans("ErrorBadEMail", GETPOST("email"))."<br>\n";
 	}
 	$birthday = dol_mktime($_POST["birthhour"], $_POST["birthmin"], $_POST["birthsec"], $_POST["birthmonth"], $_POST["birthday"], $_POST["birthyear"]);
@@ -586,7 +589,7 @@ if (empty($conf->global->SOCIETE_DISABLE_STATE)) {
 	print '</td></tr>';
 }
 // EMail
-print '<tr><td>'.$langs->trans("Email").' <FONT COLOR="red">*</FONT></td><td><input type="text" name="email" maxlength="255" class="minwidth150" value="'.dol_escape_htmltag(GETPOST('email')).'"></td></tr>'."\n";
+print '<tr><td>'.$langs->trans("Email").($conf->global->ADHERENT_MAIL_REQUIRED ? ' <span style="color:red;">*</span>' : '').'</td><td><input type="text" name="email" maxlength="255" class="minwidth150" value="'.dol_escape_htmltag(GETPOST('email')).'"></td></tr>'."\n";
 // Login
 if (empty($conf->global->ADHERENT_LOGIN_NOT_REQUIRED)) {
 	print '<tr><td>'.$langs->trans("Login").' <FONT COLOR="red">*</FONT></td><td><input type="text" name="login" maxlength="50" class="minwidth100"value="'.dol_escape_htmltag(GETPOST('login')).'"></td></tr>'."\n";