diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index dcc6cf995..b6b6b0c16 100755
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2018-06-21 DariusIII
+	* Chg: Send email verification request if user has changed the email in profile edit page
 	* Chg: Update some scripts, remove others
 	* Chg: Update laravel/framework to version 5.6.26, font-awesome and phpunit to latest
 2018-06-20 DariusIII
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ProfileController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ProfileController.php
index 26f9f09a4..936dc1a14 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ProfileController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ProfileController.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use Blacklight\utility\Utility;
 use App\Models\UserExcludedCategory;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
+use Jrean\UserVerification\Facades\UserVerification;
 
 class ProfileController extends BasePageController
 {
@@ -150,7 +151,6 @@ class ProfileController extends BasePageController
                 break;
             case 'submit':
 
-                $data['email'] = $request->input('email');
                 if ($request->has('saburl') && ! ends_with($request->input('saburl'), '/') && \strlen(trim($request->input('saburl'))) > 0) {
                     $request->merge(['saburl' => $request->input('saburl').'/']);
                 }
@@ -210,6 +210,14 @@ class ProfileController extends BasePageController
                             User::updatePassword($userid, $request->input('password'));
                         }
 
+                        if ($data['email'] !== $request->input('email')) {
+                            $data['email'] = $request->input('email');
+
+                            UserVerification::generate($data);
+
+                            UserVerification::send($data, 'User email verification required');
+                        }
+
                         return redirect('profile');
                     }
                 }