diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d122a22..ddb6883 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Changes since v3.1.0
 
+- [#96](https://github.com/bitly/oauth2_proxy/pull/96) Check if email is verified on GitHub (@caarlos0)
 - [#110](https://github.com/pusher/oauth2_proxy/pull/110) Added GCP healthcheck option (@timothy-spencer)
 - [#112](https://github.com/pusher/oauth2_proxy/pull/112) Improve websocket support (@gyson)
 - [#63](https://github.com/pusher/oauth2_proxy/pull/63) Use encoding/json for SessionState serialization (@yaegashi)
diff --git a/providers/github.go b/providers/github.go
index d39ee2b..798b140 100644
--- a/providers/github.go
+++ b/providers/github.go
@@ -202,8 +202,9 @@ func (p *GitHubProvider) hasOrgAndTeam(accessToken string) (bool, error) {
 func (p *GitHubProvider) GetEmailAddress(s *SessionState) (string, error) {
 
 	var emails []struct {
-		Email   string `json:"email"`
-		Primary bool   `json:"primary"`
+		Email    string `json:"email"`
+		Primary  bool   `json:"primary"`
+		Verified bool   `json:"verified"`
 	}
 
 	// if we require an Org or Team, check that first
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ func (p *GitHubProvider) GetEmailAddress(s *SessionState) (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	for _, email := range emails {
-		if email.Primary {
+		if email.Primary && email.Verified {
 			return email.Email, nil
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/providers/github_test.go b/providers/github_test.go
index c96877c..4b093ca 100644
--- a/providers/github_test.go
+++ b/providers/github_test.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func TestGitHubProviderOverrides(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestGitHubProviderGetEmailAddress(t *testing.T) {
-	b := testGitHubBackend([]string{`[ {"email": "michael.bland@gsa.gov", "primary": true} ]`})
+	b := testGitHubBackend([]string{`[ {"email": "michael.bland@gsa.gov", "verified": true, "primary": true} ]`})
 	defer b.Close()
 
 	bURL, _ := url.Parse(b.URL)
@@ -109,10 +109,23 @@ func TestGitHubProviderGetEmailAddress(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "michael.bland@gsa.gov", email)
 }
 
+func TestGitHubProviderGetEmailAddressNotVerified(t *testing.T) {
+	b := testGitHubBackend([]string{`[ {"email": "michael.bland@gsa.gov", "verified": false, "primary": true} ]`})
+	defer b.Close()
+
+	bURL, _ := url.Parse(b.URL)
+	p := testGitHubProvider(bURL.Host)
+
+	session := &SessionState{AccessToken: "imaginary_access_token"}
+	email, err := p.GetEmailAddress(session)
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, "", email)
+}
+
 func TestGitHubProviderGetEmailAddressWithOrg(t *testing.T) {
 	b := testGitHubBackend([]string{
-		`[ {"email": "michael.bland@gsa.gov", "primary": true, "login":"testorg"} ]`,
-		`[ {"email": "michael.bland1@gsa.gov", "primary": true, "login":"testorg1"} ]`,
+		`[ {"email": "michael.bland@gsa.gov", "primary": true, "verified": true, "login":"testorg"} ]`,
+		`[ {"email": "michael.bland1@gsa.gov", "primary": true, "verified": true, "login":"testorg1"} ]`,
 		`[ ]`,
 	})
 	defer b.Close()