diff --git a/includes/api/class-wc-api-customers.php b/includes/api/class-wc-api-customers.php
index 79f15279f75..fba881cd883 100644
--- a/includes/api/class-wc-api-customers.php
+++ b/includes/api/class-wc-api-customers.php
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ class WC_API_Customers extends WC_API_Resource {
 			array( array( $this, 'get_customer' ),  WC_API_SERVER::READABLE ),
 		);
 
+		# GET /customers/<email>
+		$routes[ $this->base . '/email/(?P<email>.+)' ] = array(
+			array( array( $this, 'get_customer_by_email' ),  WC_API_SERVER::READABLE ),
+		);
+
 		# GET /customers/<id>/orders
 		$routes[ $this->base . '/(?P<id>\d+)/orders' ] = array(
 			array( array( $this, 'get_customer_orders' ), WC_API_SERVER::READABLE ),
@@ -177,6 +182,28 @@ class WC_API_Customers extends WC_API_Resource {
 		return array( 'customer' => apply_filters( 'woocommerce_api_customer_response', $customer_data, $customer, $fields, $this->server ) );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the customer for the given email
+	 *
+	 * @since 2.2
+	 * @param string $email the customer email
+	 * @param string $fields
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	function get_customer_by_email( $email, $fields = null ) {
+
+		if ( is_email( $email ) ) {
+			$customer = get_user_by( 'email', $email );
+			if ( ! is_object( $customer ) ) {
+				return new WP_Error( 'woocommerce_api_invalid_customer_email', __( 'Invalid customer Email', 'woocommerce' ), array( 'status' => 404 ) );
+			}
+		} else {
+			return new WP_Error( 'woocommerce_api_invalid_customer_email', __( 'Invalid customer Email', 'woocommerce' ), array( 'status' => 404 ) );
+		}
+
+		return $this->get_customer( $customer->ID, $fields );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get the total number of customers
 	 *