diff --git a/remote/bitbucket/convert.go b/remote/bitbucket/convert.go
index 6963a3e21..dc4e0437e 100644
--- a/remote/bitbucket/convert.go
+++ b/remote/bitbucket/convert.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package bitbucket
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -186,5 +187,18 @@ func convertPushHook(hook *internal.PushHook, change *internal.Change) *model.Bu
 		build.Event = model.EventPush
 		build.Ref = fmt.Sprintf("refs/heads/%s", change.New.Name)
 	}
+	if len(change.New.Target.Author.Raw) != 0 {
+		build.Email = extractEmail(change.New.Target.Author.Raw)
+	}
 	return build
 }
+
+// extracts the email from a git commit author string
+func extractEmail(gitauthor string) (author string) {
+    re := regexp.MustCompile("<(.*)>")
+    matches := re.FindAllStringSubmatch(gitauthor,-1)
+    if len(matches) == 1 {
+        author = matches[0][1]
+    }
+    return
+}
diff --git a/remote/bitbucket/convert_test.go b/remote/bitbucket/convert_test.go
index 2a91041ba..50b552374 100644
--- a/remote/bitbucket/convert_test.go
+++ b/remote/bitbucket/convert_test.go
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ func Test_helper(t *testing.T) {
 			change.New.Target.Links.Html.Href = "https://bitbucket.org/foo/bar/commits/73f9c44d"
 			change.New.Target.Message = "updated README"
 			change.New.Target.Date = time.Now()
+			change.New.Target.Author.Raw = "Test <test@domain.tld>"
 
 			hook := internal.PushHook{}
 			hook.Actor.Login = "octocat"
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ func Test_helper(t *testing.T) {
 
 			build := convertPushHook(&hook, &change)
 			g.Assert(build.Event).Equal(model.EventPush)
+			g.Assert(build.Email).Equal("test@domain.tld")
 			g.Assert(build.Author).Equal(hook.Actor.Login)
 			g.Assert(build.Avatar).Equal(hook.Actor.Links.Avatar.Href)
 			g.Assert(build.Commit).Equal(change.New.Target.Hash)
diff --git a/remote/bitbucket/fixtures/hooks.go b/remote/bitbucket/fixtures/hooks.go
index 2b68e24e9..2ee0823ad 100644
--- a/remote/bitbucket/fixtures/hooks.go
+++ b/remote/bitbucket/fixtures/hooks.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const HookPush = `
             "type": "commit",
             "hash": "709d658dc5b6d6afcd46049c2f332ee3f515a67d",
             "author": {
+              "raw": "emmap1 <email@domain.tld>",
               "username": "emmap1",
               "links": {
                 "avatar": {