diff --git a/6.1.22/patches/09_1913_email_validation.patch b/6.1.22/patches/09_1913_email_validation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dd85cd91e0af203c9c08e69ecb7c2f7009f939ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/6.1.22/patches/09_1913_email_validation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+diff --git a/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/List.pm b/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/List.pm
+index ca917d4..c0fb591 100644
+--- a/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/List.pm
++++ b/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/List.pm
+@@ -7519,7 +7519,7 @@ sub add_user {
+     
+     foreach my $new_user (@new_users) {
+ 	my $who = &tools::clean_email($new_user->{'email'});
+-	unless ($who) {
++	unless ($who || ! &tools::valid_email($new_user->{'email'})) {
+ 	    Log::do_log('err', 'Ignoring %s which is not a valid email',$new_user->{'email'});
+ 	    next;
+ 	}
+diff --git a/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/confdef.pm b/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/confdef.pm
+index 0dbb4e8..7b471dc 100644
+--- a/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/confdef.pm
++++ b/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/confdef.pm
+@@ -1564,6 +1564,13 @@ our @params = (
+         'edit'    => '1',
+         'file'    => 'sympa.conf',
+     },
++    {
++        'name'    => 'email_validation',
++        'query'   => 'The email validation techniques to be used against email addresses that are added to mailing lists. Options come from Email::Validate (http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/Email-Valid-1.194/lib/Email/Valid.pm). Commenting this out turns off email validation.',
++        'default' => 'tldcheck,fqdn,rfc822',
++        'edit'    => '1',
++        'file'    => 'sympa.conf',
++    },
+ 
+ ## Not implemented yet.
+ ##    {
+diff --git a/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/tools.pm b/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/tools.pm
+index d9be037..37bd999 100644
+--- a/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/tools.pm
++++ b/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/tools.pm
+@@ -2746,6 +2746,30 @@ sub valid_email {
+ 	return undef;
+     }
+ 
++    # If email_validation is set then apply additional email validation set
++    # by Email::Valid as per the configuration
++    if ($Conf::Conf{'email_validation'}) {
++        use Email::Valid;
++	my $technique_map = {
++	    'tldcheck' => '-tldcheck',
++	    'fqdn' => '-fqdn',
++	    'mxcheck' => '-mxcheck',
++	    'fudge' => '-fudge',
++	    'allow_ip' => '-allow_ip',
++	    'local_rules' => '-local_rules'
++	};
++        my @techniques = split(',', $Conf::Conf{'email_validation'});
++	my @options;
++	foreach (@techniques) {
++	    push @options, $technique_map->{$_};
++	}
++	my $valid = new Email::Valid(@options);
++	if (!$valid->address($email)) {
++	    do_log('err', "Invalid email address '%s' [%s]", $email, $valid->details());
++	    return undef;
++	}
++    }
++
+     return 1;
+ }
+ 
+diff --git a/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/sympa_wizard.pl.in b/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/sympa_wizard.pl.in
+index 0d4789d..cb886fd 100644
+--- a/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/sympa_wizard.pl.in
++++ b/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/sympa_wizard.pl.in
+@@ -380,6 +380,12 @@ sub check_cpan {
+ 				     mandatory => 1,
+ 				     usage => 'module for character encoding processing',
+ 				    },
++			'Email::Valid' => {
++				  required_version =>'1.194',
++				  package_name => 'Email-Valid',
++				  mandatory => 1,
++				  usage => 'used to compute validate email addresses',
++					  },
+ 			'FCGI' => {
+ 				   required_version => '0.67',
+ 				   package_name => 'FCGI',
diff --git a/6.1.22/patches/README b/6.1.22/patches/README
index ccce8d619c68b4e66a27fec79fc72cc0f0bc0cd0..58537313fa43ef7defc84b5c1d2dc6520012f239 100644
--- a/6.1.22/patches/README
+++ b/6.1.22/patches/README
@@ -37,3 +37,7 @@ This fixes a bug in the init script for Debian Wheezy systems
 08_2821_max_list_dispatch.patch
 -------------------------------
 Adds a feature to set hard limits on the size of lists that can send mail.  This is controlled by max_list_dispatch and max_list_dispatch_from_subscriber.  See https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/2821 for more info.
+
+09_1913_email_validation.patch
+------------------------------
+Adds configureable email validations provided by Email::Valid.  See https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/1913 for more info.
diff --git a/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/List.pm b/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/List.pm
index ca917d43672428744e71599b63d24d50a3a09984..c0fb591b120880c23608b67d694c37501a8c9122 100644
--- a/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/List.pm
+++ b/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/List.pm
@@ -7519,7 +7519,7 @@ sub add_user {
     
     foreach my $new_user (@new_users) {
 	my $who = &tools::clean_email($new_user->{'email'});
-	unless ($who) {
+	unless ($who || ! &tools::valid_email($new_user->{'email'})) {
 	    Log::do_log('err', 'Ignoring %s which is not a valid email',$new_user->{'email'});
 	    next;
 	}
diff --git a/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/confdef.pm b/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/confdef.pm
index 0dbb4e877d223719815e09631b08f319d5b54e62..7b471dc1a97a53f4a7384f3212083a26231f0bc8 100644
--- a/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/confdef.pm
+++ b/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/confdef.pm
@@ -1564,6 +1564,13 @@ our @params = (
         'edit'    => '1',
         'file'    => 'sympa.conf',
     },
+    {
+        'name'    => 'email_validation',
+        'query'   => 'The email validation techniques to be used against email addresses that are added to mailing lists. Options come from Email::Validate (http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/Email-Valid-1.194/lib/Email/Valid.pm). Commenting this out turns off email validation.',
+        'default' => 'tldcheck,fqdn,rfc822',
+        'edit'    => '1',
+        'file'    => 'sympa.conf',
+    },
 
 ## Not implemented yet.
 ##    {
diff --git a/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/tools.pm b/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/tools.pm
index d9be037926946c4f617f556bea1187e37258200b..37bd999aadb2c13ae739c4047f70c84484a9923f 100644
--- a/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/tools.pm
+++ b/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/lib/tools.pm
@@ -2746,6 +2746,30 @@ sub valid_email {
 	return undef;
     }
 
+    # If email_validation is set then apply additional email validation set
+    # by Email::Valid as per the configuration
+    if ($Conf::Conf{'email_validation'}) {
+        use Email::Valid;
+	my $technique_map = {
+	    'tldcheck' => '-tldcheck',
+	    'fqdn' => '-fqdn',
+	    'mxcheck' => '-mxcheck',
+	    'fudge' => '-fudge',
+	    'allow_ip' => '-allow_ip',
+	    'local_rules' => '-local_rules'
+	};
+        my @techniques = split(',', $Conf::Conf{'email_validation'});
+	my @options;
+	foreach (@techniques) {
+	    push @options, $technique_map->{$_};
+	}
+	my $valid = new Email::Valid(@options);
+	if (!$valid->address($email)) {
+	    do_log('err', "Invalid email address '%s' [%s]", $email, $valid->details());
+	    return undef;
+	}
+    }
+
     return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/sympa_wizard.pl.in b/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/sympa_wizard.pl.in
index 0d4789d4b25825201a39eb516c25a6485dcb2ec4..cb886fd3548319e158182af7b9d2e7059f11bc28 100644
--- a/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/sympa_wizard.pl.in
+++ b/sympa-6.1.22-src/src/sympa_wizard.pl.in
@@ -380,6 +380,12 @@ sub check_cpan {
 				     mandatory => 1,
 				     usage => 'module for character encoding processing',
 				    },
+			'Email::Valid' => {
+				  required_version =>'1.194',
+				  package_name => 'Email-Valid',
+				  mandatory => 1,
+				  usage => 'used to compute validate email addresses',
+					  },
 			'FCGI' => {
 				   required_version => '0.67',
 				   package_name => 'FCGI',