diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/builduser/varsetter/impl/UserIdCauseDeterminant.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/builduser/varsetter/impl/UserIdCauseDeterminant.java
index d0afc97..cc17471 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/builduser/varsetter/impl/UserIdCauseDeterminant.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/builduser/varsetter/impl/UserIdCauseDeterminant.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import hudson.model.User;
 import hudson.security.ACL;
 import hudson.security.SecurityRealm;
-import hudson.tasks.Mailer.UserProperty;
+import hudson.tasks.MailAddressResolver;
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.builduser.utils.BuildUserVariable;
@@ -90,10 +90,8 @@ private void setUserGroups(String userId, Map<String, String> variables) {
 
 	private void setUserEmail(String userId, Map<String, String> variables) {
 		Optional.ofNullable(User.getById(userId, false))
-				.map(user -> user.getProperty(UserProperty.class))
-				.map(UserProperty::getAddress)
-				.map(StringUtils::trimToEmpty)
-				.ifPresent(address -> variables.put(BuildUserVariable.EMAIL, address));
+				.map(MailAddressResolver::resolve)
+				.ifPresent(email -> variables.put(BuildUserVariable.EMAIL, email));
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/builduser/varsetter/impl/UserIdCauseDeterminantEmailTest.java b/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/builduser/varsetter/impl/UserIdCauseDeterminantEmailTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bd9970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/builduser/varsetter/impl/UserIdCauseDeterminantEmailTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package org.jenkinsci.plugins.builduser.varsetter.impl;
+
+import hudson.model.Cause.UserIdCause;
+import hudson.model.User;
+import hudson.tasks.MailAddressResolver;
+import hudson.tasks.Mailer.UserProperty;
+import org.jenkinsci.plugins.builduser.utils.BuildUserVariable;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.jvnet.hudson.test.JenkinsRule;
+import org.jvnet.hudson.test.TestExtension;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+
+public class UserIdCauseDeterminantEmailTest {
+    public static final String TEST_USER = "test_user";
+    
+    @Rule
+    public JenkinsRule r = new JenkinsRule();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSetJenkinsUserBuildVarsEmailWithResolver() throws IOException {
+        User user = User.getById(TEST_USER, true);
+        assert user != null;
+        user.addProperty(new UserProperty(null));
+
+        JenkinsRule.DummySecurityRealm realm = r.createDummySecurityRealm();
+        r.jenkins.setSecurityRealm(realm);
+
+        Map<String, String> outputVars = new HashMap<>();
+        UserIdCause cause = new UserIdCause(TEST_USER);
+        UserIdCauseDeterminant determinant = new UserIdCauseDeterminant();
+        determinant.setJenkinsUserBuildVars(cause, outputVars);
+
+        assertThat(outputVars.get(BuildUserVariable.EMAIL), is(equalTo("resolveduser@example.com")));
+    }
+
+    @TestExtension
+    public static class TestMailAddressResolver extends MailAddressResolver {
+        @Override
+        public String findMailAddressFor(User user) {
+            return "resolveduser@example.com";
+        }
+    }
+}