diff --git a/connector/github/github.go b/connector/github/github.go
index ef8d418fa8..1ff2cb5f13 100644
--- a/connector/github/github.go
+++ b/connector/github/github.go
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ type Config struct {
 	TeamNameField string `json:"teamNameField"`
 	LoadAllGroups bool   `json:"loadAllGroups"`
 	UseLoginAsID  bool   `json:"useLoginAsID"`
+	// NoreplyPrivateEmail configures the connector to use
+	// {id}+{login}@users.noreply.github.com as the user email if user has
+	// marked their email as private on GitHub.
+	// See https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-email-preferences/setting-your-commit-email-address#setting-your-commit-email-address-on-github.
+	// Note, this is only valid for public and Enterprise Cloud GitHub (i.e. this only works on github.com domains).
+	// There is no equivalent for Enterprise Server GitHub / custom hosts.
+	NoreplyPrivateEmail bool `json:"noreplyPrivateEmail"`
 }
 
 // Org holds org-team filters, in which teams are optional.
@@ -153,6 +160,12 @@ type githubConnector struct {
 	loadAllGroups bool
 	// if set to true will use the user's handle rather than their numeric id as the ID
 	useLoginAsID bool
+	// use {id}+{login}@users.noreply.github.com as the user email if user has
+	// marked their email as private on GitHub.
+	// See https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-email-preferences/setting-your-commit-email-address#setting-your-commit-email-address-on-github.
+	// Note, this is only valid for public and Enterprise Cloud GitHub (i.e. this only works on github.com domains).
+	// There is no equivalent for Enterprise Server GitHub / custom hosts.
+	noreplyPrivateEmail bool
 }
 
 // groupsRequired returns whether dex requires GitHub's 'read:org' scope. Dex
@@ -554,9 +567,16 @@ func (c *githubConnector) user(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client) (user,
 	// Only public user emails are returned by 'GET /user'. u.Email will be empty
 	// if a users' email is private. We must retrieve private emails explicitly.
 	if u.Email == "" {
-		var err error
-		if u.Email, err = c.userEmail(ctx, client); err != nil {
-			return u, err
+		// If on github.com, GitHub allows for a special noreply email to
+		// associate users to commits without exposing their private email.
+		// See https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-email-preferences/setting-your-commit-email-address#about-commit-email-addresses
+		if c.noreplyPrivateEmail && (c.hostName == "" || c.hostName == "github.com") {
+			u.Email = fmt.Sprintf("%d+%s@users.noreply.github.com", u.ID, u.Login)
+		} else {
+			var err error
+			if u.Email, err = c.userEmail(ctx, client); err != nil {
+				return u, err
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return u, nil
diff --git a/connector/github/github_test.go b/connector/github/github_test.go
index 76d7463cf6..8153090dcf 100644
--- a/connector/github/github_test.go
+++ b/connector/github/github_test.go
@@ -236,3 +236,45 @@ func expectEquals(t *testing.T, a interface{}, b interface{}) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected %+v to equal %+v", a, b)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNoreplyUserEmail(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	s := newTestServer(map[string]testResponse{
+		"/user": {data: user{Login: "some-login", ID: 12345678, Name: "Joe Bloggs"}},
+		"/user/emails": {data: []userEmail{{
+			Email:    "some@email.com",
+			Verified: true,
+			Primary:  true,
+		}}},
+	})
+	defer s.Close()
+	client := newClient()
+
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		host string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{
+			want: "12345678+some-login@users.noreply.github.com",
+		},
+		{
+			host: "github.com",
+			want: "12345678+some-login@users.noreply.github.com",
+		},
+		{
+			host: "example.com",
+			want: "some@email.com",
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.host, func(t *testing.T) {
+			c := githubConnector{apiURL: s.URL, hostName: tc.host, httpClient: client, noreplyPrivateEmail: true}
+			u, err := c.user(ctx, client)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if u.Email != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("want %s, got %s", tc.want, u.Email)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}