diff --git a/app/mailers/user_mailer.rb b/app/mailers/user_mailer.rb
index 6e051a2b2..1018d712b 100644
--- a/app/mailers/user_mailer.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/user_mailer.rb
@@ -279,6 +279,13 @@ def freecen_vld_invalid_pob_report(email_subject, email_body, report, report_nam
     mail(:to => email_addresses, :cc => cc_addresses, :subject => email_subject, :body => email_body)
   end
 
+  def communicate_github_issue_creation(feedback)
+    @feedback = feedback
+    @user = UseridDetail.where(userid: feedback.user_id).first
+    @user_email = @user.email_address
+    mail(to: @user_email, :subject => 'Notification of github issue creation')
+  end
+
   def notification_of_technical_registration(user)
     @appname = appname
     @user = user
diff --git a/app/models/feedback.rb b/app/models/feedback.rb
index 9bca38dad..c92a127f2 100644
--- a/app/models/feedback.rb
+++ b/app/models/feedback.rb
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ def github_issue
       logger.info("#{appname}:GITHUB response: #{response}")
       logger.info(response.inspect)
       self.update_attributes(:github_issue_url => response[:html_url],:github_comment_url => response[:comments_url], :github_number => response[:number])
+      UserMailer.communicate_github_issue_creation(self).deliver_now
     else
       logger.error("#{appname}:Tried to create an issue, but Github integration is not enabled!")
     end
diff --git a/app/views/user_mailer/communicate_github_issue_creation.html.erb b/app/views/user_mailer/communicate_github_issue_creation.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c9060885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/user_mailer/communicate_github_issue_creation.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<p>Dear <%= @user.userid%></p>
+<p>You had submitted some feedback to <%= @appname %> reference
+  <a href="<%=Rails.application.config.website%>/feedbacks/<%=@feedback.id%>"><%= @feedback.identifier %></a>
+  to us with the title <b><%= @feedback.title%></b> at <%= @feedback.feedback_time.strftime("%H:%M on %F") unless @feedback.feedback_time.nil?%></p>
+ <p>This email is to notify you that we have created an github issue and you can monitor the progess here: <%= link_to "link to github issue", @feedback.github_issue_url %></p>
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