diff --git a/packages/decap-cms-backend-git-gateway/src/implementation.ts b/packages/decap-cms-backend-git-gateway/src/implementation.ts
index 25ab9d07f8d6..ead0c0adc25b 100644
--- a/packages/decap-cms-backend-git-gateway/src/implementation.ts
+++ b/packages/decap-cms-backend-git-gateway/src/implementation.ts
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ export default class GitGateway implements Implementation {
       return {
         name: userData.name,
         login: userData.email,
+        email: userData.email,
         avatar_url: userData.avatar_url,
       } as unknown as User;
     });
diff --git a/packages/decap-cms-backend-gitea/src/API.ts b/packages/decap-cms-backend-gitea/src/API.ts
index 18b4f91fd4aa..ed743f6e2065 100644
--- a/packages/decap-cms-backend-gitea/src/API.ts
+++ b/packages/decap-cms-backend-gitea/src/API.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export default class API {
 
   static DEFAULT_COMMIT_MESSAGE = 'Automatically generated by Static CMS';
 
-  user(): Promise<{ full_name: string; login: string; avatar_url: string }> {
+  user(): Promise<{ full_name: string; login: string; email: string; avatar_url: string }> {
     if (!this._userPromise) {
       this._userPromise = this.getUser();
     }
diff --git a/packages/decap-cms-backend-gitea/src/implementation.tsx b/packages/decap-cms-backend-gitea/src/implementation.tsx
index 8584dffdf935..da05a1cc241c 100644
--- a/packages/decap-cms-backend-gitea/src/implementation.tsx
+++ b/packages/decap-cms-backend-gitea/src/implementation.tsx
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ export default class Gitea implements Implementation {
     return {
       name: user.full_name,
       login: user.login,
+      email: user.email,
       avatar_url: user.avatar_url,
       token: state.token as string,
     };
diff --git a/packages/decap-cms-backend-github/src/API.ts b/packages/decap-cms-backend-github/src/API.ts
index 5120c0286195..13fb7327b692 100644
--- a/packages/decap-cms-backend-github/src/API.ts
+++ b/packages/decap-cms-backend-github/src/API.ts
@@ -253,13 +253,14 @@ export default class API {
 
   static DEFAULT_COMMIT_MESSAGE = 'Automatically generated by Decap CMS';
 
-  user(): Promise<{ name: string; login: string }> {
+  user(): Promise<{ name: string; login: string; email?: string }> {
     if (!this._userPromise) {
       this._userPromise = this.getUser({ token: this.token });
     }
     return this._userPromise.then(user => ({
       name: user.name || 'Unknown',
       login: user.login,
+      email: user.email ?? undefined,
     }));
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/decap-cms-core/index.d.ts b/packages/decap-cms-core/index.d.ts
index 8c41d54f4450..6c47c278db2b 100644
--- a/packages/decap-cms-core/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/decap-cms-core/index.d.ts
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ declare module 'decap-cms-core' {
     auth_type?: 'implicit' | 'pkce';
     cms_label_prefix?: string;
     squash_merges?: boolean;
+    signoff_commits?: boolean;
     proxy_url?: string;
     commit_messages?: {
       create?: string;
diff --git a/packages/decap-cms-core/src/backend.ts b/packages/decap-cms-core/src/backend.ts
index 0025b26f4308..6e5f03d9e068 100644
--- a/packages/decap-cms-core/src/backend.ts
+++ b/packages/decap-cms-core/src/backend.ts
@@ -1178,6 +1178,7 @@ export class Backend {
         path,
         authorLogin: user.login,
         authorName: user.name,
+        authorEmail: user.email,
       },
       user.useOpenAuthoring,
     );
@@ -1253,6 +1254,7 @@ export class Backend {
           path: file.path,
           authorLogin: user.login,
           authorName: user.name,
+          authorEmail: user.email,
         },
         user.useOpenAuthoring,
       ),
@@ -1279,6 +1281,7 @@ export class Backend {
         path,
         authorLogin: user.login,
         authorName: user.name,
+        authorEmail: user.email,
       },
       user.useOpenAuthoring,
     );
@@ -1303,6 +1306,7 @@ export class Backend {
         path,
         authorLogin: user.login,
         authorName: user.name,
+        authorEmail: user.email,
       },
       user.useOpenAuthoring,
     );
diff --git a/packages/decap-cms-core/src/lib/__tests__/formatters.spec.js b/packages/decap-cms-core/src/lib/__tests__/formatters.spec.js
index efa44e5bd1f8..00bf5896b444 100644
--- a/packages/decap-cms-core/src/lib/__tests__/formatters.spec.js
+++ b/packages/decap-cms-core/src/lib/__tests__/formatters.spec.js
@@ -247,6 +247,27 @@ describe('formatters', () => {
         'Ignoring unknown variable “author-email” in open authoring message template.',
       );
     });
+
+    it('should return commit with trailer when signoff_commits is enabled', () => {
+      const collection = Map({ label_singular: 'Collection' });
+      const config = {
+        backend: {
+          signoff_commits: true,
+        },
+      };
+
+      expect(
+        commitMessageFormatter('create', config, {
+          slug: 'doc-slug',
+          path: 'file-path',
+          collection,
+          authorName: 'Test User',
+          authorEmail: 'test-user@example.org',
+        }),
+      ).toEqual(
+        'Create Collection “doc-slug”\n\nSigned-off-by: Test User <test-user@example.org>\n',
+      );
+    });
   });
 
   describe('prepareSlug', () => {
diff --git a/packages/decap-cms-core/src/lib/formatters.ts b/packages/decap-cms-core/src/lib/formatters.ts
index a958cd148e14..239fe3f2f62a 100644
--- a/packages/decap-cms-core/src/lib/formatters.ts
+++ b/packages/decap-cms-core/src/lib/formatters.ts
@@ -44,16 +44,28 @@ type Options = {
   collection?: Collection;
   authorLogin?: string;
   authorName?: string;
+  authorEmail?: string;
 };
 
 export function commitMessageFormatter(
   type: keyof typeof commitMessageTemplates,
   config: CmsConfig,
-  { slug, path, collection, authorLogin, authorName }: Options,
+  { slug, path, collection, authorLogin, authorName, authorEmail }: Options,
   isOpenAuthoring?: boolean,
 ) {
   const templates = { ...commitMessageTemplates, ...(config.backend.commit_messages || {}) };
 
+  let trailers = '';
+  if (config.backend.signoff_commits) {
+    if (!authorName) {
+      console.warn('Option signoff_commits is enabled, but author name is unknown');
+    } else if (!authorEmail) {
+      console.warn('Option signoff_commits is enabled, but author email is unknown');
+    } else {
+      trailers = `\n\nSigned-off-by: ${authorName} <${authorEmail}>\n`;
+    }
+  }
+
   const commitMessage = templates[type].replace(variableRegex, (_, variable) => {
     switch (variable) {
       case 'slug':
@@ -73,7 +85,7 @@ export function commitMessageFormatter(
   });
 
   if (!isOpenAuthoring) {
-    return commitMessage;
+    return commitMessage + trailers;
   }
 
   const message = templates.openAuthoring.replace(variableRegex, (_, variable) => {
@@ -90,7 +102,7 @@ export function commitMessageFormatter(
     }
   });
 
-  return message;
+  return message + trailers;
 }
 
 export function prepareSlug(slug: string) {
diff --git a/packages/decap-cms-core/src/types/redux.ts b/packages/decap-cms-core/src/types/redux.ts
index 4587741e24a5..294d118f534b 100644
--- a/packages/decap-cms-core/src/types/redux.ts
+++ b/packages/decap-cms-core/src/types/redux.ts
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ export interface CmsBackend {
   auth_endpoint?: string;
   cms_label_prefix?: string;
   squash_merges?: boolean;
+  signoff_commits?: boolean;
   proxy_url?: string;
   commit_messages?: {
     create?: string;
diff --git a/packages/decap-cms-lib-util/src/implementation.ts b/packages/decap-cms-lib-util/src/implementation.ts
index 52539852bde8..3080bf99072f 100644
--- a/packages/decap-cms-lib-util/src/implementation.ts
+++ b/packages/decap-cms-lib-util/src/implementation.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ export type Credentials = { token: string | {}; refresh_token?: string };
 export type User = Credentials & {
   backendName?: string;
   login?: string;
+  email?: string;
   name: string;
   useOpenAuthoring?: boolean;
 };