diff --git a/src/phoenix/config.py b/src/phoenix/config.py
index 90c58aef97..86592ff763 100644
--- a/src/phoenix/config.py
+++ b/src/phoenix/config.py
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@
 ENV_PHOENIX_ENABLE_AUTH = "PHOENIX_ENABLE_AUTH"
 ENV_PHOENIX_DISABLE_RATE_LIMIT = "PHOENIX_DISABLE_RATE_LIMIT"
 ENV_PHOENIX_SECRET = "PHOENIX_SECRET"
+ENV_PHOENIX_DEFAULT_ADMIN_INITIAL_EMAIL = "PHOENIX_DEFAULT_ADMIN_INITIAL_EMAIL"
+"""
+The initial email for the default admin account, which defaults to ‘admin@localhost’ if not
+explicitly set. Note that changing this value will have no effect if the default admin
+record already exists in the database.
+"""
 ENV_PHOENIX_DEFAULT_ADMIN_INITIAL_PASSWORD = "PHOENIX_DEFAULT_ADMIN_INITIAL_PASSWORD"
 """
 The initial password for the default admin account, which defaults to ‘admin’ if not
@@ -282,6 +288,12 @@ def get_env_phoenix_secret() -> Optional[str]:
     return phoenix_secret
 
 
+def get_env_default_admin_initial_email() -> str:
+    from phoenix.auth import DEFAULT_ADMIN_EMAIL
+
+    return os.environ.get(ENV_PHOENIX_DEFAULT_ADMIN_INITIAL_EMAIL) or DEFAULT_ADMIN_EMAIL
+
+
 def get_env_default_admin_initial_password() -> str:
     from phoenix.auth import DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD
 
diff --git a/src/phoenix/db/facilitator.py b/src/phoenix/db/facilitator.py
index 6321141713..a6c39a8158 100644
--- a/src/phoenix/db/facilitator.py
+++ b/src/phoenix/db/facilitator.py
@@ -12,14 +12,16 @@
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
 from phoenix.auth import (
-    DEFAULT_ADMIN_EMAIL,
     DEFAULT_ADMIN_USERNAME,
     DEFAULT_SECRET_LENGTH,
     DEFAULT_SYSTEM_EMAIL,
     DEFAULT_SYSTEM_USERNAME,
     compute_password_hash,
 )
-from phoenix.config import get_env_default_admin_initial_password
+from phoenix.config import (
+    get_env_default_admin_initial_email,
+    get_env_default_admin_initial_password,
+)
 from phoenix.db import models
 from phoenix.db.enums import COLUMN_ENUMS, UserRole
 from phoenix.server.types import DbSessionFactory
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ async def _ensure_user_roles(session: AsyncSession) -> None:
         admin_role_id := role_ids.get(admin_role)
     ) is not None:
         salt = secrets.token_bytes(DEFAULT_SECRET_LENGTH)
+        email = get_env_default_admin_initial_email()
         password = get_env_default_admin_initial_password()
         compute = partial(compute_password_hash, password=password, salt=salt)
         loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ async def _ensure_user_roles(session: AsyncSession) -> None:
         admin_user = models.User(
             user_role_id=admin_role_id,
             username=DEFAULT_ADMIN_USERNAME,
-            email=DEFAULT_ADMIN_EMAIL,
+            email=email,
             password_salt=salt,
             password_hash=hash_,
             reset_password=True,