diff --git a/app/helpers/user_notifications_helper.rb b/app/helpers/user_notifications_helper.rb
index dd57d457943..b284f69c611 100644
--- a/app/helpers/user_notifications_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/user_notifications_helper.rb
@@ -37,13 +37,15 @@ module UserNotificationsHelper
 
     result = ""
     length = 0
-    doc.css('body > p, aside.onebox, body > ul').each do |node|
+
+    doc.css('body > p, aside.onebox, body > ul, body > blockquote').each do |node|
       if node.text.present?
         result << node.to_s
         length += node.inner_text.length
         return result if length >= SiteSetting.digest_min_excerpt_length
       end
     end
+
     return result unless result.blank?
 
     # If there is no first paragaph, return the first div (onebox)
diff --git a/spec/helpers/user_notifications_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/user_notifications_helper_spec.rb
index dcd5cdcfce0..32e1f140809 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/user_notifications_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/user_notifications_helper_spec.rb
@@ -34,5 +34,23 @@ describe UserNotificationsHelper do
       SiteSetting.digest_min_excerpt_length = 50
       expect(helper.email_excerpt(arg)).to eq([with_link, paragraphs[0]].join)
     end
+
+    it "uses user quotes but not post quotes" do
+      cooked = <<~HTML
+        <p>BEFORE</p>
+        <blockquote>
+          <p>This is a user quote</p>
+        </blockquote>
+        <aside class="quote" data-post="3" data-topic="87369">
+          <div class="title">A Title</div>
+          <blockquote>
+            <p>This is a post quote</p>
+          </blockquote>
+        </aside>
+        <p>AFTER</p>
+      HTML
+
+      expect(helper.email_excerpt(cooked)).to eq "<p>BEFORE</p><blockquote>\n  <p>This is a user quote</p>\n</blockquote><p>AFTER</p>"
+    end
   end
 end