diff --git a/app/models/solidus_paypal_braintree/gateway.rb b/app/models/solidus_paypal_braintree/gateway.rb
index 9c7023fc..d3047759 100644
--- a/app/models/solidus_paypal_braintree/gateway.rb
+++ b/app/models/solidus_paypal_braintree/gateway.rb
@@ -398,6 +398,8 @@ def paypal_payee_email_for(source, options)
     def customer_profile_params(payment)
       params = {}
 
+      params[:email] = payment&.order&.email
+
       if store_in_vault && payment.source.try(:nonce)
         params[:payment_method_nonce] = payment.source.nonce
       end
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/cassettes/gateway/customer.yml b/spec/fixtures/cassettes/gateway/customer.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2940c9aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/cassettes/gateway/customer.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+---
+http_interactions:
+- request:
+    method: post
+    uri: https://api.sandbox.braintreegateway.com/merchants/vn32pmzn67tzbcd9/customers
+    body:
+      encoding: UTF-8
+      string: |
+        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+        <customer>
+          <email>braintree@customers.com</email>
+          <payment-method-nonce>fake-valid-nonce</payment-method-nonce>
+        </customer>
+    headers:
+      Accept-Encoding:
+      - gzip
+      Accept:
+      - application/xml
+      User-Agent:
+      - Braintree Ruby Gem 3.4.0
+      X-Apiversion:
+      - '6'
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/xml
+      Authorization:
+      - Basic cTM3ZnF0eXc0cDJzN2Zidzo2M2RhYmNjOWFmMTcyNDhlZjQyMTdjZmRlYWEwM2UwMQ==
+  response:
+    status:
+      code: 201
+      message: ''
+    headers:
+      Date:
+      - Fri, 10 Dec 2021 10:53:18 GMT
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/xml; charset=utf-8
+      X-Frame-Options:
+      - SAMEORIGIN
+      X-Xss-Protection:
+      - 1; mode=block
+      X-Content-Type-Options:
+      - nosniff
+      X-Download-Options:
+      - noopen
+      X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies:
+      - none
+      Referrer-Policy:
+      - strict-origin-when-cross-origin
+      X-Authentication:
+      - basic_auth
+      X-User:
+      - mp9fm99xgbv5d7nc
+      Vary:
+      - Accept-Encoding, Origin
+      Content-Encoding:
+      - gzip
+      Etag:
+      - W/"435fd70a86beeb87bca285ff652a7010"
+      Cache-Control:
+      - max-age=0, private, must-revalidate
+      X-Runtime:
+      - '0.366158'
+      X-Request-Id:
+      - e7e1e4f3-b4cb-4f66-83d8-68956318e262
+      Content-Security-Policy:
+      - frame-ancestors 'self'
+      X-Broxyid:
+      - e7e1e4f3-b4cb-4f66-83d8-68956318e262
+      Strict-Transport-Security:
+      - max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
+      Paypal-Debug-Id:
+      - ed5d938d152c4
+      Transfer-Encoding:
+      - chunked
+    body:
+      encoding: ASCII-8BIT
+      string: !binary |-
+        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
+  recorded_at: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 10:53:18 GMT
+recorded_with: VCR 6.0.0
diff --git a/spec/models/solidus_paypal_braintree/gateway_spec.rb b/spec/models/solidus_paypal_braintree/gateway_spec.rb
index 3808b8a6..4668cc4b 100644
--- a/spec/models/solidus_paypal_braintree/gateway_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/solidus_paypal_braintree/gateway_spec.rb
@@ -544,6 +544,56 @@
       end
     end
 
+    describe '#customer_profile_params' do
+      subject(:params) { gateway.send(:customer_profile_params, payment) }
+
+      let(:payment) do
+        build(:payment, {
+          payment_method: gateway,
+          source: source
+        })
+      end
+
+      context 'when payment does not belong to an order' do
+        before { allow(payment).to receive(:order).and_return(nil) }
+
+        it 'has the email param as nil' do
+          expect(subject[:email]).to be_nil
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when payment belongs to an order' do
+        it 'has no email param' do
+          expect(subject[:email]).to eq(payment.order.email)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "Braintree Customer" do
+      subject(:customer) { braintree.customer.create(params).customer }
+
+      let(:params) { gateway.send(:customer_profile_params, payment) }
+
+      let(:payment) do
+        build(:payment, {
+          payment_method: gateway,
+          source: source
+        })
+      end
+
+      cassette_options = {
+        cassette_name: 'gateway/customer',
+        match_requests_on: [:braintree_uri]
+      }
+
+      context "with customer", vcr: cassette_options do
+        it 'saves the customer email correctly' do
+          allow(payment.order).to receive(:email).and_return('braintree@customers.com')
+          expect(subject.email).to eq(payment.order.email)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     shared_examples "sources_by_order" do
       let(:order) { FactoryBot.create :order, user: user, state: "complete", completed_at: Time.current }
       let(:gateway) { new_gateway.tap(&:save!) }