diff --git a/android/src/main/java/flutter/plugins/contactsservice/contactsservice/ContactsServicePlugin.java b/android/src/main/java/flutter/plugins/contactsservice/contactsservice/ContactsServicePlugin.java
index f8645a6..55c2330 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/flutter/plugins/contactsservice/contactsservice/ContactsServicePlugin.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/flutter/plugins/contactsservice/contactsservice/ContactsServicePlugin.java
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ public void onMethodCall(MethodCall call, Result result) {
       } case "getContactsForPhone": {
         this.getContactsForPhone(call.method, (String)call.argument("phone"), (boolean)call.argument("withThumbnails"), (boolean)call.argument("photoHighResolution"), (boolean)call.argument("orderByGivenName"), (boolean)call.argument("androidLocalizedLabels"), result);
         break;
+      } case "getContactsForEmail": {
+        this.getContactsForEmail(call.method, (String)call.argument("email"), (boolean)call.argument("withThumbnails"), (boolean)call.argument("photoHighResolution"), (boolean)call.argument("orderByGivenName"), (boolean)call.argument("androidLocalizedLabels"), result);
+        break;
       } case "getAvatar": {
         final Contact contact = Contact.fromMap((HashMap)call.argument("contact"));
         this.getAvatar(contact, (boolean)call.argument("photoHighResolution"), result);
@@ -212,6 +215,10 @@ private void getContactsForPhone(String callMethod, String phone, boolean withTh
     new GetContactsTask(callMethod, result, withThumbnails, photoHighResolution, orderByGivenName, localizedLabels).executeOnExecutor(executor, phone, true);
   }
 
+  private void getContactsForEmail(String callMethod, String email, boolean withThumbnails, boolean photoHighResolution, boolean orderByGivenName, boolean localizedLabels, Result result) {
+    new GetContactsTask(callMethod, result, withThumbnails, photoHighResolution, orderByGivenName, localizedLabels).executeOnExecutor(executor, email, true);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void onAttachedToActivity(ActivityPluginBinding binding) {
     if (delegate instanceof  ContactServiceDelegate) {
@@ -443,6 +450,7 @@ protected ArrayList<HashMap> doInBackground(Object... params) {
         case "openDeviceContactPicker": contacts = getContactsFrom(getCursor(null, (String) params[0]), localizedLabels); break;
         case "getContacts": contacts = getContactsFrom(getCursor((String) params[0], null), localizedLabels); break;
         case "getContactsForPhone": contacts = getContactsFrom(getCursorForPhone(((String) params[0])), localizedLabels); break;
+        case "getContactsForEmail": contacts = getContactsFrom(getCursorForEmail(((String) params[0]))), localizedLabels); break;
         default: return null;
       }
 
@@ -537,6 +545,30 @@ private Cursor getCursorForPhone(String phone) {
     return null;
   }
 
+  private Cursor getCursorForEmail(String email) {
+    if (email.isEmpty())
+      return null;
+
+    Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(Email.CONTENT_URI, Uri.encode(email));
+    String[] projection = new String[]{BaseColumns._ID};
+
+    ArrayList<String> contactIds = new ArrayList<>();
+    Cursor emailCursor = contentResolver.query(uri, projection, null, null, null);
+    while (emailCursor != null && emailCursor.moveToNext()){
+      contactIds.add(emailCursor.getString(emailCursor.getColumnIndex(BaseColumns._ID)));
+    }
+    if (emailCursor!= null)
+      emailCursor.close();
+
+    if (!contactIds.isEmpty()) {
+      String contactIdsListString = contactIds.toString().replace("[", "(").replace("]", ")");
+      String contactSelection = ContactsContract.Data.CONTACT_ID + " IN " + contactIdsListString;
+      return contentResolver.query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, PROJECTION, contactSelection, null, null);
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Builds the list of contacts from the cursor
    * @param cursor