diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/api.py b/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
index 05c81b4e1..ffb7b51ff 100755
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
@@ -955,9 +955,10 @@ class ApiController(RedditController, OAuth2ResourceController):
                    VModhash(),
                    email = ValidEmails("email", num = 1),
                    password = VPassword(['newpass', 'verpass']),
-                   verify = VBoolean("verify"))
+                   verify = VBoolean("verify"),
+                   dest=VDestination())
     @api_doc(api_section.account)
-    def POST_update(self, form, jquery, email, password, verify):
+    def POST_update(self, form, jquery, email, password, verify, dest):
         """
         Update account email address and password.
 
@@ -986,7 +987,10 @@ class ApiController(RedditController, OAuth2ResourceController):
                 updated = True
             if verify:
                 # TODO: rate limit this?
-                emailer.verify_email(c.user)
+                if dest == '/':
+                    dest = None
+
+                emailer.verify_email(c.user, dest=dest)
                 form.set_html('.status',
                      _("you should be getting a verification email shortly."))
             else:
diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/front.py b/r2/r2/controllers/front.py
index ef545fe53..4cc9e9776 100755
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/front.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/front.py
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ class FormsController(RedditController):
             content = PaneStack(
                 [InfoBar(message=infomsg),
                  PrefUpdate(email=True, verify=True,
-                            password=False)])
+                            password=False, dest=dest)])
         return BoringPage(_("verify email"), content=content).render()
 
     @validate(VUser(),
diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/emailer.py b/r2/r2/lib/emailer.py
index 7eff9c764..bdcd63811 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/emailer.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/emailer.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def _gold_email(body, to_address, from_name, kind):
     Email.handler.add_to_queue(None, to_address, from_name, g.goldthanks_email,
                                kind, body = body)
 
-def verify_email(user):
+def verify_email(user, dest=None):
     """
     For verifying an email address
     """
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ def verify_email(user):
 
     token = EmailVerificationToken._new(user)
     emaillink = 'http://' + g.domain + '/verification/' + token._id
+    if dest:
+        emaillink += '?dest=%s' % dest
     g.log.debug("Generated email verification link: " + emaillink)
 
     _system_email(user.email,
diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
index b2e873674..9a08f1bb5 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
@@ -864,10 +864,11 @@ class PrefOTP(Templated):
 
 class PrefUpdate(Templated):
     """Preference form for updating email address and passwords"""
-    def __init__(self, email = True, password = True, verify = False):
+    def __init__(self, email=True, password=True, verify=False, dest=None):
         self.email = email
         self.password = password
         self.verify = verify
+        self.dest = dest
         Templated.__init__(self)
 
 class PrefApps(Templated):
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/prefupdate.html b/r2/r2/templates/prefupdate.html
index 797165a0d..c19af8448 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/prefupdate.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/prefupdate.html
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 
 %if thing.verify and not c.user.email_verified:
    <input type="hidden" name="verify" value="1"/>
+   <input type="hidden" name="dest" value="${thing.dest}">
    <button type="submit" class="btn">${_('send verification email')}</button>
 %else:
    <button type="submit" class="btn">${_('save')}</button>