diff --git a/hypha/apply/activity/tasks.py b/hypha/apply/activity/tasks.py
index 247c8ceda95de33fc5cd4d347528d1a1181f45fc..cc4c13f21a9fc974f11b26b4e832d68ec0d38d84 100644
--- a/hypha/apply/activity/tasks.py
+++ b/hypha/apply/activity/tasks.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ app.config_from_object(settings, namespace='CELERY', force=True)
 
 
 def send_mail(subject, message, from_address, recipients, logs=None):
+    if settings.EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX:
+        subject = str(settings.EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX) + str(subject)
     # Convenience method to wrap the tasks and handle the callback
     send_mail_task.apply_async(
         kwargs={