diff --git a/doc/release-notes/12194-ignore-exclude-email-setting-for-collections.md b/doc/release-notes/12194-ignore-exclude-email-setting-for-collections.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..def993ae624
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+++ b/doc/release-notes/12194-ignore-exclude-email-setting-for-collections.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+A new query parameter (`ignoreSettingExcludeEmailFromExport`) has been added to the ["View a Dataverse Collection"](https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/native-api.html#view-a-dataverse-collection) API (`/api/dataverses/{collectionId}`).
+This query parameter prevents the contact emails from being excluded when the setting `ExcludeEmailFromExport` is set to true and the user has EditDataverse permissions.
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diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
index 2befaa56b0c..0e6940defd0 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
@@ -185,6 +185,13 @@ Usage example:
 
   curl "https://demo.dataverse.org/api/dataverses/root?returnChildCount=true"
 
+If a user with EditDataverse permissions wants to ignore the setting ``ExcludeEmailFromExport`` in order to see the contact emails, they must include the ``ignoreSettingExcludeEmailFromExport`` query parameter.
+
+Usage example:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  curl "https://demo.dataverse.org/api/dataverses/root?ignoreSettingExcludeEmailFromExport=true"
 
 To view an unpublished Dataverse collection:
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Dataverses.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Dataverses.java
index caf778be675..7b0b3bfa144 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Dataverses.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Dataverses.java
@@ -717,10 +717,22 @@ private Dataset parseDataset(String datasetJson) throws WrappedResponse {
     @GET
     @AuthRequired
     @Path("{identifier}")
-    public Response getDataverse(@Context ContainerRequestContext crc, @PathParam("identifier") String idtf, @QueryParam("returnOwners") boolean returnOwners, @QueryParam("returnChildCount") boolean returnChildCount) {
+    public Response getDataverse(@Context ContainerRequestContext crc,
+                                 @PathParam("identifier") String idtf,
+                                 @QueryParam("returnOwners") boolean returnOwners,
+                                 @QueryParam("returnChildCount") boolean returnChildCount,
+                                 @QueryParam("ignoreSettingExcludeEmailFromExport") Boolean ignoreSettingToExcludeEmailFromExport) {
         return response(req -> {
             Dataverse dataverse = execCommand(new GetDataverseCommand(req, findDataverseOrDie(idtf)));
+
             boolean hideEmail = settingsService.isTrueForKey(SettingsServiceBean.Key.ExcludeEmailFromExport, false);
+
+            // Check to see if the caller wants to ignore the ExcludeEmailFromExport setting and that they have permission to do so
+            boolean ignoreSettingExcludeEmailFromExport = ignoreSettingToExcludeEmailFromExport != null ? ignoreSettingToExcludeEmailFromExport : false;
+            if (hideEmail && ignoreSettingExcludeEmailFromExport && permissionService.userOn(getRequestUser(crc), dataverse).has(Permission.EditDataverse)) {
+                hideEmail = false;
+            }
+
             return ok(json(dataverse, hideEmail, returnOwners, false, returnChildCount ? dataverseService.getChildCount(dataverse) : null));
         }, getRequestUser(crc));
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DataversesIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DataversesIT.java
index 632ac39eb4e..2d22f90ec7a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DataversesIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DataversesIT.java
@@ -328,6 +328,25 @@ public void testReturnEmail() throws FileNotFoundException {
         List dataverseEmailNotAllowed = with(exportDataverseAsJson.body().asString())
                 .getJsonObject("data.dataverseContacts");
         assertNull(dataverseEmailNotAllowed);
+
+        Response getDataverseWithIgnoreExcludeEmail = UtilIT.getDataverseWithIgnoreExcludeEmail(dataverseAlias, apiToken, true);
+        getDataverseWithIgnoreExcludeEmail.prettyPrint();
+        getDataverseWithIgnoreExcludeEmail.then().assertThat()
+                .statusCode(OK.getStatusCode());
+
+        getDataverseWithIgnoreExcludeEmail.then().assertThat()
+                .statusCode(OK.getStatusCode())
+                .body("data.alias", equalTo(dataverseAlias))
+                .body("data.name", equalTo(dataverseAlias))
+                .body("data.dataverseContacts[0].displayOrder", equalTo(0))
+                .body("data.dataverseContacts[0].contactEmail", equalTo(emailAddressOfFirstDataverseContact))
+                .body("data.permissionRoot", equalTo(true))
+                .body("data.dataverseType", equalTo("UNCATEGORIZED"));
+
+        RestAssured.unregisterParser("text/plain");
+        List dataverseEmailAllowed = with(getDataverseWithIgnoreExcludeEmail.body().asString())
+                .getJsonObject("data.dataverseContacts");
+        assertNotNull(dataverseEmailAllowed);
         
         Response removeExcludeEmail = UtilIT.deleteSetting(SettingsServiceBean.Key.ExcludeEmailFromExport);
         removeExcludeEmail.then().assertThat()
@@ -347,9 +366,9 @@ public void testReturnEmail() throws FileNotFoundException {
                 .body("data.dataverseType", equalTo("UNCATEGORIZED"));
         
         RestAssured.unregisterParser("text/plain");
-        List dataverseEmailAllowed = with(exportDataverseAsJson2.body().asString())
+        List dataverseEmailAllowed2 = with(exportDataverseAsJson2.body().asString())
                 .getJsonObject("data.dataverseContacts");
-        assertNotNull(dataverseEmailAllowed);
+        assertNotNull(dataverseEmailAllowed2);
         
         Response deleteDataverse2 = UtilIT.deleteDataverse(dataverseAlias, apiToken);
         deleteDataverse2.prettyPrint();
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UtilIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UtilIT.java
index 24ab8b56eff..fa18989cbd5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UtilIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UtilIT.java
@@ -1886,6 +1886,14 @@ static Response getDataverseWithChildCount(String alias,  String apiToken, boole
                         + (returnChildCount ? "/?returnChildCount=true" : ""));
     }
 
+    static Response getDataverseWithIgnoreExcludeEmail(String alias,  String apiToken, boolean ignoreSettingExcludeEmailFromExport) {
+        return given()
+                .header(API_TOKEN_HTTP_HEADER, apiToken)
+                .get("/api/dataverses/"
+                        + alias
+                        + (ignoreSettingExcludeEmailFromExport ? "/?ignoreSettingExcludeEmailFromExport=true" : ""));
+    }
+
     static Response getMetadataBlockFromDatasetVersion(String persistentId, String versionNumber, String metadataBlock, String apiToken) {
         return given()
                 .header(API_TOKEN_HTTP_HEADER, apiToken)