diff --git a/xwork-core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationValidationConfigurationBuilder.java b/xwork-core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationValidationConfigurationBuilder.java
index c6b3adc4b..6e0449d15 100644
--- a/xwork-core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationValidationConfigurationBuilder.java
+++ b/xwork-core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationValidationConfigurationBuilder.java
@@ -779,6 +779,7 @@ public class AnnotationValidationConfigurationBuilder {
                 .shortCircuit(v.shortCircuit())
                 .defaultMessage(v.message())
                 .messageKey(v.key())
+                .messageParams(v.messageParams())
                 .build();
     }
 
diff --git a/xwork-core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/annotations/EmailValidator.java b/xwork-core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/annotations/EmailValidator.java
index 7ee9515dd..7b40811c5 100644
--- a/xwork-core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/annotations/EmailValidator.java
+++ b/xwork-core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/annotations/EmailValidator.java
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * <td class='confluenceTd'>i18n key from language specific properties file.</td>
  * </tr>
  * <tr>
+ * <td class='confluenceTd'>messageParams</td>
+ * <td class='confluenceTd'>no</td>
+ * <td class='confluenceTd'>&nbsp;</td>
+ * <td class='confluenceTd'>Additional params to be used to customize message - will be evaluated against the Value Stack</td>
+ * </tr>
+ * <tr>
  * <td class='confluenceTd'>fieldName</td>
  * <td class='confluenceTd'>no</td>
  * <td class='confluenceTd'>&nbsp;</td>
@@ -101,6 +107,11 @@ public @interface EmailValidator {
      */
     String key() default "";
 
+    /**
+     * Additional params to be used to customize message - will be evaluated against the Value Stack
+     */
+    String[] messageParams() default {};
+
     /**
      * The optional fieldName for SIMPLE validator types.
      */
diff --git a/xwork-core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/validators/EmailValidator.java b/xwork-core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/validators/EmailValidator.java
index 285b54c47..d0dcf756e 100644
--- a/xwork-core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/validators/EmailValidator.java
+++ b/xwork-core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/validators/EmailValidator.java
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ package com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.validators;
  *     &lt;/field&gt;
  *
  *     &lt;!-- Field Validator Syntax with expressions --&gt;
+ *     &lt;!-- Only available when used with xml based configuration, if you want to have the same
+ *             flexibility with annotations use @RegexFieldValidator instead --&gt;
  *     &lt;field name="myEmail"&gt;
  *        &lt;field-validator type="email"&gt;
  *           &lt;param name="regexExpression"&gt;${emailPattern}&lt;/param&gt; &lt;!-- will be evaluated as: String getEmailPattern() --&gt;
@@ -77,11 +79,11 @@ package com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.validators;
 public class EmailValidator extends RegexFieldValidator {
 
 	// see XW-371 
-    public static final String emailAddressPattern =
+    public static final String EMAIL_ADDRESS_PATTERN =
     	"\\b^['_a-z0-9-\\+]+(\\.['_a-z0-9-\\+]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\\.[a-z0-9-]+)*\\.([a-z]{2}|aero|arpa|asia|biz|com|coop|edu|gov|info|int|jobs|mil|mobi|museum|name|nato|net|org|pro|tel|travel|xxx)$\\b";
 
     public EmailValidator() {
-        setRegex(emailAddressPattern);
+        setRegex(EMAIL_ADDRESS_PATTERN);
         setCaseSensitive(false);
     }
 
diff --git a/xwork-core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationValidationAction.java b/xwork-core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationValidationAction.java
index 612708a9e..afc9eee9c 100644
--- a/xwork-core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationValidationAction.java
+++ b/xwork-core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationValidationAction.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.annotations.ConversionErrorFieldValidat
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.annotations.CustomValidator;
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.annotations.DateRangeFieldValidator;
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.annotations.DoubleRangeFieldValidator;
+import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.annotations.EmailValidator;
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.annotations.RegexFieldValidator;
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.annotations.ValidationParameter;
 
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ public class AnnotationValidationAction extends ActionSupport {
     @DoubleRangeFieldValidator(minExclusive = "1.2", maxExclusive = "1.4", minInclusive = "0", maxInclusive = "0.1",
             fieldName = "foo", key = "double.key", message = "Foo is out of range!", shortCircuit = true,
             messageParams = {"one", "two", "three"})
+    @EmailValidator(message = "Foo isn't a valid e-mail!", fieldName = "foo", key = "email.key",
+            messageParams = {"one", "two", "three"}, shortCircuit = true)
     public String execute() {
         return SUCCESS;
     }
diff --git a/xwork-core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationValidationConfigurationBuilderTest.java b/xwork-core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationValidationConfigurationBuilderTest.java
index a5288f21c..167481b3d 100644
--- a/xwork-core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationValidationConfigurationBuilderTest.java
+++ b/xwork-core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationValidationConfigurationBuilderTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.validators.ConditionalVisitorFieldValid
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.validators.ConversionErrorFieldValidator;
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.validators.DateRangeFieldValidator;
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.validators.DoubleRangeFieldValidator;
+import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.validators.EmailValidator;
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.validators.RegexFieldValidator;
 
 import java.text.ParseException;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ public class AnnotationValidationConfigurationBuilderTest extends XWorkTestCase
         List<Validator> validators = manager.getValidators(AnnotationValidationAction.class, null);
 
         // then
-        assertEquals(validators.size(), 6);
+        assertEquals(validators.size(), 7);
         for (Validator validator : validators) {
             validate(validator);
         }
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ public class AnnotationValidationConfigurationBuilderTest extends XWorkTestCase
         ValueStack valueStack = container.getInstance(ValueStackFactory.class).createValueStack();
         valueStack.push(new AnnotationValidationExpAction());
 
-        assertEquals(validators.size(), 6);
+        assertEquals(validators.size(), 7);
         for (Validator validator : validators) {
             validator.setValueStack(valueStack);
             validate(validator);
@@ -77,9 +78,22 @@ public class AnnotationValidationConfigurationBuilderTest extends XWorkTestCase
             validateDateRangeFieldValidator((DateRangeFieldValidator) validator);
         } else if (validator.getValidatorType().equals("double")) {
             validateDoubleRangeFieldValidator((DoubleRangeFieldValidator) validator);
+        } else if (validator.getValidatorType().equals("email")) {
+            validateEmailValidator((EmailValidator) validator);
         }
     }
 
+    private void validateEmailValidator(EmailValidator validator) {
+        assertEquals("foo", validator.getFieldName());
+        assertEquals(EmailValidator.EMAIL_ADDRESS_PATTERN, validator.getRegex());
+        assertEquals("Foo isn't a valid e-mail!", validator.getDefaultMessage());
+        assertEquals("email.key", validator.getMessageKey());
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(new String[]{"one", "two", "three"}, validator.getMessageParameters()));
+        assertEquals(true, validator.isShortCircuit());
+        assertEquals(false, validator.isCaseSensitive());
+        assertEquals(true, validator.isTrimed());
+    }
+
     private void validateDoubleRangeFieldValidator(DoubleRangeFieldValidator validator) {
         assertEquals("foo", validator.getFieldName());
         assertEquals("double.key", validator.getMessageKey());
diff --git a/xwork-core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationValidationExpAction.java b/xwork-core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationValidationExpAction.java
index 5f627f204..15dd7821f 100644
--- a/xwork-core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationValidationExpAction.java
+++ b/xwork-core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationValidationExpAction.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.annotations.ConversionErrorFieldValidat
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.annotations.CustomValidator;
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.annotations.DateRangeFieldValidator;
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.annotations.DoubleRangeFieldValidator;
+import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.annotations.EmailValidator;
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.annotations.RegexFieldValidator;
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.annotations.ValidationParameter;
 
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ public class AnnotationValidationExpAction extends ActionSupport {
             minInclusiveExpression = "${doubleMinInclusiveExpression}", maxInclusiveExpression = "${doubleMaxInclusiveExpression}",
             fieldName = "foo", key = "double.key", message = "Foo is out of range!", shortCircuit = true,
             messageParams = {"one", "two", "three"})
+    @EmailValidator(message = "Foo isn't a valid e-mail!", fieldName = "foo", key = "email.key",
+            messageParams = {"one", "two", "three"}, shortCircuit = true)
     public String execute() {
         return SUCCESS;
     }