diff --git a/crates/ruma-client-api/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/ruma-client-api/CHANGELOG.md
index a0d6d49d..db0ec0cc 100644
--- a/crates/ruma-client-api/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/ruma-client-api/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 Improvements:
 
 * Add `From<&UserId>` and `From<&OwnedUserId>` implementations for `UserIdentifier`
+* Add `UserIdentifier::email` constructor
 
 # 0.14.0
 
diff --git a/crates/ruma-client-api/src/uiaa.rs b/crates/ruma-client-api/src/uiaa.rs
index 4b15157c..d81d5a31 100644
--- a/crates/ruma-client-api/src/uiaa.rs
+++ b/crates/ruma-client-api/src/uiaa.rs
@@ -590,6 +590,13 @@ pub enum UserIdentifier<'a> {
     },
 }
 
+impl<'a> UserIdentifier<'a> {
+    /// Creates a [`UserIdentifier::ThirdPartyId`] from an email address.
+    pub fn email(address: &'a str) -> Self {
+        Self::ThirdPartyId { address, medium: Medium::Email }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'a> From<&'a UserId> for UserIdentifier<'a> {
     fn from(id: &'a UserId) -> Self {
         Self::UserIdOrLocalpart(id.as_str())