diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/admin.py b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/admin.py
index 47bd040862a7659377340865579bb5c30e90007d..278efdc177c1c163611c887a158122406aad4a34 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/admin.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/admin.py
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+"""
+Admin site configurations for verify_student.
+"""
+
+from config_models.admin import ConfigurationModelAdmin
 from ratelimitbackend import admin
 from verify_student.models import (
+    IcrvStatusEmailsConfiguration,
+    SkippedReverification,
     SoftwareSecurePhotoVerification,
     VerificationStatus,
-    SkippedReverification,
 )
 
 
@@ -54,3 +61,4 @@ class SkippedReverificationAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
 admin.site.register(SoftwareSecurePhotoVerification, SoftwareSecurePhotoVerificationAdmin)
 admin.site.register(SkippedReverification, SkippedReverificationAdmin)
 admin.site.register(VerificationStatus, VerificationStatusAdmin)
+admin.site.register(IcrvStatusEmailsConfiguration, ConfigurationModelAdmin)
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/migrations/0015_auto__add_icrvstatusemailsconfiguration.py b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/migrations/0015_auto__add_icrvstatusemailsconfiguration.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a56841c86460f02b36386d08e440c027232244f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/migrations/0015_auto__add_icrvstatusemailsconfiguration.py
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from south.utils import datetime_utils as datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        # Adding model 'IcrvStatusEmailsConfiguration'
+        db.create_table('verify_student_icrvstatusemailsconfiguration', (
+            ('id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.AutoField')(primary_key=True)),
+            ('change_date', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField')(auto_now_add=True, blank=True)),
+            ('changed_by', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey')(to=orm['auth.User'], null=True, on_delete=models.PROTECT)),
+            ('enabled', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField')(default=False)),
+        ))
+        db.send_create_signal('verify_student', ['IcrvStatusEmailsConfiguration'])
+
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        # Deleting model 'IcrvStatusEmailsConfiguration'
+        db.delete_table('verify_student_icrvstatusemailsconfiguration')
+
+
+    models = {
+        'auth.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
+            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'auth.permission': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('content_type__app_label', 'content_type__model', 'codename')", 'unique_together': "(('content_type', 'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        'auth.user': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
+        },
+        'contenttypes.contenttype': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
+            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        'verify_student.historicalverificationdeadline': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "(u'-history_date', u'-history_id')", 'object_name': 'HistoricalVerificationDeadline'},
+            'course_key': ('xmodule_django.models.CourseKeyField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'created': ('model_utils.fields.AutoCreatedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'deadline': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {}),
+            u'history_date': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {}),
+            u'history_id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            u'history_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '1'}),
+            u'history_user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "u'+'", 'null': 'True', 'on_delete': 'models.SET_NULL', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'modified': ('model_utils.fields.AutoLastModifiedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'})
+        },
+        'verify_student.icrvstatusemailsconfiguration': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('-change_date',)", 'object_name': 'IcrvStatusEmailsConfiguration'},
+            'change_date': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'changed_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True', 'on_delete': 'models.PROTECT'}),
+            'enabled': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        },
+        'verify_student.incoursereverificationconfiguration': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('-change_date',)", 'object_name': 'InCourseReverificationConfiguration'},
+            'change_date': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'changed_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True', 'on_delete': 'models.PROTECT'}),
+            'enabled': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        },
+        'verify_student.skippedreverification': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('user', 'course_id'),)", 'object_name': 'SkippedReverification'},
+            'checkpoint': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'skipped_checkpoint'", 'to': "orm['verify_student.VerificationCheckpoint']"}),
+            'course_id': ('xmodule_django.models.CourseKeyField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'created_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'verify_student.softwaresecurephotoverification': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "['-created_at']", 'object_name': 'SoftwareSecurePhotoVerification'},
+            'copy_id_photo_from': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['verify_student.SoftwareSecurePhotoVerification']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'created_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'db_index': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'display': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'error_code': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'error_msg': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'face_image_url': ('django.db.models.fields.URLField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'photo_id_image_url': ('django.db.models.fields.URLField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'photo_id_key': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'max_length': '1024'}),
+            'receipt_id': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'1dacd5f0-d7f0-452f-b2ed-6e2756547305'", 'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'reviewing_service': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'reviewing_user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'default': 'None', 'related_name': "'photo_verifications_reviewed'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'status': ('model_utils.fields.StatusField', [], {'default': "'created'", 'max_length': '100', u'no_check_for_status': 'True'}),
+            'status_changed': ('model_utils.fields.MonitorField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now', u'monitor': "u'status'"}),
+            'submitted_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'updated_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'db_index': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'verify_student.verificationcheckpoint': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('course_id', 'checkpoint_location'),)", 'object_name': 'VerificationCheckpoint'},
+            'checkpoint_location': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255'}),
+            'course_id': ('xmodule_django.models.CourseKeyField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'photo_verification': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['verify_student.SoftwareSecurePhotoVerification']", 'symmetrical': 'False'})
+        },
+        'verify_student.verificationdeadline': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'VerificationDeadline'},
+            'course_key': ('xmodule_django.models.CourseKeyField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'created': ('model_utils.fields.AutoCreatedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'deadline': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'modified': ('model_utils.fields.AutoLastModifiedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'})
+        },
+        'verify_student.verificationstatus': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'VerificationStatus'},
+            'checkpoint': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'checkpoint_status'", 'to': "orm['verify_student.VerificationCheckpoint']"}),
+            'error': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'response': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'status': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '32', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'timestamp': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['verify_student']
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/models.py b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/models.py
index fcc917e8ee8f215a99d4b0aafc4bfbc625f1b179..09045db3737c2638f8fc152eca684fea28be0a32 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/models.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/models.py
@@ -1308,6 +1308,15 @@ class InCourseReverificationConfiguration(ConfigurationModel):
     pass
 
 
+class IcrvStatusEmailsConfiguration(ConfigurationModel):
+    """Toggle in-course reverification (ICRV) status emails
+
+    Disabled by default. When disabled, ICRV status emails will not be sent.
+    When enabled, ICRV status emails are sent.
+    """
+    pass
+
+
 class SkippedReverification(models.Model):
     """Model for tracking skipped Reverification of a user against a specific
     course.
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/tests/test_views.py b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/tests/test_views.py
index 5c926cd7bff7ed7f22bd36c8309f62fc8abf573c..82127df3ce4105ec4620d07d68a029617f946fc6 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/tests/test_views.py
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ from verify_student.views import (
 )
 from verify_student.models import (
     VerificationDeadline, SoftwareSecurePhotoVerification,
-    VerificationCheckpoint, VerificationStatus
+    VerificationCheckpoint, VerificationStatus,
+    IcrvStatusEmailsConfiguration,
 )
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.django_utils import ModuleStoreTestCase
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.factories import CourseFactory, ItemFactory
@@ -1716,6 +1717,8 @@ class TestPhotoVerificationResultsCallback(ModuleStoreTestCase):
         """
         Test for verification passed.
         """
+        # Verify that ICRV status email was sent when config is enabled
+        IcrvStatusEmailsConfiguration.objects.create(enabled=True)
         self.create_reverification_xblock()
 
         data = {
@@ -1737,16 +1740,47 @@ class TestPhotoVerificationResultsCallback(ModuleStoreTestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(attempt.status, u'approved')
         self.assertEquals(response.content, 'OK!')
-        # Verify that photo re-verification status email was sent
         self.assertEqual(len(mail.outbox), 1)
         self.assertEqual("Re-verification Status", mail.outbox[0].subject)
 
+    @mock.patch('verify_student.ssencrypt.has_valid_signature', mock.Mock(side_effect=mocked_has_valid_signature))
+    def test_icrv_status_email_with_disable_config(self):
+        """
+        Verify that photo re-verification status email was not sent when config is disable
+        """
+        IcrvStatusEmailsConfiguration.objects.create(enabled=False)
+
+        self.create_reverification_xblock()
+
+        data = {
+            "EdX-ID": self.receipt_id,
+            "Result": "PASS",
+            "Reason": "",
+            "MessageType": "You have been verified."
+        }
+
+        json_data = json.dumps(data)
+
+        response = self.client.post(
+            reverse('verify_student_results_callback'), data=json_data,
+            content_type='application/json',
+            HTTP_AUTHORIZATION='test BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB:testing',
+            HTTP_DATE='testdate'
+        )
+        attempt = SoftwareSecurePhotoVerification.objects.get(receipt_id=self.receipt_id)
+
+        self.assertEqual(attempt.status, u'approved')
+        self.assertEquals(response.content, 'OK!')
+        self.assertEqual(len(mail.outbox), 0)
+
     @mock.patch('verify_student.views._send_email')
     @mock.patch('verify_student.ssencrypt.has_valid_signature', mock.Mock(side_effect=mocked_has_valid_signature))
     def test_reverification_on_callback(self, mock_send_email):
         """
         Test software secure callback flow for re-verification.
         """
+        IcrvStatusEmailsConfiguration.objects.create(enabled=True)
+
         # Create the 'edx-reverification-block' in course tree
         self.create_reverification_xblock()
 
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/views.py
index 9249dff207d442177b89d2b19b56fadff7e99a5d..124c0a9a44c7a6f7a7078223198d156aa060d941 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/views.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ from verify_student.models import (
     SoftwareSecurePhotoVerification,
     VerificationCheckpoint,
     VerificationStatus,
+    IcrvStatusEmailsConfiguration,
 )
 from verify_student.image import decode_image_data, InvalidImageData
 from util.json_request import JsonResponse
@@ -1312,8 +1313,9 @@ def results_callback(request):
     checkpoints = VerificationCheckpoint.objects.filter(photo_verification=attempt).all()
     VerificationStatus.add_status_from_checkpoints(checkpoints=checkpoints, user=attempt.user, status=status)
 
-    # If this is re-verification then send the update email
-    if checkpoints:
+    # Trigger ICRV email only if ICRV status emails config is enabled
+    icrv_status_emails = IcrvStatusEmailsConfiguration.current()
+    if icrv_status_emails.enabled and checkpoints:
         user_id = attempt.user.id
         course_key = checkpoints[0].course_id
         related_assessment_location = checkpoints[0].checkpoint_location