diff --git src/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/assets/emails/single-bp-email.php src/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/assets/emails/single-bp-email.php
index dc3266dd0..d8011d520 100644
--- src/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/assets/emails/single-bp-email.php
+++ src/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/assets/emails/single-bp-email.php
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ $settings = bp_email_get_appearance_settings();
 						do_action( 'bp_before_email_footer' );
 						?>
 
-						<span class="footer_text"><?php echo nl2br( esc_html( stripslashes( $settings['footer_text'] ) ) ); ?></span>
+						<span class="footer_text"><?php echo nl2br( wp_kses( stripslashes( $settings['footer_text'] ), array( 'a' => array( 'href' => true ) ) ) ); ?></span>
 						<br><br>
 						<a href="{{{unsubscribe}}}" style="text-decoration: underline;"><?php echo esc_html_x( 'unsubscribe', 'email', 'buddypress' ); ?></a>
 
diff --git src/bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/assets/emails/single-bp-email.php src/bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/assets/emails/single-bp-email.php
index 0550147bb..96d9740e0 100644
--- src/bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/assets/emails/single-bp-email.php
+++ src/bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/assets/emails/single-bp-email.php
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ $settings = bp_email_get_appearance_settings();
 						do_action( 'bp_before_email_footer' );
 						?>
 
-						<span class="footer_text"><?php echo nl2br( esc_html( stripslashes( $settings['footer_text'] ) ) ); ?></span>
+						<span class="footer_text"><?php echo nl2br( wp_kses( stripslashes( $settings['footer_text'] ), array( 'a' => array( 'href' => true ) ) ) ); ?></span>
 						<br><br>
 						<a href="{{{unsubscribe}}}" style="text-decoration: underline;"><?php echo esc_html_x( 'unsubscribe', 'email', 'buddypress' ); ?></a>