diff --git a/allianceauth/authentication/templates/registration/activation_email.txt b/allianceauth/authentication/templates/registration/activation_email.txt
index 028fbd2b..d303bf16 100644
--- a/allianceauth/authentication/templates/registration/activation_email.txt
+++ b/allianceauth/authentication/templates/registration/activation_email.txt
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ You're receiving this email because someone has entered this email address while
 
 If this was you, please click on the link below to confirm your email address:
 
-<a href="{{ scheme }}://{{ url }}">Confirm email address</a>
-
-Link not working? Try copy/pasting this URL into your browser:
-
 {{ scheme }}://{{ url }}
 
 This link will expire in {{ expiration_days }} day(s).
diff --git a/allianceauth/authentication/templates/registration/activation_email_html.txt b/allianceauth/authentication/templates/registration/activation_email_html.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..907f2db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/allianceauth/authentication/templates/registration/activation_email_html.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<p>
+    You're receiving this email because someone has entered this email address while registering for an account on {{ site.domain }}
+</p>
+
+<p>
+    If this was you, please click on the link below to confirm your email address:
+<p>
+
+<p>
+    <a href="{{ scheme }}://{{ url }}">Confirm email address</a>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+    This link will expire in {{ expiration_days }} day(s).
+</p>
+
+<p>
+    If this was not you, it is safe to ignore this email.
+</p>
diff --git a/allianceauth/authentication/views.py b/allianceauth/authentication/views.py
index e4331b8c..779f9a1c 100644
--- a/allianceauth/authentication/views.py
+++ b/allianceauth/authentication/views.py
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ from django.contrib.auth import login, authenticate
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.core import signing
+from django.core.mail import EmailMultiAlternatives
 from django.http import JsonResponse
 from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
+from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.urls import reverse, reverse_lazy
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
@@ -137,9 +139,52 @@ class RegistrationView(BaseRegistrationView):
     form_class = RegistrationForm
     template_name = "public/register.html"
     email_body_template = "registration/activation_email.txt"
+    email_body_template_html = "registration/activation_email_html.txt"
     email_subject_template = "registration/activation_email_subject.txt"
     success_url = reverse_lazy('registration_complete')
 
+    def send_activation_email(self, user):
+        """
+        Implement our own way to send a mail to make sure we
+        send a RFC conform multipart email
+        :param user:
+        :type user:
+        """
+
+        activation_key = self.get_activation_key(user)
+        context = self.get_email_context(activation_key)
+        context["user"] = user
+
+        # email subject
+        subject = render_to_string(
+            template_name=self.email_subject_template,
+            context=context,
+            request=self.request,
+        )
+        subject = "".join(subject.splitlines())
+
+        # plaintext email body part
+        message = render_to_string(
+            template_name=self.email_body_template,
+            context=context,
+            request=self.request,
+        )
+
+        # html email body part
+        message_html = render_to_string(
+            template_name=self.email_body_template_html,
+            context=context,
+            request=self.request,
+        )
+
+        # send it
+        user.email_user(
+            subject,
+            message,
+            settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL,
+            **{'html_message': message_html},
+        )
+
     def get_success_url(self, user):
         if not getattr(settings, 'REGISTRATION_VERIFY_EMAIL', True):
             return reverse_lazy('authentication:dashboard')