diff --git a/screening/dist/etc/service.properties b/screening/dist/etc/service.properties
index 6a7d1852b564d0952529d16b0fa9dea702aea430..4b6e6d29623c0107491a0d201d66ce6e39fc8560 100644
--- a/screening/dist/etc/service.properties
+++ b/screening/dist/etc/service.properties
@@ -240,6 +240,11 @@ merged-channels-images.storage-processor.channel-labels = Gfp, Dapi
 # It should be set to 'false' for overlay image datasets. 
 #merged-channels-images.storage-processor.define-channels-per-experiment = false
 
+# Optional boolean property.
+# If true an email is sent if some images for the uploaded plate are missing. 
+# True by default.
+#merged-channels-images.storage-processor.notify-if-incomplete = false
+    
 # This is an optional boolean property which defines if all image datasets in one experiment have the same
 # channels or if each imported dataset can have different channels. By default true if not specified.
 #merged-channels-images.storage-processor.define-channels-per-experiment = false
diff --git a/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/etl/PlateStorageProcessor.java b/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/etl/PlateStorageProcessor.java
index 7476b9e8a2ce9dea190ed28e593431cb96f8c658..9ade5ba581bef18a08a564c8561143c7364308ba 100644
--- a/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/etl/PlateStorageProcessor.java
+++ b/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/etl/PlateStorageProcessor.java
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ public final class PlateStorageProcessor extends AbstractImageStorageProcessor
      */
     static final String CHANNELS_PER_EXPERIMENT_PROPERTY = "define-channels-per-experiment";
 
+    /**
+     * Optional boolean property. If true an email is sent if some images for the uploaded plate are
+     * missing. True by default.
+     */
+    protected static final String NOTIFY_IF_INCOMPLETE_PROPERTY = "notify-if-incomplete";
+
     // ---
 
     private final ch.systemsx.cisd.etlserver.IHCSImageFileExtractor deprecatedImageFileExtractorOrNull;
@@ -70,12 +76,16 @@ public final class PlateStorageProcessor extends AbstractImageStorageProcessor
     // can be overwritten for each dataset
     private final boolean globalStoreChannelsOnExperimentLevel;
 
+    private final boolean notifyIfPlateIncomplete;
+
     public PlateStorageProcessor(Properties properties)
     {
         super(properties);
         this.deprecatedImageFileExtractorOrNull = tryCreateDeprecatedFileExtractor();
         this.globalStoreChannelsOnExperimentLevel =
                 PropertyUtils.getBoolean(properties, CHANNELS_PER_EXPERIMENT_PROPERTY, true);
+        this.notifyIfPlateIncomplete =
+                PropertyUtils.getBoolean(properties, NOTIFY_IF_INCOMPLETE_PROPERTY, true);
     }
 
     private IHCSImageFileExtractor tryCreateDeprecatedFileExtractor()
@@ -245,7 +255,7 @@ public final class PlateStorageProcessor extends AbstractImageStorageProcessor
                             + "are missing (locations: %s)", dataSetFileName, fullLocations.size(),
                             CollectionUtils.abbreviate(fullLocations, 10));
             operationLog.warn(message);
-            if (mailClientOrNull != null)
+            if (mailClientOrNull != null && notifyIfPlateIncomplete)
             {
                 Experiment experiment = dataSetInformation.tryToGetExperiment();
                 assert experiment != null : "dataset not connected to an experiment: "