diff --git a/app/controllers/api/teams.php b/app/controllers/api/teams.php
index 7244c4e240..03b4c41055 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/teams.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/teams.php
@@ -295,13 +295,13 @@ App::post('/v1/teams/:teamId/memberships')
     ->inject('events')
     ->action(function (string $teamId, string $email, array $roles, string $url, string $name, Response $response, Document $project, Document $user, Database $dbForProject, Locale $locale, EventAudit $audits, Mail $mails, Event $events) {
 
-        if (empty(App::getEnv('_APP_SMTP_HOST'))) {
-            throw new Exception('SMTP Disabled', 503, Exception::GENERAL_SMTP_DISABLED);
-        }
-
         $isPrivilegedUser = Auth::isPrivilegedUser(Authorization::getRoles());
         $isAppUser = Auth::isAppUser(Authorization::getRoles());
 
+        if (!$isPrivilegedUser && !$isAppUser && empty(App::getEnv('_APP_SMTP_HOST'))) {
+            throw new Exception('SMTP Disabled', 503, Exception::GENERAL_SMTP_DISABLED);
+        }
+
         $email = \strtolower($email);
         $name = (empty($name)) ? $email : $name;
         $team = $dbForProject->getDocument('teams', $teamId);