diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 59b301f..aef29e1 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -51,3 +51,5 @@ Configuration
 - **OLD_PASSWORD_FIELD_ENABLED** - set it to True if you want to have old password verification on password change enpoint (default: False)
 
 - **LOGOUT_ON_PASSWORD_CHANGE** - set to False if you want to keep the current user logged in after a password change
+
+- **REST_AUTH_ROLL_BACK_REGISTER_ON_ERROR** - set to True to prevent a user being created if an error occurs after writing the user (such as during the sending of the verification email).
diff --git a/rest_auth/registration/app_settings.py b/rest_auth/registration/app_settings.py
index c8cd25a..ea7f956 100644
--- a/rest_auth/registration/app_settings.py
+++ b/rest_auth/registration/app_settings.py
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ def register_permission_classes():
     for klass in getattr(settings, 'REST_AUTH_REGISTER_PERMISSION_CLASSES', tuple()):
         permission_classes.append(import_callable(klass))
     return tuple(permission_classes)
+
+roll_back_register_on_error = getattr(settings,
+                                      'REST_AUTH_ROLL_BACK_REGISTER_ON_ERROR',
+                                      False)
diff --git a/rest_auth/registration/views.py b/rest_auth/registration/views.py
index 0e0ab0d..69234e3 100644
--- a/rest_auth/registration/views.py
+++ b/rest_auth/registration/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import transaction
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.views.decorators.debug import sensitive_post_parameters
@@ -29,7 +30,9 @@ from rest_auth.registration.serializers import (VerifyEmailSerializer,
                                                 SocialConnectSerializer)
 from rest_auth.utils import jwt_encode
 from rest_auth.views import LoginView
-from .app_settings import RegisterSerializer, register_permission_classes
+from .app_settings import (RegisterSerializer,
+                           register_permission_classes,
+                           roll_back_register_on_error)
 
 sensitive_post_parameters_m = method_decorator(
     sensitive_post_parameters('password1', 'password2')
@@ -82,6 +85,12 @@ class RegisterView(CreateAPIView):
         return user
 
 
+if roll_back_register_on_error:
+    RegisterView.perform_create = transaction.atomic(
+        RegisterView.perform_create
+    )
+
+
 class VerifyEmailView(APIView, ConfirmEmailView):
     permission_classes = (AllowAny,)
     allowed_methods = ('POST', 'OPTIONS', 'HEAD')