diff --git a/src/pretix/base/services/mail.py b/src/pretix/base/services/mail.py
index 883d780ea..e08634f60 100644
--- a/src/pretix/base/services/mail.py
+++ b/src/pretix/base/services/mail.py
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ def mail(email: str, subject: str, template: Union[str, LazyI18nString],
         if event:
             renderer = event.get_html_mail_renderer()
             if event.settings.mail_bcc:
-                bcc.append(event.settings.mail_bcc)
+                for bcc_mail in event.settings.mail_bcc.split(','):
+                    bcc.append(bcc_mail.strip())
 
             if event.settings.mail_from == settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL and event.settings.contact_mail and not headers.get('Reply-To'):
                 headers['Reply-To'] = event.settings.contact_mail
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py b/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py
index 9aae22c71..ce88f9299 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from django import forms
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.hashers import check_password
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
-from django.core.validators import RegexValidator
+from django.core.validators import RegexValidator, validate_email
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.forms import formset_factory
 from django.utils.html import escape
@@ -781,6 +781,13 @@ class InvoiceSettingsForm(SettingsForm):
         self.fields['invoice_language'].choices = [('__user__', _('The user\'s language'))] + [(a, locale_names[a]) for a in event.settings.locales]
 
 
+def multimail_validate(val):
+    s = val.split(',')
+    for part in s:
+        validate_email(part.strip())
+    return s
+
+
 class MailSettingsForm(SettingsForm):
     mail_prefix = forms.CharField(
         label=_("Subject prefix"),
@@ -790,12 +797,14 @@ class MailSettingsForm(SettingsForm):
     )
     mail_from = forms.EmailField(
         label=_("Sender address"),
-        help_text=_("Sender address for outgoing emails")
+        help_text=_("Sender address for outgoing emails"),
     )
-    mail_bcc = forms.EmailField(
+    mail_bcc = forms.CharField(
         label=_("Bcc address"),
         help_text=_("All emails will be sent to this address as a Bcc copy"),
-        required=False
+        validators=[multimail_validate],
+        required=False,
+        max_length=255
     )
 
     mail_text_signature = I18nFormField(