diff --git a/frappe/contacts/doctype/address/address.json b/frappe/contacts/doctype/address/address.json
index c3b655cec5..d663957580 100644
--- a/frappe/contacts/doctype/address/address.json
+++ b/frappe/contacts/doctype/address/address.json
@@ -353,7 +353,8 @@
    "label": "Email Address", 
    "length": 0, 
    "no_copy": 0, 
-   "permlevel": 0, 
+   "options": "Email",
+   "permlevel": 0,
    "print_hide": 0, 
    "print_hide_if_no_value": 0, 
    "read_only": 0,