diff --git a/lib/Cron/Workers/Scheduler.php b/lib/Cron/Workers/Scheduler.php
index ac81f872fe..1bd53607f6 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Workers/Scheduler.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Workers/Scheduler.php
@@ -65,8 +65,15 @@ class Scheduler {
   function processPostNotificationNewsletter($newsletter, $queue) {
     $next_run_date = $this->getQueueNextRunDate($newsletter->schedule);
     $segments = unserialize($newsletter->segments);
-    $subscribers = SubscriberSegment::whereIn('segment_id', $segments)
-      ->findArray();
+    if((boolean) Setting::getValue('signup_confirmation.enabled')) {
+      $subscribers = Subscriber::getSubscribedInSegments($segments)
+        ->findArray();
+    }
+    else {
+      $subscribers = SubscriberSegment::whereIn('segment_id', $segments)
+        ->where('status', 'subscribed')
+        ->findArray();
+    }
     $subscribers = Helpers::arrayColumn($subscribers, 'subscriber_id');
     $subscribers = array_unique($subscribers);
     if(!count($subscribers) || !$this->checkIfNewsletterChanged($newsletter)) {
diff --git a/lib/Models/Subscriber.php b/lib/Models/Subscriber.php
index e9c269e344..54985a8742 100644
--- a/lib/Models/Subscriber.php
+++ b/lib/Models/Subscriber.php
@@ -316,6 +316,19 @@ class Subscriber extends Model {
     return $orm;
   }
 
+  static function getSubscribedInSegments($segment_ids) {
+    $subscribers = SubscriberSegment::table_alias('relation')
+      ->whereIn('relation.segment_id', $segment_ids)
+      ->where('relation.status', 'subscribed')
+      ->join(
+        MP_SUBSCRIBERS_TABLE,
+        'subscribers.id = relation.subscriber_id',
+        'subscribers'
+      )
+      ->where('subscribers.status', 'subscribed');
+    return $subscribers;
+  }
+
   function customFields() {
     return $this->hasManyThrough(
       __NAMESPACE__.'\CustomField',
diff --git a/lib/Router/SendingQueue.php b/lib/Router/SendingQueue.php
index 836255fbb7..c65838a2cb 100644
--- a/lib/Router/SendingQueue.php
+++ b/lib/Router/SendingQueue.php
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use MailPoet\Mailer\Mailer;
 use MailPoet\Models\Newsletter;
 use MailPoet\Models\NewsletterOption;
 use MailPoet\Models\NewsletterOptionField;
+use MailPoet\Models\Setting;
+use MailPoet\Models\Subscriber;
 use MailPoet\Models\SubscriberSegment;
 use MailPoet\Util\Helpers;
 use Cron\CronExpression as Cron;
@@ -81,9 +83,18 @@ class SendingQueue {
 
     $queue = \MailPoet\Models\SendingQueue::create();
     $queue->newsletter_id = $newsletter->id;
-    $subscribers = SubscriberSegment::whereIn('segment_id', $data['segments'])
-      ->findArray();
+
+    if((boolean) Setting::getValue('signup_confirmation.enabled')) {
+      $subscribers = Subscriber::getSubscribedInSegments($data['segments'])
+        ->findArray();
+    }
+    else {
+      $subscribers = SubscriberSegment::whereIn('segment_id', $data['segments'])
+        ->where('status', 'subscribed')
+        ->findArray();
+    }
     $subscribers = Helpers::arrayColumn($subscribers, 'subscriber_id');
+
     $subscribers = array_unique($subscribers);
     if(!count($subscribers)) {
       return array(
diff --git a/tests/unit/Models/SubscriberTest.php b/tests/unit/Models/SubscriberTest.php
index bb77fd59f5..effb7a4bda 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Models/SubscriberTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Models/SubscriberTest.php
@@ -389,16 +389,45 @@ class SubscriberTest extends MailPoetTest {
       ->equals('non_default_value');
   }
 
+  function testItCanGetOnlySubscribedSubscribersInSegments() {
+    ORM::raw_execute('TRUNCATE ' . Subscriber::$_table);
+    $columns = array(
+      'first_name',
+      'last_name',
+      'email',
+      'status'
+    );
+    $values = array(
+      array(
+        'first_name' => 'Adam',
+        'last_name' => 'Smith',
+        'email' => 'adam@smith.com',
+        'status' => 'unconfirmed'
+      ),
+      array(
+        'first_name' => 'Mary',
+        'last_name' => 'Jane',
+        'email' => 'mary@jane.com',
+        'status' => 'subscribed'
+      )
+    );
+    Subscriber::createMultiple($columns, $values);
+    SubscriberSegment::createMultiple(array(1), array(1,2));
+    $subscribed_subscribers_in_segment =
+      Subscriber::getSubscribedInSegments(array(1))->findArray();
+    expect(count($subscribed_subscribers_in_segment))->equals(1);
+    $subscriber = Subscriber::findOne(1);
+    $subscriber->status = 'subscribed';
+    $subscriber->save();
+    $subscribed_subscribers_in_segment =
+      Subscriber::getSubscribedInSegments(array(1))->findArray();
+    expect(count($subscribed_subscribers_in_segment))->equals(2);
+  }
   function _after() {
-    ORM::forTable(Subscriber::$_table)
-      ->deleteMany();
-    ORM::forTable(Segment::$_table)
-      ->deleteMany();
-    ORM::forTable(SubscriberSegment::$_table)
-      ->deleteMany();
-    ORM::forTable(CustomField::$_table)
-      ->deleteMany();
-    ORM::forTable(SubscriberCustomField::$_table)
-      ->deleteMany();
+    ORM::raw_execute('TRUNCATE ' . Subscriber::$_table);
+    ORM::raw_execute('TRUNCATE ' . Segment::$_table);
+    ORM::raw_execute('TRUNCATE ' . SubscriberSegment::$_table);
+    ORM::raw_execute('TRUNCATE ' . CustomField::$_table);
+    ORM::raw_execute('TRUNCATE ' . SubscriberCustomField::$_table);
   }
 }
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