diff --git a/lib/Cron/Workers/StatsNotifications/Worker.php b/lib/Cron/Workers/StatsNotifications/Worker.php
index cafded0bf2..3a216dfff7 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Workers/StatsNotifications/Worker.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Workers/StatsNotifications/Worker.php
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ class Worker {
       'subject' => sprintf(_x('Stats for email %s', 'title of an automatic email containing statistics (newsletter open rate, click rate, etc)', 'mailpoet'), $newsletter->subject),
       'body' => [
         'html' => $this->renderer->render('emails/statsNotification.html', $context),
+        'text' => $this->renderer->render('emails/statsNotification.txt', $context),
       ],
     ];
   }
diff --git a/tests/integration/Cron/Workers/StatsNotifications/WorkerTest.php b/tests/integration/Cron/Workers/StatsNotifications/WorkerTest.php
index c34e1d22c9..7adfb0f3ff 100644
--- a/tests/integration/Cron/Workers/StatsNotifications/WorkerTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/Cron/Workers/StatsNotifications/WorkerTest.php
@@ -119,22 +119,24 @@ class WorkerTest extends \MailPoetTest {
   }
 
   function testRendersTemplate() {
-    $this->renderer->expects($this->once())
-       ->method('render')
-       ->with(
-         $this->stringContains('statsNotification.html'),
-         $this->callback(function($context){
-           return is_array($context);
-         }));
+    $this->renderer->expects($this->exactly(2))
+       ->method('render');
+    $this->renderer->expects($this->at(0))
+      ->method('render')
+      ->with($this->equalTo('emails/statsNotification.html'));
+
+    $this->renderer->expects($this->at(1))
+      ->method('render')
+      ->with($this->equalTo('emails/statsNotification.txt'));
 
     $this->stats_notifications->process();
   }
 
   function testAddsSubjectToContext() {
-    $this->renderer->expects($this->once())
+    $this->renderer->expects($this->exactly(2)) // html + text template
      ->method('render')
      ->with(
-       $this->stringContains('statsNotification.html'),
+       $this->anything(),
        $this->callback(function($context){
          return $context['subject'] === 'Email Subject1';
        }));
@@ -143,10 +145,10 @@ class WorkerTest extends \MailPoetTest {
   }
 
   function testAddsPreHeaderToContext() {
-    $this->renderer->expects($this->once())
+    $this->renderer->expects($this->exactly(2)) // html + text template
       ->method('render')
       ->with(
-       $this->stringContains('statsNotification.html'),
+       $this->anything(),
        $this->callback(function($context){
          return $context['preheader'] === '40.00% opens, 60.00% clicks, 20.00% unsubscribes in a nutshell.';
        }));
@@ -155,10 +157,10 @@ class WorkerTest extends \MailPoetTest {
   }
 
   function testAddsWPUrlsToContext() {
-    $this->renderer->expects($this->once())
+    $this->renderer->expects($this->exactly(2)) // html + text template
       ->method('render')
       ->with(
-        $this->stringContains('statsNotification.html'),
+        $this->anything(),
         $this->callback(function($context){
           return strpos($context['linkSettings'], 'mailpoet-settings')
             && strpos($context['linkStats'], 'mailpoet-newsletters#/stats');
@@ -168,10 +170,10 @@ class WorkerTest extends \MailPoetTest {
   }
 
   function testAddsLinksToContext() {
-    $this->renderer->expects($this->once())
+    $this->renderer->expects($this->exactly(2)) // html + text template
       ->method('render')
       ->with(
-        $this->stringContains('statsNotification.html'),
+        $this->anything(),
         $this->callback(function($context){
           return ($context['topLink'] === 'Link url2')
             && ($context['topLinkClicks'] === 2);
diff --git a/views/emails/statsNotification.txt b/views/emails/statsNotification.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a595a7596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/emails/statsNotification.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<%= __('Your stats are in!') %>
+
+<%= subject %>
+
+<%= __('open rate') %>: <%= number_format_i18n(opened) %>%
+<% if opened > 30 %>
+  <%= __('EXCELLENT') %>
+<% elseif opened > 10 %>
+  <%= __('GOOD') %>
+<% else %>
+  <%= __('BAD') %>
+<% endif %>
+
+<%= __('click rate') %>: <%= number_format_i18n(clicked) %>%
+<% if clicked > 3 %>
+  <%= __('EXCELLENT') %>
+<% elseif clicked > 1 %>
+ <%= __('GOOD') %>
+<% else %>
+ <%= __('BAD') %>
+<% endif %>
+
+<% if topLinkClicks > 0 %>
+<%= __('Most clicked link') %>
+  <%= topLink %>
+
+  <%= __('%s unique clicks')|replace({'%s': topLinkClicks}) %>
+<% endif %>
+
+<% if premiumPluginActive %>
+<%= __('View all stats') %>
+  <%= linkStats %>
+<% else %>
+<%= __('See Premium features') %>
+  <%= premiumPage %>
+<% endif %>
+
+<%= __('How to improve my open rate?') %> https://mailpoet.com/how-to-improve-open-rates
+<%= __('And my click rate?') %> https://mailpoet.com/how-to-improve-click-rates
+<%= __('Disable these emails') %> <%= linkSettings %>