diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 25712421..897c9de9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## Improvements
 - Rename VictorOps -> Splunk On-Call
+- Implement email body decoding in the "Ping Details" dialog
 
 ## Bug Fixes
 - Fix downtime summary to handle months when the check didn't exist yet (#472)
diff --git a/hc/front/tests/test_ping_details.py b/hc/front/tests/test_ping_details.py
index ef14ea9f..ddf94d3a 100644
--- a/hc/front/tests/test_ping_details.py
+++ b/hc/front/tests/test_ping_details.py
@@ -1,6 +1,39 @@
 from hc.api.models import Check, Ping
 from hc.test import BaseTestCase
 
+PLAINTEXT_EMAIL = """Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bbb
+
+--bbb
+Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
+
+aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ=
+
+--bbb
+"""
+
+BAD_BASE64_EMAIL = """Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bbb
+
+--bbb
+Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
+
+!!!
+
+--bbb
+"""
+
+HTML_EMAIL = """Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bbb
+
+--bbb
+Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
+
+PGI+aGVsbG88L2I+
+
+--bbb
+"""
+
 
 class PingDetailsTestCase(BaseTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -73,3 +106,39 @@ class PingDetailsTestCase(BaseTestCase):
         self.client.login(username="alice@example.org", password="password")
         r = self.client.get(self.url)
         self.assertContains(r, "(exit status 0)", status_code=200)
+
+    def test_it_decodes_plaintext_email_body(self):
+        Ping.objects.create(owner=self.check, scheme="email", body=PLAINTEXT_EMAIL)
+
+        self.client.login(username="alice@example.org", password="password")
+        r = self.client.get(self.url)
+
+        self.assertContains(r, "email-body-plain", status_code=200)
+        self.assertNotContains(r, "email-body-html")
+
+        # aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ= is base64("hello world")
+        self.assertContains(r, "aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ=")
+        self.assertContains(r, "hello world")
+
+    def test_it_handles_bad_base64_in_email_body(self):
+        Ping.objects.create(owner=self.check, scheme="email", body=BAD_BASE64_EMAIL)
+
+        self.client.login(username="alice@example.org", password="password")
+        r = self.client.get(self.url)
+
+        self.assertContains(r, "!!!", status_code=200)
+        self.assertNotContains(r, "email-body-plain")
+        self.assertNotContains(r, "email-body-html")
+
+    def test_it_decodes_html_email_body(self):
+        Ping.objects.create(owner=self.check, scheme="email", body=HTML_EMAIL)
+
+        self.client.login(username="alice@example.org", password="password")
+        r = self.client.get(self.url)
+
+        self.assertNotContains(r, "email-body-plain", status_code=200)
+        self.assertContains(r, "email-body-html")
+
+        # PGI+aGVsbG88L2I+ is base64("<b>hello</b>")
+        self.assertContains(r, "PGI+aGVsbG88L2I+")
+        self.assertContains(r, "&lt;b&gt;hello&lt;/b&gt;")
diff --git a/hc/front/views.py b/hc/front/views.py
index acf6d70f..3cb12002 100644
--- a/hc/front/views.py
+++ b/hc/front/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta as td
+import email
 import json
 import os
 import re
@@ -507,7 +508,18 @@ def ping_details(request, code, n=None):
     except Ping.DoesNotExist:
         return render(request, "front/ping_details_not_found.html")
 
-    ctx = {"check": check, "ping": ping}
+    ctx = {"check": check, "ping": ping, "plain": None, "html": None}
+
+    if ping.scheme == "email":
+        parsed = email.message_from_string(ping.body, policy=email.policy.SMTP)
+
+        plain_mime_part = parsed.get_body(("plain",))
+        if plain_mime_part:
+            ctx["plain"] = plain_mime_part.get_content()
+
+        html_mime_part = parsed.get_body(("html",))
+        if html_mime_part:
+            ctx["html"] = html_mime_part.get_content()
 
     return render(request, "front/ping_details.html", ctx)
 
diff --git a/templates/front/ping_details.html b/templates/front/ping_details.html
index c6da368b..ea0a8416 100644
--- a/templates/front/ping_details.html
+++ b/templates/front/ping_details.html
@@ -66,6 +66,42 @@
 
     {% if ping.body %}
         <h4>Request Body</h4>
+
+        {% if plain or html %}
+        <ul class="nav nav-pills">
+            <li class="active">
+                <a href="#email-body-raw" data-toggle="tab">Raw Message</a>
+            </li>
+            {% if plain %}
+            <li>
+                <a href="#email-body-plain" data-toggle="tab">Text</a>
+            </li>
+            {% endif %}
+            {% if html %}
+            <li>
+                <a href="#email-body-html" data-toggle="tab">HTML</a>
+            </li>
+            {% endif %}
+        </ul>
+        <div class="tab-content">
+            <div id="email-body-raw" class="tab-pane active">
+                <pre>{{ ping.body }}</pre>
+            </div>
+
+            {% if plain %}
+            <div id="email-body-plain" class="tab-pane">
+                <pre>{{ plain }}</pre>
+            </div>
+            {% endif %}
+
+            {% if html %}
+            <div id="email-body-html" class="tab-pane">
+                <pre>{{ html }}</pre>
+            </div>
+            {% endif %}
+        </div>
+        {% else %}
         <pre>{{ ping.body }}</pre>
+        {% endif %}
     {% endif %}
 </div>