diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/services/email-service/wrapper.js b/ghost/core/core/server/services/email-service/wrapper.js
index d664c02dc5..150f9c3eed 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/services/email-service/wrapper.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/services/email-service/wrapper.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class EmailServiceWrapper {
         }
 
         const {EmailService, EmailController, EmailRenderer, SendingService, BatchSendingService, EmailSegmenter, EmailEventStorage, MailgunEmailProvider} = require('@tryghost/email-service');
-        const {Post, Newsletter, Email, EmailBatch, EmailRecipient, Member, EmailRecipientFailure} = require('../../models');
+        const {Post, Newsletter, Email, EmailBatch, EmailRecipient, Member, EmailRecipientFailure, EmailSpamComplaintEvent} = require('../../models');
         const MailgunClient = require('@tryghost/mailgun-client');
         const configService = require('../../../shared/config');
         const settingsCache = require('../../../shared/settings-cache');
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ class EmailServiceWrapper {
             db,
             membersRepository,
             models: {
-                EmailRecipientFailure
+                EmailRecipientFailure,
+                EmailSpamComplaintEvent
             }
         });
         this.eventStorage.listen(domainEvents);
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/integration/services/email-service/email-event-storage.test.js b/ghost/core/test/integration/services/email-service/email-event-storage.test.js
index 3ca170d24e..5a702eeea1 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/integration/services/email-service/email-event-storage.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/integration/services/email-service/email-event-storage.test.js
@@ -767,10 +767,13 @@ describe('EmailEventStorage', function () {
         const memberId = emailRecipient.member_id;
         const providerId = emailBatch.provider_id;
         const timestamp = new Date(2000, 0, 1);
+        const eventsURI = '/members/events/?' + encodeURIComponent(
+            `filter=type:-[comment_event,aggregated_click_event]+data.member_id:${memberId}`
+        );
 
         // Check not unsubscribed
-        const memberInitial = await membersService.api.members.get({id: memberId}, {withRelated: ['newsletters']});
-        assert.notEqual(memberInitial.related('newsletters').length, 0, 'This test requires a member that is subscribed to at least one newsletter');
+        const {body: {events: [notSpamEvent]}} = await agent.get(eventsURI);
+        assert.notEqual(notSpamEvent.type, 'email_complaint_event', 'This test requires a member that does not have a spam event');
 
         events = [{
             event: 'complained',
@@ -799,9 +802,9 @@ describe('EmailEventStorage', function () {
         // Now wait for events processed
         await sleep(200);
 
-        // Check if unsubscribed
-        const member = await membersService.api.members.get({id: memberId}, {withRelated: ['newsletters']});
-        assert.equal(member.related('newsletters').length, 0);
+        // Check if event exists
+        const {body: {events: [spamComplaintEvent]}} = await agent.get(eventsURI);
+        assert.equal(spamComplaintEvent.type, 'email_complaint_event');
     });
 
     it('Can handle unsubscribe events', async function () {
diff --git a/ghost/email-service/lib/email-event-storage.js b/ghost/email-service/lib/email-event-storage.js
index b73c20ff93..da4d27d005 100644
--- a/ghost/email-service/lib/email-event-storage.js
+++ b/ghost/email-service/lib/email-event-storage.js
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ class EmailEventStorage {
         this.#membersRepository = membersRepository;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param {import('@tryghost/domain-events')} domainEvents
+     */
     listen(domainEvents) {
         domainEvents.subscribe(EmailDeliveredEvent, async (event) => {
             try {
@@ -100,9 +103,9 @@ class EmailEventStorage {
     /**
      * @private
      * @param {'temporary'|'permanent'} severity
-     * @param {import('@tryghost/email-events').EmailTemporaryBouncedEvent|import('@tryghost/email-events').EmailBouncedEvent} event 
-     * @param {{transacting?: any}} options 
-     * @returns 
+     * @param {import('@tryghost/email-events').EmailTemporaryBouncedEvent|import('@tryghost/email-events').EmailBouncedEvent} event
+     * @param {{transacting?: any}} options
+     * @returns
      */
     async saveFailure(severity, event, options = {}) {
         if (!event.error) {
@@ -144,7 +147,7 @@ class EmailEventStorage {
                 /// We can get events out of order, so only save the last one
                 return;
             }
-    
+
             // Update the existing failure
             await existing.save({
                 severity,
@@ -162,7 +165,11 @@ class EmailEventStorage {
     }
 
     async handleComplained(event) {
-        return this.unsubscribeFromNewsletters(event);
+        await this.#models.EmailSpamComplaintEvent.add({
+            member_id: event.memberId,
+            email_id: event.emailId,
+            email_address: event.email
+        });
     }
 
     async unsubscribeFromNewsletters(event) {