diff --git a/allauth/account/adapter.py b/allauth/account/adapter.py
index d2533dd7be..4184212dd5 100644
--- a/allauth/account/adapter.py
+++ b/allauth/account/adapter.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 from django.contrib.sites.shortcuts import get_current_site
 from django.core.exceptions import FieldDoesNotExist
 from django.core.mail import EmailMessage, EmailMultiAlternatives
-from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import resolve_url
 from django.template import TemplateDoesNotExist
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 
 from . import app_settings
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from allauth.account.forms import ResetPasswordForm
+
 
 class DefaultAccountAdapter(BaseAdapter):
     """The adapter class allows you to override various functionality of the
@@ -565,9 +568,28 @@ def is_safe_url(self, url):
 
         return url_has_allowed_host_and_scheme(url, allowed_hosts=allowed_hosts)
 
+    def request_password_reset(
+        self, form: ResetPasswordForm, request: HttpRequest, **kwargs
+    ) -> str:
+        """
+        Method intended to be overridden in case you need to customize the logic
+        used to determine whether a user is permitted to request a password reset.
+        For example, if you are enforcing something like "social only" authentication
+        in your app, you may want to intervene here.
+
+        """
+        from allauth.account.internal import flows
+
+        email = form.cleaned_data["email"]
+        if not form.users:
+            flows.signup.send_unknown_account_mail(request, email)
+        else:
+            form._send_password_reset_mail(request, email, form.users, **kwargs)
+        return email
+
     def get_reset_password_from_key_url(self, key):
         """
-        Method intented to be overriden in case the password reset email
+        Method intented to be overridden in case the password reset email
         needs to be adjusted.
         """
         from allauth.account.internal import flows
diff --git a/allauth/account/forms.py b/allauth/account/forms.py
index 637f15a1ea..d1596fce8d 100644
--- a/allauth/account/forms.py
+++ b/allauth/account/forms.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from allauth.utils import get_username_max_length, set_form_field_order
 
 from . import app_settings
-from .adapter import get_adapter
+from .adapter import DefaultAccountAdapter, get_adapter
 from .app_settings import AuthenticationMethod
 from .models import EmailAddress, Login
 from .utils import (
@@ -590,12 +590,8 @@ def clean_email(self):
         return self.cleaned_data["email"]
 
     def save(self, request, **kwargs):
-        email = self.cleaned_data["email"]
-        if not self.users:
-            flows.signup.send_unknown_account_mail(request, email)
-        else:
-            self._send_password_reset_mail(request, email, self.users, **kwargs)
-        return email
+        adapter: DefaultAccountAdapter = get_adapter()
+        return adapter.request_password_reset(self, request, **kwargs)
 
     def _send_password_reset_mail(self, request, email, users, **kwargs):
         token_generator = kwargs.get("token_generator", default_token_generator)