diff --git a/lib/oauth2.js b/lib/oauth2.js
index 82773c49..0f3d2632 100644
--- a/lib/oauth2.js
+++ b/lib/oauth2.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function Strategy(options, verify) {
   options = options || {};
   options.authorizationURL = options.authorizationURL || 'https://www.linkedin.com/oauth/v2/authorization';
   options.tokenURL = options.tokenURL || 'https://www.linkedin.com/oauth/v2/accessToken';
-  options.scope = options.scope || ['r_basicprofile'];
+  options.scope = options.scope || ['r_liteprofile'];
   options.profileFields = options.profileFields || null;
 
   //By default we want data in JSON
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function Strategy(options, verify) {
 
   OAuth2Strategy.call(this, options, verify);
   this.name = 'linkedin';
-  this.profileUrl = 'https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~:(' + this._convertScopeToUserProfileFields(options.scope, options.profileFields) + ')';
+  this.profileUrl = 'https://api.linkedin.com/v2/me?projection=(' + this._convertScopeToUserProfileFields(options.scope, options.profileFields) + ')';
 }
 
 util.inherits(Strategy, OAuth2Strategy);
@@ -24,8 +24,27 @@ Strategy.prototype.userProfile = function(accessToken, done) {
 
   //LinkedIn uses a custom name for the access_token parameter
   this._oauth2.setAccessTokenName("oauth2_access_token");
+  if (!!this.emailUrl) {
+    var self = this
+    this._oauth2.get(this.emailUrl, accessToken, function (err, body, res) {
+      if (err) { return done(new InternalOAuthError('failed to fetch user email', err)); }
+
+      try {
+        var json = JSON.parse(body);
+        var emails = json.elements;
+        self._fetchAsyncProfile(accessToken, done, emails);
+
+      } catch(e) {
+        done(e);
+      }
+    });
+   } else  {
+     this._fetchAsyncProfile(accessToken, done);
+   }
+};
 
-  this._oauth2.get(this.profileUrl, accessToken, function (err, body, res) {
+Strategy.prototype._fetchAsyncProfile = function(accessToken, done, emails) {
+   this._oauth2.get(this.profileUrl, accessToken, function (err, body, res) {
     if (err) { return done(new InternalOAuthError('failed to fetch user profile', err)); }
 
     try {
@@ -39,7 +58,7 @@ Strategy.prototype.userProfile = function(accessToken, done) {
                         familyName: json.lastName,
                         givenName:  json.firstName
                      };
-      profile.emails = [{ value: json.emailAddress }];
+      profile.emails = emails || [{ value: json.emailAddress }];
       profile.photos = [];
       if (json.pictureUrl) {
           profile.photos.push({ value: json.pictureUrl });
@@ -52,76 +71,32 @@ Strategy.prototype.userProfile = function(accessToken, done) {
       done(e);
     }
   });
-}
-
-
+};
 
 
 Strategy.prototype._convertScopeToUserProfileFields = function(scope, profileFields) {
   var self = this;
   var map = {
-    'r_basicprofile':   [
+    'r_liteprofile':   [
       'id',
-      'first-name',
-      'last-name',
-      'picture-url',
-      'picture-urls::(original)',
-      'formatted-name',
-      'maiden-name',
-      'phonetic-first-name',
-      'phonetic-last-name',
-      'formatted-phonetic-name',
-      'headline',
-      'location:(name,country:(code))',
-      'industry',
-      'distance',
-      'relation-to-viewer:(distance,connections)',
-      'current-share',
-      'num-connections',
-      'num-connections-capped',
-      'summary',
-      'specialties',
-      'positions',
-      'site-standard-profile-request',
-      'api-standard-profile-request:(headers,url)',
-      'public-profile-url'
+      'firstName',
+      'lastName',
+      'profilePicture(displayImage~:playableStreams)'
     ],
-    'r_emailaddress':   ['email-address'],
-    'r_fullprofile':   [
-      'last-modified-timestamp',
-      'proposal-comments',
-      'associations',
-      'interests',
-      'publications',
-      'patents',
-      'languages',
-      'skills',
-      'certifications',
-      'educations',
-      'courses',
-      'volunteer',
-      'three-current-positions',
-      'three-past-positions',
-      'num-recommenders',
-      'recommendations-received',
-      'mfeed-rss-url',
-      'following',
-      'job-bookmarks',
-      'suggestions',
-      'date-of-birth',
-      'member-url-resources:(name,url)',
-      'related-profile-views',
-      'honors-awards'
-    ]
   };
+  var r_emailaddress = 'https://api.linkedin.com/v2/emailAddress?q=members&projection=(elements*(handle~))';
 
   var fields = [];
 
   // To obtain pre-defined field mappings
   if(Array.isArray(scope) && profileFields === null)
   {
-    if(scope.indexOf('r_basicprofile') === -1){
-      scope.unshift('r_basicprofile');
+    if(scope.indexOf('r_liteprofile') === -1){
+      scope.unshift('r_liteprofile');
+    }
+
+    if(scope.indexOf('r_emailaddress') !== -1){
+      self.emailUrl = r_emailaddress
     }
 
     scope.forEach(function(f) {