diff --git src/wp-includes/user.php src/wp-includes/user.php
index 9971b96..f63a69c 100644
--- src/wp-includes/user.php
+++ src/wp-includes/user.php
@@ -560,6 +560,9 @@ class WP_User_Query {
 	 *                                         'url', 'registered'. Use 'all' for all fields and 'all_with_meta' to
 	 *                                         include meta fields. Default 'all'.
 	 *     @type string       $who             Type of users to query. Accepts 'authors'. Default empty (all users).
+	 *     @type bool|array   $has_published_posts Pass an array of post types to filter results to users who have
+	 *                                             published posts in those post types. `true` is an alias for all
+	 *                                             public post types.
 	 * }
 	 */
 	public function prepare_query( $query = array() ) {
@@ -583,7 +586,8 @@ class WP_User_Query {
 				'number' => '',
 				'count_total' => true,
 				'fields' => 'all',
-				'who' => ''
+				'who' => '',
+				'has_published_posts' => null,
 			) );
 		}
 
@@ -642,6 +646,21 @@ class WP_User_Query {
 			$qv['blog_id'] = $blog_id = 0; // Prevent extra meta query
 		}
 
+		if ( $qv['has_published_posts'] && $blog_id ) {
+			if ( true === $qv['has_published_posts'] ) {
+				$post_types = get_post_types( array( 'public' => true ) );
+			} else {
+				$post_types = (array) $qv['has_published_posts'];
+			}
+
+			foreach ( $post_types as &$post_type ) {
+				$post_type = $wpdb->prepare( '%s', $post_type );
+			}
+
+			$posts_table = $wpdb->get_blog_prefix( $blog_id ) . 'posts';
+			$this->query_where .= " AND $wpdb->users.ID IN ( SELECT DISTINCT $posts_table.post_author FROM $posts_table WHERE $posts_table.post_status = 'publish' AND $posts_table.post_type IN ( " . join( ", ", $post_types ) . " ) )";
+		}
+
 		// Meta query.
 		$this->meta_query = new WP_Meta_Query();
 		$this->meta_query->parse_query_vars( $qv );
diff --git tests/phpunit/tests/user/query.php tests/phpunit/tests/user/query.php
index 9abf99d..2b22f1e 100644
--- tests/phpunit/tests/user/query.php
+++ tests/phpunit/tests/user/query.php
@@ -686,4 +686,107 @@ class Tests_User_Query extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertContains( $users[1], $found );
 		$this->assertNotContains( $users[2], $found );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 32250
+	 */
+	public function test_has_published_posts_with_value_true_should_show_authors_of_posts_in_public_post_types() {
+		register_post_type( 'wptests_pt_public', array( 'public' => true ) );
+		register_post_type( 'wptests_pt_private', array( 'public' => false ) );
+
+		$users = $this->factory->user->create_many( 3 );
+
+		$this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_author' => $users[0], 'post_status' => 'publish', 'post_type' => 'wptests_pt_public' ) );
+		$this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_author' => $users[1], 'post_status' => 'publish', 'post_type' => 'wptests_pt_private' ) );
+
+		$q = new WP_User_Query( array(
+			'has_published_posts' => true,
+		) );
+
+		$found = wp_list_pluck( $q->get_results(), 'ID' );
+		$expected = array( $users[0] );
+
+		$this->assertEqualSets( $expected, $found );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 32250
+	 */
+	public function test_has_published_posts_should_obey_post_types() {
+		register_post_type( 'wptests_pt_public', array( 'public' => true ) );
+		register_post_type( 'wptests_pt_private', array( 'public' => false ) );
+
+		$users = $this->factory->user->create_many( 3 );
+
+		$this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_author' => $users[0], 'post_status' => 'publish', 'post_type' => 'wptests_pt_public' ) );
+		$this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_author' => $users[1], 'post_status' => 'publish', 'post_type' => 'wptests_pt_private' ) );
+		$this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_author' => $users[2], 'post_status' => 'publish', 'post_type' => 'post' ) );
+
+		$q = new WP_User_Query( array(
+			'has_published_posts' => array( 'wptests_pt_private', 'post' ),
+		) );
+
+		$found = wp_list_pluck( $q->get_results(), 'ID' );
+		$expected = array( $users[1], $users[2] );
+
+		$this->assertEqualSets( $expected, $found );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 32250
+	 */
+	public function test_has_published_posts_should_ignore_non_published_posts() {
+		register_post_type( 'wptests_pt_public', array( 'public' => true ) );
+		register_post_type( 'wptests_pt_private', array( 'public' => false ) );
+
+		$users = $this->factory->user->create_many( 3 );
+
+		$this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_author' => $users[0], 'post_status' => 'draft', 'post_type' => 'wptests_pt_public' ) );
+		$this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_author' => $users[1], 'post_status' => 'inherit', 'post_type' => 'wptests_pt_private' ) );
+		$this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_author' => $users[2], 'post_status' => 'publish', 'post_type' => 'post' ) );
+
+		$q = new WP_User_Query( array(
+			'has_published_posts' => array( 'wptests_pt_public', 'wptests_pt_private', 'post' ),
+		) );
+
+		$found = wp_list_pluck( $q->get_results(), 'ID' );
+		$expected = array( $users[2] );
+
+		$this->assertEqualSets( $expected, $found );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 32250
+	 */
+	public function test_has_published_posts_should_respect_blog_id() {
+		if ( ! is_multisite() ) {
+			$this->markTestSkipped( __METHOD__ . ' requires multisite.' );
+		}
+
+		$users = $this->factory->user->create_many( 3 );
+		$blogs = $this->factory->blog->create_many( 2 );
+
+		add_user_to_blog( $blogs[0], $users[0], 'author' );
+		add_user_to_blog( $blogs[0], $users[1], 'author' );
+		add_user_to_blog( $blogs[1], $users[0], 'author' );
+		add_user_to_blog( $blogs[1], $users[1], 'author' );
+
+		switch_to_blog( $blogs[0] );
+		$this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_author' => $users[0], 'post_status' => 'publish', 'post_type' => 'post' ) );
+		restore_current_blog();
+
+		switch_to_blog( $blogs[1] );
+		$this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_author' => $users[1], 'post_status' => 'publish', 'post_type' => 'post' ) );
+		restore_current_blog();
+
+		$q = new WP_User_Query( array(
+			'has_published_posts' => array( 'post' ),
+			'blog_id' => $blogs[1],
+		) );
+
+		$found = wp_list_pluck( $q->get_results(), 'ID' );
+		$expected = array( $users[1] );
+
+		$this->assertEqualSets( $expected, $found );
+	}
 }