diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a294518..92899dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ Thanks Marco Rinck for the original code, the following people have contributed
 * [soumya92](https://github.com/soumya92)
 * [willjk](https://github.com/willjk)
 * [wardvijf](https://github.com/wardvijf)
+* [blitzmann](https://github.com/blitzmann)
 
 # License
 Copyright (C) 2015 Marco Rinck
diff --git a/src/growlDirective.js b/src/growlDirective.js
index 56ee81a..d062b53 100644
--- a/src/growlDirective.js
+++ b/src/growlDirective.js
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ angular.module("angular-growl").directive("growl", [
 
           //Cancels all promises within message upon deleting message or stop deleting.
           $scope.stopTimeoutClose = function (message) {
-            if (!message.clickToClose) {
-              angular.forEach(message.promises, function (promise) {
-                $interval.cancel(promise);
-              });
+            angular.forEach(message.promises, function (promise) {
+              $interval.cancel(promise);
+            });
+
+            if (!message.disableUserClose){
               if (message.close) {
                 growlMessages.deleteMessage(message);
               } else {
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ angular.module("angular-growl").run(['$templateCache', function ($templateCache)
     $templateCache.put("templates/growl/growl.html",
       '<div class="growl-container" ng-class="wrapperClasses()">' +
       '<div class="growl-item alert" ng-repeat="message in growlMessages.directives[referenceId].messages" ng-class="alertClasses(message)" ng-click="stopTimeoutClose(message)">' +
-      '<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-hidden="true" ng-click="growlMessages.deleteMessage(message)" ng-if="!message.disableCloseButton">&times;</button>' +
+      '<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-hidden="true" ng-click="growlMessages.deleteMessage(message)" ng-if="!message.disableCloseButton && !message.disableUserClose">&times;</button>' +
       '<button type="button" class="close" aria-hidden="true" ng-if="showCountDown(message)">{{message.countdown}}</button>' +
       '<h4 class="growl-title" ng-if="message.title" ng-bind="message.title"></h4>' +
       '<div class="growl-message" ng-bind-html="message.text"></div>' +
diff --git a/src/growlFactory.js b/src/growlFactory.js
index 609c454..bf224dd 100644
--- a/src/growlFactory.js
+++ b/src/growlFactory.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ angular.module("angular-growl").provider("growl", function () {
     _inline = false,
     _position = 'top-right',
     _disableCloseButton = false,
+    _disableUserClose = false,
     _disableIcons = false,
     _reverseOrder = false,
     _disableCountDown = false,
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ angular.module("angular-growl").provider("growl", function () {
         disableCloseButton: _config.disableCloseButton === undefined ? _disableCloseButton : _config.disableCloseButton,
         disableIcons: _config.disableIcons === undefined ? _disableIcons : _config.disableIcons,
         disableCountDown: _config.disableCountDown === undefined ? _disableCountDown : _config.disableCountDown,
+        disableUserClose: _config.disableUserClose === undefined ? _disableUserClose : _config.disableUserClose,
         position: _config.position || _position,
         referenceId: _config.referenceId || _referenceId,
         translateMessage: _config.translateMessage === undefined ? _translateMessages : _config.translateMessage,