diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3b3ca63..82f4f06 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ in your CSS.
 |keyboardNav|`true`|Toggle keyboard navigation|
 |previousNavSelector|`''`|Selector for custom previous nav element|
 |nextNavSelector|`''`|Selector for custom next nav element|
+|stopOnBlur|`true`|Prevent the slider to stop when browser lost its focus|
 |classes|`{...}`|List of classes to be used by slider. Probably shouldn't be changed|
 
 ## Events
diff --git a/ideal-image-slider.js b/ideal-image-slider.js
index f8889b4..bd2e968 100644
--- a/ideal-image-slider.js
+++ b/ideal-image-slider.js
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ var IdealImageSlider = (function() {
 			keyboardNav: true,
 			previousNavSelector: '',
 			nextNavSelector: '',
+			stopOnBlur: true,
 			classes: {
 				container: 'ideal-image-slider',
 				slide: 'iis-slide',
@@ -647,9 +648,11 @@ var IdealImageSlider = (function() {
 		this.settings.onStart.apply(this);
 
 		// Stop if window blur
-		window.onblur = function() {
-			this.stop();
-		}.bind(this);
+		if (this.settings.stopOnBlur) {
+			window.onblur = function() {
+				this.stop();
+			}.bind(this);
+		}
 	};
 
 	Slider.prototype.stop = function() {
@@ -829,4 +832,4 @@ var IdealImageSlider = (function() {
 		Slider: Slider
 	};
 
-})();
\ No newline at end of file
+})();