diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 358a6ee3f..ea106b667 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+<a name="0.14.10"></a>
+## [0.14.10](https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-select/compare/v0.14.9...v0.14.10) (2016-03-13)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* provide a way to skip the focusser ([302e80f](https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-select/commit/302e80f)), closes [#869](https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-select/issues/869) [#401](https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-select/issues/401) [#818](https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-select/issues/818) [#603](https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-select/issues/603) [#432](https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-select/issues/432)
+
+
+
 <a name="0.14.9"></a>
 ## [0.14.9](https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-select/compare/v0.14.9...v0.14.9) (2016-03-06)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9846ad083..115aea607 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "url": "git://github.com/angular-ui/ui-select.git"
   },
   "style": "dist/select.css",
-  "version": "0.14.10",
+  "version": "0.15.0",
   "devDependencies": {
     "bower": "~1.3",
     "conventional-changelog": "^0.5.3",
diff --git a/src/common.js b/src/common.js
index 7023b53c1..8d9a56f9b 100644
--- a/src/common.js
+++ b/src/common.js
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ var uis = angular.module('ui.select', [])
   placeholder: '', // Empty by default, like HTML tag <select>
   refreshDelay: 1000, // In milliseconds
   closeOnSelect: true,
+  skipFocusser: false,
   dropdownPosition: 'auto',
   generateId: function() {
     return latestId++;
diff --git a/src/uiSelectChoicesDirective.js b/src/uiSelectChoicesDirective.js
index b1b79c874..57d4ae0d9 100644
--- a/src/uiSelectChoicesDirective.js
+++ b/src/uiSelectChoicesDirective.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ uis.directive('uiSelectChoices',
             .attr('ng-if', '$select.open'); //Prevent unnecessary watches when dropdown is closed
         if ($window.document.addEventListener) {  //crude way to exclude IE8, specifically, which also cannot capture events
           choices.attr('ng-mouseenter', '$select.setActiveItem('+$select.parserResult.itemName +')')
-              .attr('ng-click', '$select.select(' + $select.parserResult.itemName + ',false,$event)');
+              .attr('ng-click', '$select.select(' + $select.parserResult.itemName + ',$select.skipFocusser,$event)');
         }
 
         var rowsInner = element.querySelectorAll('.ui-select-choices-row-inner');
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ uis.directive('uiSelectChoices',
         rowsInner.attr('uis-transclude-append', ''); //Adding uisTranscludeAppend directive to row element after choices element has ngRepeat
         if (!$window.document.addEventListener) {  //crude way to target IE8, specifically, which also cannot capture events - so event bindings must be here
           rowsInner.attr('ng-mouseenter', '$select.setActiveItem('+$select.parserResult.itemName +')')
-              .attr('ng-click', '$select.select(' + $select.parserResult.itemName + ',false,$event)');
+              .attr('ng-click', '$select.select(' + $select.parserResult.itemName + ',$select.skipFocusser,$event)');
         }
 
         $compile(element, transcludeFn)(scope); //Passing current transcludeFn to be able to append elements correctly from uisTranscludeAppend
diff --git a/src/uiSelectController.js b/src/uiSelectController.js
index 275978815..fe0454ea3 100644
--- a/src/uiSelectController.js
+++ b/src/uiSelectController.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ uis.controller('uiSelectCtrl',
 
   ctrl.removeSelected = false; //If selected item(s) should be removed from dropdown list
   ctrl.closeOnSelect = true; //Initialized inside uiSelect directive link function
+  ctrl.skipFocusser = false; //Set to true to avoid returning focus to ctrl when item is selected
   ctrl.search = EMPTY_SEARCH;
 
   ctrl.activeIndex = 0; //Dropdown of choices
@@ -476,7 +477,7 @@ uis.controller('uiSelectCtrl',
         break;
       case KEY.ENTER:
         if(ctrl.open && (ctrl.tagging.isActivated || ctrl.activeIndex >= 0)){
-          ctrl.select(ctrl.items[ctrl.activeIndex]); // Make sure at least one dropdown item is highlighted before adding if not in tagging mode
+          ctrl.select(ctrl.items[ctrl.activeIndex], ctrl.skipFocusser); // Make sure at least one dropdown item is highlighted before adding if not in tagging mode
         } else {
           ctrl.activate(false, true); //In case its the search input in 'multiple' mode
         }
diff --git a/src/uiSelectDirective.js b/src/uiSelectDirective.js
index 20dbcde7f..9fdeb3e66 100644
--- a/src/uiSelectDirective.js
+++ b/src/uiSelectDirective.js
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ uis.directive('uiSelect',
           }
         }();
 
+        scope.$watch('skipFocusser', function() {
+            var skipFocusser = scope.$eval(attrs.skipFocusser);
+            $select.skipFocusser = skipFocusser !== undefined ? skipFocusser : uiSelectConfig.skipFocusser;
+        });
+
         $select.onSelectCallback = $parse(attrs.onSelect);
         $select.onRemoveCallback = $parse(attrs.onRemove);
 
@@ -162,11 +167,16 @@ uis.directive('uiSelect',
           }
 
           if (!contains && !$select.clickTriggeredSelect) {
-            //Will lose focus only with certain targets
-            var focusableControls = ['input','button','textarea','select'];
-            var targetController = angular.element(e.target).controller('uiSelect'); //To check if target is other ui-select
-            var skipFocusser = targetController && targetController !== $select; //To check if target is other ui-select
-            if (!skipFocusser) skipFocusser =  ~focusableControls.indexOf(e.target.tagName.toLowerCase()); //Check if target is input, button or textarea
+            var skipFocusser;
+            if (!$select.skipFocusser) {
+              //Will lose focus only with certain targets
+              var focusableControls = ['input','button','textarea','select'];
+              var targetController = angular.element(e.target).controller('uiSelect'); //To check if target is other ui-select
+              skipFocusser = targetController && targetController !== $select; //To check if target is other ui-select
+              if (!skipFocusser) skipFocusser =  ~focusableControls.indexOf(e.target.tagName.toLowerCase()); //Check if target is input, button or textarea
+            } else {
+              skipFocusser = true;
+            }
             $select.close(skipFocusser);
             scope.$digest();
           }