diff --git a/src/common.js b/src/common.js
index ba7023424..cc564ab3f 100644
--- a/src/common.js
+++ b/src/common.js
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ var uis = angular.module('ui.select', [])
     return latestId++;
   },
   appendToBody: false,
+  preventPageScroll: true,
   spinnerEnabled: false,
   spinnerClass: 'glyphicon-refresh ui-select-spin',
   backspaceReset: true
diff --git a/src/uiSelectChoicesDirective.js b/src/uiSelectChoicesDirective.js
index 911e83132..982e3a6f0 100644
--- a/src/uiSelectChoicesDirective.js
+++ b/src/uiSelectChoicesDirective.js
@@ -52,7 +52,20 @@ uis.directive('uiSelectChoices',
       clickTarget.attr('ng-click', '$select.select(' + parserResult.itemName + ',$select.skipFocusser,$event)');
       
       return function link(scope, element, attrs, $select) {
+        
+        if ($select.preventPageScroll) {// Prevent the whole page for scrolling when the choices ul reaches it's scroll limits.
+          element.on('mousewheel', function(event) {
+            var heightDif = this.offsetHeight - this.clientHeight,
+                maxScrollTop = this.scrollHeight - this.offsetHeight + heightDif;
 
+            if ((this.scrollTop === maxScrollTop && event.deltaY > 0) ||
+                (this.scrollTop === 0 && event.deltaY < 0)) {
+              event.preventDefault();
+            }
+          });
+        }
+
+        $compile(element, transcludeFn)(scope); //Passing current transcludeFn to be able to append elements correctly from uisTranscludeAppend
        
         $select.parseRepeatAttr(attrs.repeat, groupByExp, groupFilterExp); //Result ready at $select.parserResult
         $select.disableChoiceExpression = attrs.uiDisableChoice;
diff --git a/src/uiSelectController.js b/src/uiSelectController.js
index e304279d4..53506bd1b 100644
--- a/src/uiSelectController.js
+++ b/src/uiSelectController.js
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ uis.controller('uiSelectCtrl',
     }
   })();
 
+  ctrl.preventPageScroll = undefined; //Initialized inside uiSelect directive link function
+
   ctrl.searchInput = $element.querySelectorAll('input.ui-select-search');
   if (ctrl.searchInput.length !== 1) {
     throw uiSelectMinErr('searchInput', "Expected 1 input.ui-select-search but got '{0}'.", ctrl.searchInput.length);
diff --git a/src/uiSelectDirective.js b/src/uiSelectDirective.js
index 285cfb4ac..a59cf7f8d 100644
--- a/src/uiSelectDirective.js
+++ b/src/uiSelectDirective.js
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ uis.directive('uiSelect',
           }
         }();
 
+        $select.preventPageScroll = function() {
+          if (angular.isDefined(attrs.preventPageScroll)) {
+            return $parse(attrs.preventPageScroll)();
+          } else {
+            return uiSelectConfig.preventPageScroll;
+          }
+        }();
+
         scope.$watch('skipFocusser', function() {
             var skipFocusser = scope.$eval(attrs.skipFocusser);
             $select.skipFocusser = skipFocusser !== undefined ? skipFocusser : uiSelectConfig.skipFocusser;