diff --git a/jquery.timeago.js b/jquery.timeago.js
index cecfaeb8..b90caf62 100644
--- a/jquery.timeago.js
+++ b/jquery.timeago.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
       allowFuture: false,
       localeTitle: false,
       cutoff: 0,
+      cutoffMessage: false,
       strings: {
         prefixAgo: null,
         prefixFromNow: null,
@@ -170,6 +171,9 @@
       if ( $s.cutoff == 0 || distance(data.datetime) < $s.cutoff) {
         $(this).text(inWords(data.datetime));
       }
+      else if ($s.cutoffMessage && distance(data.datetime) >= $s.cutoff) {
+        $(this).text($s.cutoffMessage.concat(" ", inWords(new Date(new Date().getTime() - $s.cutoff))));
+      }
     }
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index 225f5be7..1e17173d 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ <h2>Other formats</h2>
     <h2>Cutoff</h2>
 
     <p>Date that is older than cutoff: <abbr class="timeago cutoff doCutoff" title="1978-12-18">(this should be displayed)</abbr></p>
+    
+    <p>Date that is older than cutoff with message: <abbr class="timeago cutoff withCutoffMessage doCutoffWithCutoffMessage" title="1978-12-18">(you shouldn't see this)</abbr></p>
 
     <p>Date that is newer than cutoff: <abbr class="timeago loaded cutoff dontCutoff">(you shouldn't see this)</abbr></p>
 
@@ -228,8 +230,12 @@ <h2>Disposal</h2>
 
       loadCutoffSetting();
       $("abbr.cutoff").timeago();
+      loadCutoffMessageSetting();
+      $("abbr.cutoff.withCutoffMessage").timeago();
+      unloadCutoffMessageSetting();
       unloadCutoffSetting();
 
+
       var tooltip = $("#testTooltip").data("timeago");
 
       $("abbr.todate").each(function () {
@@ -316,6 +322,12 @@ <h2>Disposal</h2>
         }), "Cutoff setting working fine");
       });
 
+      test("should give cutoff message for dates older than cutoff setting", function() {
+        ok(testElements("abbr.doCutoffWithCutoffMessage", function (element) {
+          return (element.html() === "over 7 days ago");
+        }), "Cutoff message setting working fine");
+      });
+
       test("should change dates newer than cutoff setting", function () {
         ok(testElements("abbr.dontCutoff", function (element) {
           return (element.html() === "less than a minute ago");
diff --git a/test/test_helpers.js b/test/test_helpers.js
index 501de1bc..483d024a 100644
--- a/test/test_helpers.js
+++ b/test/test_helpers.js
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ function unloadCutoffSetting() {
 	jQuery.timeago.settings.cutoff = 0;
 }
 
+function loadCutoffMessageSetting() {
+	jQuery.timeago.settings.cutoffMessage = "over";
+}
+
+function unloadCutoffMessageSetting() {
+	jQuery.timeago.settings.cutoffMessage = false;
+}
+
 function setupDisposal() {
   jQuery.timeago.settings.refreshMillis = 50;
   $('abbr.disposal').attr("title", iso8601(new Date())).timeago();