diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 314d6142..614345ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ $('.context').contextmenu({
   before: function(e,context) {
     // execute code before context menu if shown
   },
+  after: function(e,context) {
+    // execute code after context menu is hidden
+  },
   onItem: function(context,e) {
     // execute on menu item selection
   }
@@ -46,7 +49,12 @@ $('.context').contextmenu({
 
 `before` - is a function that is called before the context menu is displayed. If this function returns false, the context menu will not be displayed. It is passed two parameters,
 
-  - `e` - the original event. (You can do an `e.preventDefault()` to cancel the browser event). 
+  - `e` - the original event. (You can do an `e.preventDefault()` to cancel the browser event).
+  - `context` - the DOM element where right click occured.
+
+`after` - is a function that is called when the context menu is going to be closed. If this function returns false, the context menu will not be closed. It is passed two parameters,
+
+  - `e` - the original event. (You can do an `e.preventDefault()` to cancel the browser event).
   - `context` - the DOM element where right click occured.
 
 `onItem` - is a function that is called when a menu item is clicked. Useful when you want to execute a specific function when an item is clicked. It is passed two parameters,
diff --git a/bootstrap-contextmenu.js b/bootstrap-contextmenu.js
index dc1e38bc..de8850c8 100644
--- a/bootstrap-contextmenu.js
+++ b/bootstrap-contextmenu.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 		this.$element = $(element);
 
 		this.before = options.before || this.before;
+		this.after = options.after || this.after;
 		this.onItem = options.onItem || this.onItem;
 		this.scopes = options.scopes || null;
 
@@ -87,6 +88,9 @@
 
 			$('html')
 				.off('click.context.data-api', $menu.selector);
+
+			if (!this.after.call(this,e,$(e.currentTarget))) return;
+
 			// Don't propagate click event so other currently
 			// opened menus won't close.
 			return false;
@@ -100,6 +104,10 @@
 			return true;
 		}
 
+		,after: function(e) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
 		,onItem: function(e) {
 			return true;
 		}