diff --git a/app/views/hooks/redmine_mentions_suggestions/_edit_mentionable.html.erb b/app/views/hooks/redmine_mentions_suggestions/_edit_mentionable.html.erb
index a1e7345..f3d63a4 100644
--- a/app/views/hooks/redmine_mentions_suggestions/_edit_mentionable.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/hooks/redmine_mentions_suggestions/_edit_mentionable.html.erb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
   var usersMapping = <%= self.map_users_to_states(users, @issue) %>;
   var statuses = <%= self.status_listing %>;
+  var suggestMentions = <%= User.current.pref.suggest_mentions? %>
 
   window.setInterval(function(){
     var text = $('#issue_notes').val();
@@ -43,7 +44,9 @@
       $suggestions.html('');
       $suggestions.append('<div class="assignee-suggestion"><input id="issue_suggest_assignee_'+ id + '" data-user-id="' + id + '" type="checkbox" name="issue_suggest_assignee" value="1"><label>Assign issue to ' + user + '</label></div>');
       $('#issue_private_notes').before($suggestions);
-      $('input[name="issue_suggest_assignee"]').prop('checked', true);
+      if (suggestMentions) {
+        $('input[name="issue_suggest_assignee"]').prop('checked', true);
+      }
 
       if (usersMapping[id]) {
         for (var index = 0; index < usersMapping[id].length; index++) {
diff --git a/app/views/hooks/redmine_mentions_suggestions/_mentions_suggestions_preference.html.erb b/app/views/hooks/redmine_mentions_suggestions/_mentions_suggestions_preference.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e9c731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/hooks/redmine_mentions_suggestions/_mentions_suggestions_preference.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<%= labelled_fields_for :pref, @user.pref do |pref_fields| %>
+<p><%= pref_fields.check_box :suggest_mentions %></p>
+<% end %>
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 642b07f..f4eca4d 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # English strings go here for Rails i18n
 en:
   # my_label: "My label"
+  field_suggest_mentions: 'Enable mentions suggestions by default'
diff --git a/lib/redmine_mentions_suggestions.rb b/lib/redmine_mentions_suggestions.rb
index b2dff5c..2c30a1e 100644
--- a/lib/redmine_mentions_suggestions.rb
+++ b/lib/redmine_mentions_suggestions.rb
@@ -3,3 +3,10 @@
   IssuesController.send :helper, IssuesControllerHelper
   require_dependency 'redmine_mentions_suggestions/hooks'
 end
+
+require_dependency 'redmine_mentions_suggestions/patches/user_preference_patch'
+ActiveSupport::Reloader.to_prepare do
+  unless UserPreference.included_modules.include?(RedmineMentionsSuggestions::Patches::UserPreferencePatch)
+    UserPreference.send :prepend, RedmineMentionsSuggestions::Patches::UserPreferencePatch
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/redmine_mentions_suggestions/hooks.rb b/lib/redmine_mentions_suggestions/hooks.rb
index 6992446..d085631 100644
--- a/lib/redmine_mentions_suggestions/hooks.rb
+++ b/lib/redmine_mentions_suggestions/hooks.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ class Hooks < Redmine::Hook::ViewListener
     # Additional context fields
     #   :issue  => the issue this is edited
     #   :f      => the form object to create additional fields
+    render_on :view_my_account_preferences,
+              partial: 'hooks/redmine_mentions_suggestions/mentions_suggestions_preference'
     render_on :view_issues_edit_notes_bottom,
               :partial => 'hooks/redmine_mentions_suggestions/edit_mentionable'
     render_on :view_issues_form_details_bottom,
diff --git a/lib/redmine_mentions_suggestions/patches/user_preference_patch.rb b/lib/redmine_mentions_suggestions/patches/user_preference_patch.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d18b29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/redmine_mentions_suggestions/patches/user_preference_patch.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+require_dependency 'user_preference'
+
+module RedmineMentionsSuggestions
+  module Patches
+    module UserPreferencePatch
+
+      def self.prepended(base)
+        base.class_eval do
+          if defined? safe_attributes
+            safe_attributes :suggest_mentions
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      def suggest_mentions
+        self[:suggest_mentions]
+      end
+
+      def suggest_mentions=(val)
+        self[:suggest_mentions] = val
+      end
+
+      def suggest_mentions?
+        self[:suggest_mentions]
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end