diff --git a/js/jquery-comments.js b/js/jquery-comments.js
index ead0053..5b1b8c0 100644
--- a/js/jquery-comments.js
+++ b/js/jquery-comments.js
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
                 enablePinging: false,
                 enableDeletingCommentWithReplies: false,
                 enableNavigation: true,
+                enableLinking: true,
                 postCommentOnEnter: false,
                 forceResponsive: false,
                 readOnly: false,
@@ -2180,7 +2181,7 @@
 
         getFormattedCommentContent: function(commentModel, replaceNewLines) {
             var html = this.escape(commentModel.content);
-            html = this.linkify(html);
+            if(this.options.enableLinking) html = this.linkify(html);
             html = this.highlightTags(commentModel, html);
             if(replaceNewLines) html = html.replace(/(?:\n)/g, '<br>');
             return html;
@@ -2375,4 +2376,4 @@
             comments.init(options || {}, this);
         });
     };
-}));
\ No newline at end of file
+}));