diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index 9b07ff652..0a3370527 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@
 - **Popup** - Popup will no longer appear incorrectly if the targeted element is not visible on page
 - **Popup** - Fixed bug which could cause pre-existing inline popup to be removed from DOM after hiding
 - **Popup** - Fixes popup offstage position calculations with pages including horizontal scrollbars
+- **Popup** - Added `addTouchEvents` to specify whether touch events should be added to trigger popup on mobile
 - **Rating** - Rating now correctly adjusts if `data` attributes change
 - **Reveal** - Removed `masked` reveal, all reveals are masked by default
 - **RTL** - Fixed `rtl: 'both'` in `semantic.json` not building both versions of source correctly.
diff --git a/src/definitions/modules/popup.js b/src/definitions/modules/popup.js
index bcf82eb1e..5024cde80 100644
--- a/src/definitions/modules/popup.js
+++ b/src/definitions/modules/popup.js
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ $.fn.popup = function(parameters) {
           },
           startEvent: function() {
             if(settings.on == 'hover') {
-              return (hasTouch)
+              return (hasTouch && settings.addTouchEvents)
                 ? 'touchstart mouseenter'
                 : 'mouseenter'
               ;
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ $.fn.popup = function(parameters) {
             return false;
           },
           scrollEvent: function() {
-            return (hasTouch)
+            return (hasTouch && settings.addTouchEvents)
               ? 'touchmove scroll'
               : 'scroll'
             ;
@@ -1137,6 +1137,9 @@ $.fn.popup.settings = {
   // when to show popup
   on           : 'hover',
 
+  // whether to add touchstart events when using hover
+  addTouchEvents : true,
+
   // default position relative to element
   position     : 'top left',
   // name of variation to use