diff --git a/browscap.module b/browscap.module
index 5e4d330..df00cc4 100644
--- a/browscap.module
+++ b/browscap.module
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ function browscap_perm() {
   return array(
     'administer browscap',
     'view browscap reports',
+    'bypass browscap monitoring',
   );
 }
 
@@ -93,8 +94,9 @@ function browscap_help($path, $arg) {
  * Implementation of hook_exit().
  */
 function browscap_exit() {
-  // Record the current user agent if monitoring is enabled
-  if (variable_get('browscap_enable_user_agent_log', FALSE) == TRUE) {
+  // Record the current user agent if monitoring is enabled and the user does not
+  // have permission to bypass monitoring
+  if (variable_get('browscap_enable_user_agent_log', FALSE) == TRUE && user_access('bypass browscap monitoring') != TRUE) {
     // Get browscap data about the current user agent
     $user_agent = browscap_get_browser();