diff -ru google_analytics-6.x-2.3-unpatched/googleanalytics.admin.inc google_analytics-6.x-2.3/googleanalytics.admin.inc
--- google_analytics-6.x-2.3-unpatched/googleanalytics.admin.inc	2016-08-02 20:25:40.798395268 +0200
+++ google_analytics-6.x-2.3/googleanalytics.admin.inc	2016-08-02 21:45:47.848662928 +0200
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@
   );
 
   // Advanced feature configurations.
+  $user_access_add_js_snippets = user_access('add JS snippets for google analytics') ? FALSE : TRUE;
+  $user_access_add_js_snippets_permission_warning = $user_access_add_js_snippets ? ' <em>' . t('This field has been disabled because you do not have sufficient permissions to edit it.') . '</em>' : '';
   $form['advanced'] = array(
     '#type' => 'fieldset',
     '#title' => t('Advanced settings'),
@@ -224,17 +226,19 @@
     '#type' => 'textarea',
     '#title' => t('Code snippet (before)'),
     '#default_value' => variable_get('googleanalytics_codesnippet_before', ''),
+    '#disabled' => $user_access_add_js_snippets,
     '#rows' => 5,
     '#wysiwyg' => FALSE,
-    '#description' => t('Code in this textarea will be added <strong>before</strong> pageTracker._trackPageview().')
+    '#description' => t('Code in this textarea will be added <strong>before</strong> pageTracker._trackPageview().') . $user_access_add_js_snippets_permission_warning,
   );
   $form['advanced']['codesnippet']['googleanalytics_codesnippet_after'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textarea',
     '#title' => t('Code snippet (after)'),
     '#default_value' => variable_get('googleanalytics_codesnippet_after', ''),
+    '#disabled' => $user_access_add_js_snippets,
     '#rows' => 5,
     '#wysiwyg' => FALSE,
-    '#description' => t("Code in this textarea will be added <strong>after</strong> pageTracker._trackPageview(). This is useful if you'd like to track a site in two accounts.")
+    '#description' => t("Code in this textarea will be added <strong>after</strong> pageTracker._trackPageview(). This is useful if you'd like to track a site in two accounts.") . $user_access_add_js_snippets_permission_warning,
   );
 
   $form['advanced']['googleanalytics_js_scope'] = array(
diff -ru google_analytics-6.x-2.3-unpatched/googleanalytics.module google_analytics-6.x-2.3/googleanalytics.module
--- google_analytics-6.x-2.3-unpatched/googleanalytics.module	2016-08-02 20:25:40.798395268 +0200
+++ google_analytics-6.x-2.3/googleanalytics.module	2016-08-02 20:29:14.902764864 +0200
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 }
 
 function googleanalytics_perm() {
-  return array('administer google analytics', 'opt-in or out of tracking', 'use PHP for tracking visibility');
+  return array('administer google analytics', 'opt-in or out of tracking', 'use PHP for tracking visibility', 'add JS snippets for google analytics');
 }
 
 function googleanalytics_menu() {