diff --git a/camera/CameraManager.swift b/camera/CameraManager.swift
index 22d1037..7dd5887 100644
--- a/camera/CameraManager.swift
+++ b/camera/CameraManager.swift
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ public class CameraManager: NSObject, AVCaptureFileOutputRecordingDelegate {
 
     /// Property to determine if manager should write the resources to the phone library. Default value is true.
     public var writeFilesToPhoneLibrary = true
+    
+    public var shouldRespondToOrientationChanges = true
 
     /// The Bool property to determine if current device has front camera.
     public var hasFrontCamera: Bool = {
@@ -533,7 +535,7 @@ public class CameraManager: NSObject, AVCaptureFileOutputRecordingDelegate {
     }
 
     private func _startFollowingDeviceOrientation() {
-        if !cameraIsObservingDeviceOrientation {
+        if shouldRespondToOrientationChanges && !cameraIsObservingDeviceOrientation {
             NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: "_orientationChanged", name: UIDeviceOrientationDidChangeNotification, object: nil)
             cameraIsObservingDeviceOrientation = true
         }