diff --git a/src/directives/rn-carousel.js b/src/directives/rn-carousel.js
index 9399643..c4e1e4b 100755
--- a/src/directives/rn-carousel.js
+++ b/src/directives/rn-carousel.js
@@ -374,10 +374,11 @@
 
                         if (iAttributes.rnCarouselControls!==undefined) {
                             // dont use a directive for this
+                            var canloop = ((isRepeatBased ? scope[repeatCollection.replace('::', '')].length : currentSlides.length) > 1) ? angular.isDefined(tAttributes['rnCarouselControlsAllowLoop']) : false;
                             var nextSlideIndexCompareValue = isRepeatBased ? repeatCollection.replace('::', '') + '.length - 1' : currentSlides.length - 1;
                             var tpl = '<div class="rn-carousel-controls">\n' +
-                                '  <span class="rn-carousel-control rn-carousel-control-prev" ng-click="prevSlide()" ng-if="carouselIndex > 0"></span>\n' +
-                                '  <span class="rn-carousel-control rn-carousel-control-next" ng-click="nextSlide()" ng-if="carouselIndex < ' + nextSlideIndexCompareValue + '"></span>\n' +
+                                '  <span class="rn-carousel-control rn-carousel-control-prev" ng-click="prevSlide()" ng-if="carouselIndex > 0 || ' + canloop + '"></span>\n' +
+                                '  <span class="rn-carousel-control rn-carousel-control-next" ng-click="nextSlide()" ng-if="carouselIndex < ' + nextSlideIndexCompareValue + ' || ' + canloop + '"></span>\n' +
                                 '</div>';
                             iElement.parent().append($compile(angular.element(tpl))(scope));
                         }