diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js b/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
index 9d070bdb54e..4315e70fb78 100755
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
@@ -1398,8 +1398,8 @@
 
 		//prefetch pages when anchors with data-prefetch are encountered
 		$( document ).delegate( ".ui-page", "pageshow.prefetch", function() {
-			var urls = [];
-			$( this ).find( "a:jqmData(prefetch)" ).each(function(){
+			var urls = [];   
+			$( this ).find( "a:jqmData(prefetch):not(:jqmData(prefetch=false))" ).each(function(){
 				var $link = $(this),
 					url = $link.attr( "href" );