diff -ru google_analytics-6.x-3.6-unpatched/googleanalytics.admin.inc google_analytics-6.x-3.6/googleanalytics.admin.inc
--- google_analytics-6.x-3.6-unpatched/googleanalytics.admin.inc	2013-04-12 10:11:00.000000000 +0200
+++ google_analytics-6.x-3.6/googleanalytics.admin.inc	2016-08-02 22:08:12.420322506 +0200
@@ -267,6 +267,8 @@
   );
 
   // 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'),
@@ -332,17 +334,19 @@
     '#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> _gaq.push(['_trackPageview'])."),
+    '#description' => t("Code in this textarea will be added <strong>before</strong> _gaq.push(['_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> _gaq.push(['_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> _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']). This is useful if you'd like to track a site in two accounts.") . $user_access_add_js_snippets_permission_warning,
   );
 
   /* hook_footer() is not able to add code to head. Upgrade to D7 required.
diff -ru google_analytics-6.x-3.6-unpatched/googleanalytics.module google_analytics-6.x-3.6/googleanalytics.module
--- google_analytics-6.x-3.6-unpatched/googleanalytics.module	2013-04-12 10:11:00.000000000 +0200
+++ google_analytics-6.x-3.6/googleanalytics.module	2016-08-02 21:55:03.980123194 +0200
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
  * Implementation of hook_perm().
  */
 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');
 }
 
 /**