diff -ru google_analytics-6.x-4.2-unpatched/googleanalytics.admin.inc google_analytics-6.x-4.2/googleanalytics.admin.inc
--- google_analytics-6.x-4.2-unpatched/googleanalytics.admin.inc	2016-04-16 13:58:42.000000000 +0200
+++ google_analytics-6.x-4.2/googleanalytics.admin.inc	2016-08-02 22:12:55.706019447 +0200
@@ -390,6 +390,8 @@
   }
 
   // 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'),
@@ -436,17 +438,19 @@
     '#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> <code>ga("send", "pageview");</code>.'),
+    '#description' => t('Code in this textarea will be added <strong>before</strong> <code>ga("send", "pageview");</code>.') . $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> <code>ga("send", "pageview");</code>. 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> <code>ga("send", "pageview");</code>. This is useful if you\'d like to track a site in two accounts.') . $user_access_add_js_snippets_permission_warning,
   );
   $form['advanced']['googleanalytics_debug'] = array(
     '#type' => 'checkbox',
diff -ru google_analytics-6.x-4.2-unpatched/googleanalytics.module google_analytics-6.x-4.2/googleanalytics.module
--- google_analytics-6.x-4.2-unpatched/googleanalytics.module	2016-04-16 13:58:42.000000000 +0200
+++ google_analytics-6.x-4.2/googleanalytics.module	2016-08-02 22:11:31.412323533 +0200
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
  * 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');
 }
 
 /**