diff --git a/plugins/content_types/term_context/term_list.inc b/plugins/content_types/term_context/term_list.inc
index dc3124b..7c609fb 100644
--- a/plugins/content_types/term_context/term_list.inc
+++ b/plugins/content_types/term_context/term_list.inc
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ $plugin = array(
   'description' => t('Terms related to an existing term; may be child, siblings or top level.'),
   'required context' => new ctools_context_required(t('Term'), array('term', 'taxonomy_term')),
   'category' => t('Taxonomy term'),
-  'defaults' => array('title' => '', 'type' => 'child', 'list_type' => 'ul', 'path' => 'taxonomy/term'),
+  'defaults' => array(
+    'title' => '',
+    'type' => 'child',
+    'include_current_term' => FALSE,
+    'list_type' => 'ul',
+    'path' => 'taxonomy/term',
+  ),
 );
 
 function ctools_term_list_content_type_render($subtype, $conf, $panel_args, $context) {
@@ -40,6 +46,9 @@ function ctools_term_list_content_type_render($subtype, $conf, $panel_args, $con
 
       case 'child':
       default:
+        if (!empty($conf['include_current_term'])) {
+          $terms[] = $term;
+        }
         $terms = taxonomy_get_children($term->tid);
         break;
 
@@ -49,6 +58,9 @@ function ctools_term_list_content_type_render($subtype, $conf, $panel_args, $con
 
       case 'parent':
         $terms = taxonomy_get_parents($term->tid);
+        if (!empty($conf['include_current_term'])) {
+          $terms[] = $term;
+        }
         $block->title = count($terms) == 1 ? t('Parent term') : t('Parent terms');
         break;
 
@@ -116,6 +128,20 @@ function ctools_term_list_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
     '#suffix' => '</div>',
   );
 
+  $form['include_current_term'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'checkbox',
+    '#title' => t('Include the current term in the list'),
+    '#default_value' => !empty($conf['include_current_term']),
+    '#prefix' => '<div class="clearfix no-float">',
+    '#suffix' => '</div>',
+    '#states' => array(
+      'invisible' => array(
+        ':input[name="type"], unique1' => array('!value' => 'child'),
+        ':input[name="type"], unique2' => array('!value' => 'parent'),
+      ),
+    ),
+  );
+
   $form['list_type'] = array(
     '#type' => 'select',
     '#title' => t('List type'),