--- plugins/content_types/node/node.inc	2010-06-05 10:53:10.000000000 -0700
+++ plugins/content_types/node/node.inc	2010-06-05 10:54:53.000000000 -0700
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ function ctools_node_content_type_render
   $block->delta = $node->nid;
 
   $block->title = check_plain($node->title);
+  
+  if ($conf['link_node_title']){
+    $block->title = l($node->title, 'node/'.$node->nid);
+  }
+  else {
+    $block->title = check_plain($node->title);
+  }
 
   if (empty($conf['leave_node_title'])) {
     $node->title = NULL;
@@ -105,6 +112,13 @@ function ctools_node_content_type_edit_f
     '#title' => t('Leave node title'),
     '#description' => t('Advanced: if checked, do not touch the node title; this can cause the node title to appear twice unless your theme is aware of this.'),
   );
+  $form['link_node_title'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'checkbox',
+    '#default_value' => !empty($conf['link_node_title']),
+    '#title' => t('Link the node title to the node'),
+    '#description' => t('Check this box if you would like your pane title to link to the node.'),
+  );
+  
 
   if ($form_state['op'] == 'add') {
     $form['nid'] = array(
@@ -185,7 +199,7 @@ function  ctools_node_content_type_edit_
  * Validate the node selection.
  */
 function ctools_node_content_type_edit_form_submit(&$form, &$form_state) {
-  foreach (array('nid', 'teaser', 'links', 'leave_node_title', 'identifier') as $key) {
+  foreach (array('nid', 'teaser', 'links', 'leave_node_title', 'link_node_title', 'identifier') as $key) {
     $form_state['conf'][$key] = $form_state['values'][$key];
   }
 }