diff --git a/api/config.lua b/api/config.lua
index 5e4db119..18d8b4e8 100644
--- a/api/config.lua
+++ b/api/config.lua
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ function pfUI:LoadConfig()
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("tooltip",    nil,           "cursoroffset",     "20")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("tooltip",    nil,           "extguild",         "1")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("tooltip",    nil,           "alpha",            "0.8")
+  pfUI:UpdateConfig("tooltip",    "compare",     "basestats",        "1")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("tooltip",    "compare",     "showalways",       "0")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("tooltip",    "vendor",      "showalways",       "0")
 
diff --git a/modules/eqcompare.lua b/modules/eqcompare.lua
index b2cd4e41..cbbfaf66 100644
--- a/modules/eqcompare.lua
+++ b/modules/eqcompare.lua
@@ -41,13 +41,17 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("eqcompare", function ()
   }
 
   HookScript(ShoppingTooltip1, "OnShow", function()
-    local targetData = pfUI.eqcompare:ExtractAttributes(ShoppingTooltip1)
-    pfUI.eqcompare:CompareAttributes(ShoppingTooltip1._data, targetData)
+    if C.tooltip.compare.basestats == "1" then
+      local targetData = pfUI.eqcompare:ExtractAttributes(ShoppingTooltip1)
+      pfUI.eqcompare:CompareAttributes(ShoppingTooltip1._data, targetData)
+    end
   end)
 
   HookScript(ShoppingTooltip2, "OnShow", function()
-    local targetData = pfUI.eqcompare:ExtractAttributes(ShoppingTooltip2)
-    pfUI.eqcompare:CompareAttributes(ShoppingTooltip2._data, targetData)
+    if C.tooltip.compare.basestats == "1" then
+      local targetData = pfUI.eqcompare:ExtractAttributes(ShoppingTooltip2)
+      pfUI.eqcompare:CompareAttributes(ShoppingTooltip2._data, targetData)
+    end
   end)
 
   pfUI.eqcompare = CreateFrame( "Frame" , "pfEQCompare", GameTooltip )
diff --git a/modules/gui.lua b/modules/gui.lua
index 3959da9c..75f534c9 100644
--- a/modules/gui.lua
+++ b/modules/gui.lua
@@ -1109,6 +1109,7 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("gui", function ()
       CreateConfig(nil, this, T["Cursor Tooltip Offset"], C.tooltip, "cursoroffset")
       CreateConfig(nil, this, T["Enable Extended Guild Information"], C.tooltip, "extguild", "checkbox")
       CreateConfig(nil, this, T["Custom Transparency"], C.tooltip, "alpha")
+      CreateConfig(nil, this, T["Compare Item Base Stats"], C.tooltip.compare, "basestats", "checkbox")
       CreateConfig(nil, this, T["Always Show Item Comparison"], C.tooltip.compare, "showalways", "checkbox")
       CreateConfig(nil, this, T["Always Show Extended Vendor Values"], C.tooltip.vendor, "showalways", "checkbox")
       this.setup = true