diff --git a/src/tags-input.js b/src/tags-input.js
index f768251e..495067d3 100644
--- a/src/tags-input.js
+++ b/src/tags-input.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
  *
  * @param {string} ngModel Assignable angular expression to data-bind to.
  * @param {string=} [template=NA] URL or id of a custom template for rendering each tag.
+ * @param {string} newTagText Assignable angular expression for data-binding to the underlying input for a new tag.
+ * @param {string=} [displayProperty=text] Property to be rendered as the tag label.
  * @param {string=} [keyProperty=text] Property to be used as a unique identifier for the tag.
  * @param {string=} [displayProperty=text] Property to be rendered as the tag label.
  * @param {string=} [type=text] Type of the input element. Only 'text', 'email' and 'url' are supported values.
@@ -151,6 +153,7 @@ tagsInput.directive('tagsInput', function($timeout, $document, $window, tagsInpu
         require: 'ngModel',
         scope: {
             tags: '=ngModel',
+            newTagText: '=?',
             onTagAdding: '&',
             onTagAdded: '&',
             onInvalidTag: '&',
@@ -262,6 +265,18 @@ tagsInput.directive('tagsInput', function($timeout, $document, $window, tagsInpu
                 }
             };
 
+            scope.$watch('newTag.text', function(value) {
+                if(scope.newTag.text !== scope.newTagText) {
+                    scope.newTagText = value;
+                }
+            });
+
+            scope.$watch('newTagText', function(value) {
+                if(scope.newTag.text !== scope.newTagText) {
+                    scope.newTag.setText(value);
+                }
+            });
+
             scope.track = function(tag) {
                 return tag[options.keyProperty || options.displayProperty];
             };
diff --git a/test/tags-input.spec.js b/test/tags-input.spec.js
index 76d56e76..95f6702c 100644
--- a/test/tags-input.spec.js
+++ b/test/tags-input.spec.js
@@ -440,6 +440,33 @@ describe('tags-input directive', function() {
         });
     });
 
+    describe('new-tag-text option', function() {
+        it('updates as text is typed into the input field', function() {
+            // Arrange
+            compile('new-tag-text="innerModel"');
+
+            // Act
+            sendKeyPress('f'.charCodeAt(0));
+            sendKeyPress('o'.charCodeAt(0));
+            sendKeyPress('o'.charCodeAt(0));
+
+            // Assert
+            expect($scope.innerModel).toEqual('foo');
+        });
+
+        it('updates the input field as the scope\'s model changes', function() {
+            // Arrange
+            compile('new-tag-text="innerModel"');
+
+            // Act
+            $scope.innerModel = 'foo';
+            $scope.$digest();
+
+            // Assert
+            expect(getInput().val()).toEqual('foo');
+        });
+    });
+
     describe('tabindex option', function() {
         it('sets the input field tab index', function() {
             // Arrange/Act