diff --git a/src/global/money/money.js b/src/global/money/money.js
index c052daf4..276769a8 100644
--- a/src/global/money/money.js
+++ b/src/global/money/money.js
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ function MoneyMaskDirective($locale, $parse, PreFormatters) {
 		link: function(scope, element, attrs, ctrl) {
 			var decimalDelimiter = $locale.NUMBER_FORMATS.DECIMAL_SEP,
 				thousandsDelimiter = $locale.NUMBER_FORMATS.GROUP_SEP,
-				currencySym = $locale.NUMBER_FORMATS.CURRENCY_SYM,
+				currencySym = (typeof (attrs.currencySymbol) !== 'undefined') ? attrs.currencySymbol : $locale.NUMBER_FORMATS.CURRENCY_SYM,
 				decimals = $parse(attrs.uiMoneyMask)(scope);
 
 			function maskFactory(decimals) {
 				var decimalsPattern = decimals > 0 ? decimalDelimiter + new Array(decimals + 1).join('0') : '';
-				var maskPattern = currencySym + ' #' + thousandsDelimiter + '##0' + decimalsPattern;
+				var currencySymbolPattern = (currencySym) ? currencySym + ' #' : '#';
+				var maskPattern = currencySymbolPattern + thousandsDelimiter + '##0' + decimalsPattern;
 				return new StringMask(maskPattern, {reverse: true});
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/global/money/money.test.js b/src/global/money/money.test.js
index 4d9a987b..3457c3fc 100644
--- a/src/global/money/money.test.js
+++ b/src/global/money/money.test.js
@@ -180,4 +180,22 @@ describe('ui-money-mask', function() {
 		expect(model.$viewValue).toBe('$ 0.00');
 		expect(model.$modelValue).toBe(0);
 	});
+
+	it('should change currency symbol if defined', function() {
+		var input = TestUtil.compile('<input ng-model="model" ui-money-mask currency-symbol="F$">', {
+			model: 345.00
+		});
+
+		var model = input.controller('ngModel');
+		expect(model.$viewValue).toBe('F$ 345.00');
+	});
+
+	it('should remove space if currency symbol is defined but empty', function() {
+		var input = TestUtil.compile('<input ng-model="model" ui-money-mask currency-symbol="">', {
+			model: 345.00
+		});
+
+		var model = input.controller('ngModel');
+		expect(model.$viewValue).toBe('345.00');
+	});
 });