diff --git a/CodePush.js b/CodePush.js
index ff52fce..4804063 100644
--- a/CodePush.js
+++ b/CodePush.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { AcquisitionManager as Sdk } from "code-push/script/acquisition-sdk";
 import { Alert } from "./AlertAdapter";
 import requestFetchAdapter from "./request-fetch-adapter";
 import { AppState, Platform } from "react-native";
+import RestartManager from "./RestartManager";
+import log from './logging';
 
 let NativeCodePush = require("react-native").NativeModules.CodePush;
 const PackageMixins = require("./package-mixins")(NativeCodePush);
@@ -154,11 +156,6 @@ function getPromisifiedSdk(requestFetchAdapter, config) {
   return sdk;
 }
 
-/* Logs messages to console with the [CodePush] prefix */
-function log(message) {
-  console.log(`[CodePush] ${message}`)
-}
-
 // This ensures that notifyApplicationReadyInternal is only called once
 // in the lifetime of this module instance.
 const notifyApplicationReady = (() => {
@@ -213,10 +210,6 @@ async function tryReportStatus(resumeListener) {
   }
 }
 
-function restartApp(onlyIfUpdateIsPending = false) {
-  NativeCodePush.restartApp(onlyIfUpdateIsPending);
-}
-
 var testConfig;
 
 // This function is only used for tests. Replaces the default SDK, configuration and native bridge
@@ -409,9 +402,11 @@ if (NativeCodePush) {
     log,
     notifyAppReady: notifyApplicationReady,
     notifyApplicationReady,
-    restartApp,
+    restartApp: RestartManager.restartApp,
     setUpTestDependencies,
     sync,
+    disallowRestart: RestartManager.disallow,
+    allowRestart: RestartManager.allow,
     InstallMode: {
       IMMEDIATE: NativeCodePush.codePushInstallModeImmediate, // Restart the app immediately
       ON_NEXT_RESTART: NativeCodePush.codePushInstallModeOnNextRestart, // Don't artificially restart the app. Allow the update to be "picked up" on the next app restart
diff --git a/Examples/CodePushDemoApp/crossplatformdemo.js b/Examples/CodePushDemoApp/crossplatformdemo.js
index 7111d1c..ff7de19 100644
--- a/Examples/CodePushDemoApp/crossplatformdemo.js
+++ b/Examples/CodePushDemoApp/crossplatformdemo.js
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ let CodePushDemoApp = React.createClass({
     try {
       return await CodePush.sync(
         {
-          updateDialog: true,
-          installMode: CodePush.InstallMode.ON_NEXT_RESUME
+          installMode: CodePush.InstallMode.IMMEDIATE,
         },
         (syncStatus) => {
           switch(syncStatus) {
@@ -86,7 +85,16 @@ let CodePushDemoApp = React.createClass({
   },
 
   getInitialState() {
-    return { };
+    return { restartAllowed: true };
+  },
+
+  toggleAllowRestart() {
+    if (this.state.restartAllowed) {
+      CodePush.disallowRestart();
+    } else {
+      CodePush.allowRestart();
+    }
+    this.setState({restartAllowed: !this.state.restartAllowed});
   },
 
   render() {
@@ -119,6 +127,9 @@ let CodePushDemoApp = React.createClass({
         {syncView}
         {progressView}
         <Image style={styles.image} resizeMode={Image.resizeMode.contain} source={require('./images/laptop_phone_howitworks.png')}/>
+        <Button onPress={this.toggleAllowRestart}>
+          Restart { this.state.restartAllowed ? "allowed" : "forbidden"}
+        </Button>
       </View>
     );
   }
diff --git a/RestartManager.js b/RestartManager.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b33c7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RestartManager.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+let log = require('./logging');
+let NativeCodePush = require("react-native").NativeModules.CodePush;
+
+const RestartManager = (() => {
+    let _allowed = true;
+    let _restartPending = false;
+
+    function restartApp(onlyIfUpdateIsPending = false) {
+        if (_allowed) {
+            NativeCodePush.restartApp(onlyIfUpdateIsPending);
+            log('restaes');
+        } else {
+            log("restart not allowed");
+            _restartPending = true;
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    function allow() {
+        log("allow restart");
+        _allowed = true;
+        if (_restartPending) {
+            log("executing pending restart");
+            restartApp(true);
+        }
+    }
+
+    function disallow() {
+        log("disallow restart");
+        _allowed = false;
+    }
+
+    function clearPendingRestart() {
+        _restartPending = false;
+    }
+
+    return {
+        allow,
+        disallow,
+        restartApp,
+        clearPendingRestart
+    };
+})();
+
+module.exports = RestartManager;
diff --git a/logging.js b/logging.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7523589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logging.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/* Logs messages to console with the [CodePush] prefix */
+function log(message) {
+  console.log(`[CodePush] ${message}`);
+}
+
+module.exports = log;
diff --git a/package-mixins.js b/package-mixins.js
index 0357c41..78127cf 100644
--- a/package-mixins.js
+++ b/package-mixins.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { AcquisitionManager as Sdk } from "code-push/script/acquisition-sdk";
 import { DeviceEventEmitter } from "react-native";
+import RestartManager from "./RestartManager";
 
 // This function is used to augment remote and local
 // package objects with additional functionality/properties
@@ -42,8 +43,9 @@ module.exports = (NativeCodePush) => {
       await NativeCodePush.installUpdate(this, installMode, minimumBackgroundDuration);
       updateInstalledCallback && updateInstalledCallback();
       if (installMode == NativeCodePush.codePushInstallModeImmediate) {
-        NativeCodePush.restartApp(false);
+        RestartManager.restartApp(false);
       } else {
+        RestartManager.clearPendingRestart();
         localPackage.isPending = true; // Mark the package as pending since it hasn't been applied yet
       }
     },
diff --git a/typings/react-native-code-push.d.ts b/typings/react-native-code-push.d.ts
index bce50a0..c6f9cc5 100644
--- a/typings/react-native-code-push.d.ts
+++ b/typings/react-native-code-push.d.ts
@@ -217,7 +217,17 @@ declare namespace CodePush {
      * Notifies the CodePush runtime that an installed update is considered successful.
      */
     function notifyAppReady(): Promise<void>;
-    
+
+    /**
+     * Allow CodePush to restart the app.
+     */
+    function allowRestart(): void;
+
+    /**
+     * Forbid CodePush to restart the app.
+     */
+    function disallowRestart(): void;
+
     /**
      * Immediately restarts the app.
      *