diff --git a/components/qtmaterialdrawer.cpp b/components/qtmaterialdrawer.cpp
index d19262d..973ce9b 100644
--- a/components/qtmaterialdrawer.cpp
+++ b/components/qtmaterialdrawer.cpp
@@ -14,13 +14,34 @@
  *  \internal
  */
 
+/*!
+ *  \internal
+ */
 QtMaterialDrawerPrivate::QtMaterialDrawerPrivate(QtMaterialDrawer *q)
-    : q_ptr(q),
-      stateMachine(new QtMaterialDrawerStateMachine(q)),
-      window(new QWidget),
-      width(250),
-      clickToClose(false)
+    : q_ptr(q)
 {
+}
+
+/*!
+ *  \internal
+ */
+QtMaterialDrawerPrivate::~QtMaterialDrawerPrivate()
+{
+}
+
+/*!
+ *  \internal
+ */
+void QtMaterialDrawerPrivate::init()
+{
+    Q_Q(QtMaterialDrawer);
+
+    stateMachine = new QtMaterialDrawerStateMachine(q);
+    window       = new QWidget;
+    width        = 250;
+    clickToClose = false;
+    autoRaise    = true;
+
     QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout;
     layout->addWidget(window);
 
@@ -28,7 +49,6 @@ QtMaterialDrawerPrivate::QtMaterialDrawerPrivate(QtMaterialDrawer *q)
     q->setFixedWidth(width+16);
 
     stateMachine->start();
-
     QCoreApplication::processEvents();
 }
 
@@ -40,6 +60,7 @@ QtMaterialDrawer::QtMaterialDrawer(QWidget *parent)
     : QtMaterialOverlayWidget(parent),
       d_ptr(new QtMaterialDrawerPrivate(this))
 {
+    d_func()->init();
 }
 
 QtMaterialDrawer::~QtMaterialDrawer()
@@ -90,12 +111,29 @@ bool QtMaterialDrawer::clickOutsideToClose() const
     return d->clickToClose;
 }
 
+void QtMaterialDrawer::setAutoRaise(bool state)
+{
+    Q_D(QtMaterialDrawer);
+
+    d->autoRaise = state;
+}
+
+bool QtMaterialDrawer::autoRaise() const
+{
+    Q_D(const QtMaterialDrawer);
+
+    return d->autoRaise;
+}
+
 void QtMaterialDrawer::openDrawer()
 {
     Q_D(QtMaterialDrawer);
 
     emit d->stateMachine->enterOpenedState();
-    raise();
+
+    if (d->autoRaise) {
+        raise();
+    }
 }
 
 void QtMaterialDrawer::closeDrawer()
diff --git a/components/qtmaterialdrawer.h b/components/qtmaterialdrawer.h
index 2ceb1f9..6dd69e8 100644
--- a/components/qtmaterialdrawer.h
+++ b/components/qtmaterialdrawer.h
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ public:
     void setClickOutsideToClose(bool state);
     bool clickOutsideToClose() const;
 
+    void setAutoRaise(bool state);
+    bool autoRaise() const;
+
 public slots:
     void openDrawer();
     void closeDrawer();
diff --git a/components/qtmaterialdrawer_p.h b/components/qtmaterialdrawer_p.h
index 671ee3b..1a1247f 100644
--- a/components/qtmaterialdrawer_p.h
+++ b/components/qtmaterialdrawer_p.h
@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@ class QtMaterialDrawerPrivate
 
 public:
     QtMaterialDrawerPrivate(QtMaterialDrawer *q);
+    ~QtMaterialDrawerPrivate();
+
+    void init();
 
     QtMaterialDrawer             *const q_ptr;
-    QtMaterialDrawerStateMachine *const stateMachine;
-    QWidget                      *const window;
-    int                                 width;
-    bool                                clickToClose;
+    QtMaterialDrawerStateMachine *stateMachine;
+    QWidget                      *window;
+    int                           width;
+    bool                          clickToClose;
+    bool                          autoRaise;
 };
 
 #endif // DRAWER_P_H