diff --git a/js/angular/controller/refresherController.js b/js/angular/controller/refresherController.js
index 86c34e3953f..b0118483f06 100644
--- a/js/angular/controller/refresherController.js
+++ b/js/angular/controller/refresherController.js
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ IonicModule
       $attrs.$set('pullingIcon', 'ion-android-arrow-down');
     }
 
-    $scope.showSpinner = !isDefined($attrs.refreshingIcon);
+    $scope.showSpinner = !isDefined($attrs.refreshingIcon) && $attrs.spinner != 'none';
+
+    $scope.showIcon = isDefined($attrs.refreshingIcon);
 
     $ionicBind($scope, $attrs, {
       pullingIcon: '@',
diff --git a/js/angular/directive/refresher.js b/js/angular/directive/refresher.js
index 91e2c8a472d..06328e1bc8b 100644
--- a/js/angular/directive/refresher.js
+++ b/js/angular/directive/refresher.js
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
  * Default: 'ion-android-arrow-down'.
  * @param {string=} spinner The {@link ionic.directive:ionSpinner} icon to display
  * after user lets go of the refresher. The SVG {@link ionic.directive:ionSpinner}
- * is now the default, replacing rotating font icons.
+ * is now the default, replacing rotating font icons. Set to `none` to disable both the
+ * spinner and the icon.
  * @param {string=} refreshing-icon The font icon to display after user lets go of the
  * refresher. This is depreicated in favor of the SVG {@link ionic.directive:ionSpinner}.
  * @param {boolean=} disable-pulling-rotation Disables the rotation animation of the pulling
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ IonicModule
         '<div class="text-pulling" ng-bind-html="pullingText"></div>' +
         '<div class="icon-refreshing">' +
           '<ion-spinner ng-if="showSpinner" icon="{{spinner}}"></ion-spinner>' +
-          '<i ng-if="!showSpinner" class="icon {{refreshingIcon}}"></i>' +
+          '<i ng-if="showIcon" class="icon {{refreshingIcon}}"></i>' +
         '</div>' +
         '<div class="text-refreshing" ng-bind-html="refreshingText"></div>' +
       '</div>' +
diff --git a/test/unit/angular/directive/refresher.unit.js b/test/unit/angular/directive/refresher.unit.js
index d4f1123a013..3ac5d3b9813 100644
--- a/test/unit/angular/directive/refresher.unit.js
+++ b/test/unit/angular/directive/refresher.unit.js
@@ -88,10 +88,15 @@ describe('ionRefresher directive', function() {
     var el = setup();
     expect(el[0].querySelector('ion-spinner')).toBeTruthy();
   });
-  it('should have spinner', function() {
+  it('should allow a custom spinner', function() {
     var el = setup('spinner="android"');
     expect(el[0].querySelector('.spinner-android')).toBeTruthy();
   });
+  it('should allow spinner to be none', function() {
+    var el = setup('spinner="none"');
+    expect(el[0].querySelector('ion-spinner')).not.toBeTruthy();
+    expect(el[0].querySelector('.icon.icon-refreshing')).not.toBeTruthy();
+  });
   it('should allow custom refreshingIcon', function() {
     var el = setup('refreshing-icon="monkey-icon"');
     expect(el[0].querySelector('.icon.icon-refreshing.ion-arrow-down-c')).toBeFalsy();