diff --git a/src/ol/Map.js b/src/ol/Map.js
index d4326e4ec7..a90674e76f 100644
--- a/src/ol/Map.js
+++ b/src/ol/Map.js
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ ol.Map = function() {
      * @type {Element}
      */
     this.container_ = null;
+
+    // Create an EventTarget and set it as the map's parent EventTarget. With
+    // this we can have two groups of listeners: "map listeners" and "map
+    // parent listeners". And map listeners can stop event propagation, and
+    // thereby prevent map parent listeners from receiving events.
+    this.setParentEventTarget(new goog.events.EventTarget());
+
 };
 goog.inherits(ol.Map, goog.events.EventTarget);
 
diff --git a/src/ol/control/Navigation.js b/src/ol/control/Navigation.js
index c1b2ff05d8..2a3eb0b070 100644
--- a/src/ol/control/Navigation.js
+++ b/src/ol/control/Navigation.js
@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@ goog.inherits(ol.control.Navigation, ol.control.Control);
 ol.control.Navigation.prototype.activate = function() {
     var active = goog.base(this, 'activate');
     if (active) {
-        var map = this.map_;
-        goog.events.listen(map, 'drag', this.moveMap, false, this);
-        goog.events.listen(map, 'scroll', this.zoomMap, false, this);
+        // Listen to the map's parent EventTarget here. This is to
+        // give other, higher-level, controls a chance to stop the
+        // navigation control.
+        var target = this.map_.getParentEventTarget();
+        goog.events.listen(target, 'drag', this.moveMap, false, this);
+        goog.events.listen(target, 'scroll', this.zoomMap, false, this);
     }
     return active;
 };
@@ -38,9 +41,9 @@ ol.control.Navigation.prototype.activate = function() {
 ol.control.Navigation.prototype.deactivate = function() {
     var inactive = goog.base(this, 'deactivate');
     if (inactive) {
-        var map = this.map_;
-        goog.events.unlisten(map, 'drag', this.moveMap, false, this);
-        goog.events.unlisten(map, 'scroll', this.zoomMap, false, this);
+        var target = this.map_.getParentEventTarget();
+        goog.events.unlisten(target, 'drag', this.moveMap, false, this);
+        goog.events.unlisten(target, 'scroll', this.zoomMap, false, this);
     }
     return inactive;
 };