Index: Slim/Plugin/iTunes/Importer/Artwork/OSX.pm
===================================================================
--- Slim/Plugin/iTunes/Importer/Artwork/OSX.pm	(revision 24510)
+++ Slim/Plugin/iTunes/Importer/Artwork/OSX.pm	(working copy)
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 	my ( $class, $cachedir ) = @_;
 	
 	# XXX: Not sure we want to close iTunes here, what if the user is using it?
-	return;
+	return unless $prefs->get('quit_after_scan');
 	
 	# Tell iTunes to quit if we had to start it
 	my $osa    = Slim::Utils::Misc::findbin('osascript');
Index: Slim/Plugin/iTunes/Importer/Artwork/Win32.pm
===================================================================
--- Slim/Plugin/iTunes/Importer/Artwork/Win32.pm	(revision 24510)
+++ Slim/Plugin/iTunes/Importer/Artwork/Win32.pm	(working copy)
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@
 sub finishArtworkExport {
 	my ( $class, $cachedir ) = @_;
 	
+	$itunes->Quit if $prefs->get('quit_after_scan');
+	
 	$itunes = undef;
 }
 
Index: Slim/Plugin/iTunes/HTML/EN/plugins/iTunes/settings/itunes.html
===================================================================
--- Slim/Plugin/iTunes/HTML/EN/plugins/iTunes/settings/itunes.html	(revision 24510)
+++ Slim/Plugin/iTunes/HTML/EN/plugins/iTunes/settings/itunes.html	(working copy)
@@ -37,4 +37,8 @@
 		[% "SETUP_PLAYLISTSUFFIX" | string %] <input type="text" class="stdedit" name="pref_playlist_suffix" id="playlist_suffix" value="[% prefs.pref_playlist_suffix %]" size="40">
 	[% END %]
 
+	[% WRAPPER setting title="SETUP_QUIT_AFTER_SCAN" desc="SETUP_QUIT_AFTER_SCAN_DESC" %]
+		<input type="checkbox" [% IF prefs.pref_quit_after_scan %]checked [% END %] class="stdedit" name="pref_quit_after_scan" id="quit_after_scan" />
+		<label for="quit_after_scan" class="stdlabel">[% "QUIT_AFTER_SCAN" | string %]</label>
+	[% END %]
 [% PROCESS settings/footer.html %]
Index: Slim/Plugin/iTunes/strings.txt
===================================================================
--- Slim/Plugin/iTunes/strings.txt	(revision 24510)
+++ Slim/Plugin/iTunes/strings.txt	(working copy)
@@ -372,6 +372,15 @@
 	SV	Ta inte med omarkerade låtar.
 	ZH_CN	不要包括未经由复选框筛选的歌曲
 
+SETUP_QUIT_AFTER_SCAN
+	EN	iTunes application
+
+SETUP_QUIT_AFTER_SCAN_DESC
+	EN	SqueezeCenter automatically opens iTunes while scanning the library for artwork. Manually close iTunes once scanning has completed, or check this to close iTunes automatically after the scan.
+	
+QUIT_AFTER_SCAN
+	EN	Quit iTunes application after artwork scan
+
 DEBUG_PLUGIN_ITUNES
 	DA	Oplysninger om synkronisering med iTunes
 	DE	iTunes Synchronisation
Index: Slim/Plugin/iTunes/Settings.pm
===================================================================
--- Slim/Plugin/iTunes/Settings.pm	(revision 24510)
+++ Slim/Plugin/iTunes/Settings.pm	(working copy)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 }
 
 sub prefs {
-	return ($prefs, qw(itunes scan_interval ignore_disabled xml_file music_path playlist_prefix playlist_suffix));
+	return ($prefs, qw(itunes scan_interval ignore_disabled xml_file music_path playlist_prefix playlist_suffix quit_after_scan));
 }
 
 sub handler {