diff --git a/zeroize/src/lib.rs b/zeroize/src/lib.rs
index 3acdf803..7d19c1f9 100644
--- a/zeroize/src/lib.rs
+++ b/zeroize/src/lib.rs
@@ -295,7 +295,19 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-/// Implement `Zeroize` on slices of types that can be zeroized with `Default`.
+impl<Z> Zeroize for Option<Z>
+where
+    Z: Zeroize
+{
+    fn zeroize(&mut self) {
+        match self {
+            Some(value) => value.zeroize(),
+            None => ()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Impl `Zeroize` on slices of types that can be zeroized with `Default`.
 ///
 /// This impl can eventually be optimized using an memset intrinsic,
 /// such as `core::intrinsics::volatile_set_memory`. For that reason the blanket