diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ecc83b2..8f8d81a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ handler = c.Handler(handler)
 * **AllowCredentials** `bool`: Indicates whether the request can include user credentials like cookies, HTTP authentication or client side SSL certificates. The default is `false`.
 * **MaxAge** `int`: Indicates how long (in seconds) the results of a preflight request can be cached. The default is `0` which stands for no max age.
 * **OptionsPassthrough** `bool`: Instructs preflight to let other potential next handlers to process the `OPTIONS` method. Turn this on if your application handles `OPTIONS`.
+* **OptionsSuccessStatus** `int`: Provides a status code to use for successful OPTIONS requests. Default value is `http.StatusNoContent` (`204`).
 * **Debug** `bool`: Debugging flag adds additional output to debug server side CORS issues.
 
 See [API documentation](http://godoc.org/github.com/rs/cors) for more info.
diff --git a/cors.go b/cors.go
index 41d5f7c..2ce24e3 100644
--- a/cors.go
+++ b/cors.go
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ type Options struct {
 	// OptionsPassthrough instructs preflight to let other potential next handlers to
 	// process the OPTIONS method. Turn this on if your application handles OPTIONS.
 	OptionsPassthrough bool
+	// Provides a status code to use for successful OPTIONS requests.
+	// Default value is http.StatusNoContent (204).
+	OptionsSuccessStatus int
 	// Debugging flag adds additional output to debug server side CORS issues
 	Debug bool
 }
@@ -97,8 +100,10 @@ type Cors struct {
 	allowedOriginsAll bool
 	// Set to true when allowed headers contains a "*"
 	allowedHeadersAll bool
-	allowCredentials  bool
-	optionPassthrough bool
+	// Status code to use for successful OPTIONS requests
+	optionsSuccessStatus int
+	allowCredentials     bool
+	optionPassthrough    bool
 }
 
 // New creates a new Cors handler with the provided options.
@@ -171,6 +176,13 @@ func New(options Options) *Cors {
 		c.allowedMethods = convert(options.AllowedMethods, strings.ToUpper)
 	}
 
+	// Options Success Status Code
+	if options.OptionsSuccessStatus == 0 {
+		c.optionsSuccessStatus = http.StatusNoContent
+	} else {
+		c.optionsSuccessStatus = options.OptionsSuccessStatus
+	}
+
 	return c
 }
 
@@ -211,7 +223,7 @@ func (c *Cors) Handler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 			if c.optionPassthrough {
 				h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 			} else {
-				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+				w.WriteHeader(c.optionsSuccessStatus)
 			}
 		} else {
 			c.logf("Handler: Actual request")
@@ -226,6 +238,8 @@ func (c *Cors) HandlerFunc(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if r.Method == http.MethodOptions && r.Header.Get("Access-Control-Request-Method") != "" {
 		c.logf("HandlerFunc: Preflight request")
 		c.handlePreflight(w, r)
+
+		w.WriteHeader(c.optionsSuccessStatus)
 	} else {
 		c.logf("HandlerFunc: Actual request")
 		c.handleActualRequest(w, r)
@@ -244,7 +258,7 @@ func (c *Cors) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, next http.Handl
 		if c.optionPassthrough {
 			next(w, r)
 		} else {
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+			w.WriteHeader(c.optionsSuccessStatus)
 		}
 	} else {
 		c.logf("ServeHTTP: Actual request")
diff --git a/cors_test.go b/cors_test.go
index 7f9898e..b4d6d5a 100644
--- a/cors_test.go
+++ b/cors_test.go
@@ -558,3 +558,53 @@ func TestIsMethodAllowedReturnsTrueWithOptions(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("IsMethodAllowed should return true when c.allowedMethods is nil.")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestOptionsSuccessStatusCodeDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	s := New(Options{
+		// Intentionally left blank.
+	})
+
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("OPTIONS", "http://example.com/foo", nil)
+	req.Header.Add("Access-Control-Request-Method", "GET")
+
+	t.Run("Handler", func(t *testing.T) {
+		res := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.Handler(testHandler).ServeHTTP(res, req)
+		assertResponse(t, res, http.StatusNoContent)
+	})
+	t.Run("HandlerFunc", func(t *testing.T) {
+		res := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.HandlerFunc(res, req)
+		assertResponse(t, res, http.StatusNoContent)
+	})
+	t.Run("Negroni", func(t *testing.T) {
+		res := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.ServeHTTP(res, req, testHandler)
+		assertResponse(t, res, http.StatusNoContent)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestOptionsSuccessStatusCodeOverride(t *testing.T) {
+	s := New(Options{
+		OptionsSuccessStatus: http.StatusOK,
+	})
+
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("OPTIONS", "http://example.com/foo", nil)
+	req.Header.Add("Access-Control-Request-Method", "GET")
+
+	t.Run("Handler", func(t *testing.T) {
+		res := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.Handler(testHandler).ServeHTTP(res, req)
+		assertResponse(t, res, http.StatusOK)
+	})
+	t.Run("HandlerFunc", func(t *testing.T) {
+		res := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.HandlerFunc(res, req)
+		assertResponse(t, res, http.StatusOK)
+	})
+	t.Run("Negroni", func(t *testing.T) {
+		res := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.ServeHTTP(res, req, testHandler)
+		assertResponse(t, res, http.StatusOK)
+	})
+}