diff --git a/lib/shoulda/matchers/active_record/have_db_column_matcher.rb b/lib/shoulda/matchers/active_record/have_db_column_matcher.rb
index 4430e72a4..c6ab4e412 100644
--- a/lib/shoulda/matchers/active_record/have_db_column_matcher.rb
+++ b/lib/shoulda/matchers/active_record/have_db_column_matcher.rb
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ def have_db_column(column)
 
       # @private
       class HaveDbColumnMatcher
+        OPTIONS = %i(precision limit default null scale primary)
+
         def initialize(column)
           @column = column
           @options = {}
@@ -95,7 +97,8 @@ def of_type(column_type)
         end
 
         def with_options(opts = {})
-          %w(precision limit default null scale primary).each do |attribute|
+          validate_options(opts)
+          OPTIONS.each do |attribute|
             if opts.key?(attribute.to_sym)
               @options[attribute.to_sym] = opts[attribute.to_sym]
             end
@@ -141,6 +144,13 @@ def description
 
         protected
 
+        def validate_options(opts)
+          invalid_options = opts.keys.map(&:to_sym) - OPTIONS
+          if invalid_options.any?
+            raise ArgumentError, "Unknown option(s): #{invalid_options.map(&:inspect).join(", ")}"
+          end
+        end
+
         def column_exists?
           if model_class.column_names.include?(@column.to_s)
             true
diff --git a/spec/unit/shoulda/matchers/active_record/have_db_column_matcher_spec.rb b/spec/unit/shoulda/matchers/active_record/have_db_column_matcher_spec.rb
index 1d23259a1..ab165f39f 100644
--- a/spec/unit/shoulda/matchers/active_record/have_db_column_matcher_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/shoulda/matchers/active_record/have_db_column_matcher_spec.rb
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@
     end
   end
 
+  context 'with invalid argument option' do
+    it 'raises an error with the unknown options' do
+      expect {
+        have_db_column(:salary).with_options(preccision: 5, primaryy: true)
+      }.to raise_error("Unknown option(s): :preccision, :primaryy")
+    end
+  end
+
   def model(options = {})
     define_model(:employee, options).new
   end