diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 244812f..b958656 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
+0.9.0 (unreleased)
+******************
+
+Features:
+
+* Add option to exclude OPTIONS requests (:issue:`111`).
+  Thanks :user:`Brcrwilliams` for the PR.
+
 0.8.8 (2020-03-29)
 ******************
 
diff --git a/flask_apispec/apidoc.py b/flask_apispec/apidoc.py
index fd49242..506c5a1 100644
--- a/flask_apispec/apidoc.py
+++ b/flask_apispec/apidoc.py
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@
 
 class Converter(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, app, spec):
+    def __init__(self, app, spec, document_options=True):
         self.app = app
         self.spec = spec
+        self.document_options = document_options
         try:
             self.marshmallow_plugin = next(
                 plugin for plugin in self.spec.plugins
@@ -45,13 +46,16 @@ def get_path(self, rule, target, **kwargs):
         operations = self.get_operations(rule, target)
         parent = self.get_parent(target, **kwargs)
         valid_methods = VALID_METHODS[self.spec.openapi_version.major]
+        excluded_methods = {'head'}
+        if not self.document_options:
+            excluded_methods.add('options')
         return {
             'view': target,
             'path': rule_to_path(rule),
             'operations': {
                 method.lower(): self.get_operation(rule, view, parent=parent)
                 for method, view in six.iteritems(operations)
-                if method.lower() in (set(valid_methods) - {'head'})
+                if method.lower() in (set(valid_methods) - excluded_methods)
             },
         }
 
diff --git a/flask_apispec/extension.py b/flask_apispec/extension.py
index 68636b1..81404ed 100644
--- a/flask_apispec/extension.py
+++ b/flask_apispec/extension.py
@@ -36,14 +36,17 @@ def get_pet(pet_id):
 
     :param Flask app: App associated with API documentation
     :param APISpec spec: apispec specification associated with API documentation
+    :param bool document_options: Whether or not to include
+        OPTIONS requests in the specification
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, app=None):
+    def __init__(self, app=None, document_options=True):
         self._deferred = []
         self.app = app
         self.view_converter = None
         self.resource_converter = None
         self.spec = None
+        self.document_options = document_options
 
         if app:
             self.init_app(app)
@@ -55,8 +58,10 @@ def init_app(self, app):
                                  self.app.config.get('APISPEC_VERSION', 'v1'),
                                  self.app.config.get('APISPEC_OAS_VERSION', '2.0'))
         self.add_swagger_routes()
-        self.resource_converter = ResourceConverter(self.app, spec=self.spec)
-        self.view_converter = ViewConverter(app=self.app, spec=self.spec)
+        self.resource_converter = ResourceConverter(self.app,
+                                                    self.spec,
+                                                    self.document_options)
+        self.view_converter = ViewConverter(self.app, self.spec, self.document_options)
 
         for deferred in self._deferred:
             deferred()