diff --git a/.kitchen.yml b/.kitchen.yml
index 8ba672e..6147cf6 100644
--- a/.kitchen.yml
+++ b/.kitchen.yml
@@ -62,3 +62,10 @@ suites:
     verifier:
       name: shell
       command: rspec -c -f d -I tests/serverspec tests/serverspec/default_spec.rb
+  - name: options
+    provisioner:
+      name: ansible_playbook
+      playbook: tests/serverspec/options.yml
+    verifier:
+      name: shell
+      command: rspec -c -f d -I tests/serverspec tests/serverspec/options_spec.rb
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 387440e..4958b7e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ None
 | Variable | Description | Default |
 |----------|-------------|---------|
 | `resolver_nameservers` | list of resolvers | `[]` |
+| `resolver_options`     | list of options   | `[]` |
 
 # Dependencies
 
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ None
       - 192.168.1.2
       - 192.168.1.3
     resolver_nameservers: "{{ nameservers | predictable_shuffle(ansible_fqdn) | list }}"
+    resolver_options:
+      - timeout:1
+      - attempts:1
+      - rotate
 ```
 
 # License
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 98adf14..8587d69 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 resolver_nameservers: []
+resolver_options: []
diff --git a/templates/resolv.conf.j2 b/templates/resolv.conf.j2
index 19501fb..f04bddb 100644
--- a/templates/resolv.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/resolv.conf.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 {% for n in resolver_nameservers %}
 nameserver {{ n }}
 {% endfor %}
+{% if resolver_options | length %}
+options {{ resolver_options | join(' ') }}
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/templates/resolvconf.conf.j2 b/templates/resolvconf.conf.j2
index d8c78d2..59db5f5 100644
--- a/templates/resolvconf.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/resolvconf.conf.j2
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 name_servers="{{ resolver_nameservers | join(' ') }}"
+{% if resolver_options | length %}
+resolv_conf_options="{{ resolver_options | join(' ') }}"
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/tests/serverspec/default.yml b/tests/serverspec/default.yml
index 0199e43..4cea4d3 100644
--- a/tests/serverspec/default.yml
+++ b/tests/serverspec/default.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
     - shell: dhclient -x
       changed_when: false
       ignore_errors: true # so that "kitchen converge && kitchen converge" works
-      when: "{{ ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' or ansible_os_family == 'Debian' }}"
+      when: ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' or ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
     - shell: echo pkill dhclient
-      when: "{{ ansible_os_family == 'OpenBSD' }}"
+      when: ansible_os_family == 'OpenBSD'
       changed_when: false
       ignore_errors: true
     - service:
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         state: stopped
       changed_when: false
       ignore_errors: true
-      when: "{{ ansible_os_family == 'FreeBSD' }}"
+      when: ansible_os_family == 'FreeBSD'
 
   roles:
     - ansible-role-resolver
diff --git a/tests/serverspec/options.yml b/tests/serverspec/options.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e891db6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/serverspec/options.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+- hosts: localhost
+  pre_tasks:
+    - shell: dhclient -x
+      changed_when: false
+      ignore_errors: true # so that "kitchen converge && kitchen converge" works
+      when: ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' or ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
+    - shell: echo pkill dhclient
+      when: ansible_os_family == 'OpenBSD'
+      changed_when: false
+      ignore_errors: true
+    - service:
+        name: dhclient
+        state: stopped
+      changed_when: false
+      ignore_errors: true
+      when: ansible_os_family == 'FreeBSD'
+
+  roles:
+    - ansible-role-resolver
+  vars:
+    nameservers:
+      - 192.168.1.1
+      - 192.168.1.2
+      - 192.168.1.3
+    resolver_nameservers: "{{ nameservers | predictable_shuffle(ansible_fqdn) | list }}"
+    resolver_options:
+      - timeout:1
+      - rotate
diff --git a/tests/serverspec/options_spec.rb b/tests/serverspec/options_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..161f4d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/serverspec/options_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+
+case os[:family]
+when "freebsd"
+  describe file("/etc/resolvconf.conf") do
+    its(:content) { should match(/name_servers="192\.168\.1\.2 192\.168\.1\.3 192\.168\.1\.1"\nresolv_conf_options="timeout:1 rotate"/) }
+  end
+end
+
+describe file("/etc/resolv.conf") do
+  its(:content) { should_not match(/nameserver\s+#{ Regexp.escape('10.0.2.3') }/) }
+  case host_inventory["fqdn"]
+  when "default-freebsd-103-amd64"
+    its(:content) { should match(/nameserver 192\.168\.1\.2\nnameserver 192\.168\.1\.3\nnameserver 192\.168\.1\.1\noptions timeout:1 rotate/) }
+  when "default-openbsd-60-amd64"
+    its(:content) { should match(/nameserver 192\.168\.1\.2\nnameserver 192\.168\.1\.1\nnameserver 192\.168\.1\.3\noptions timeout:1 rotate/) }
+  when "default-ubuntu-1404-amd64"
+    its(:content) { should match(/nameserver 192\.168\.1\.3\nnameserver 192\.168\.1\.2\nnameserver 192\.168\.1\.1\noptions timeout:1 rotate/) }
+  when "default-centos-73-x86-64"
+    its(:content) { should match(/nameserver 192\.168\.1\.3\nnameserver 192\.168\.1\.1\nnameserver 192\.168\.1\.2\noptions timeout:1 rotate/) }
+  else
+    its(:content) { should match(/nameserver 192\.168\.1\.2\nnameserver 192\.168\.1\.3\nnameserver 192\.168\.1\.1\noptions timeout:1 rotate/) }
+  end
+end
+# 2 1 3