diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index ae7d036..f82de56 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ supports both Fastify@1 and Fastify@2.
 const fastify = require('fastify')()
 
 fastify.register(require('fastify-cookie'), {
-  secret: "my-secret" // for cookies signature
+  secret: "my-secret", // for cookies signature
+  parseOptions: {}     // options for parsing cookies
 })
 
 fastify.get('/', (req, reply) => {
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ as an object named `cookies`. Thus, if a request contains the header
 `Cookie: foo=foo` then, within your handler, `req.cookies.foo` would equal
 `'foo'`.
 
+You can pass options to the [cookie parse](https://github.com/jshttp/cookie#cookieparsestr-options) by setting an object named `parseOptions` in the plugin config object.
+
 ### Sending
 
 The method `setCookie(name, value, options)` is added to the `reply` object
diff --git a/plugin.js b/plugin.js
index 4cb372d..9ff0f8a 100644
--- a/plugin.js
+++ b/plugin.js
@@ -36,10 +36,14 @@ function fastifyCookieClearCookie (reply, name, options) {
   return fastifyCookieSetCookie(reply, name, '', opts)
 }
 
-function fastifyCookieOnReqHandler (fastifyReq, fastifyRes, done) {
-  const cookieHeader = fastifyReq.req.headers.cookie
-  fastifyReq.cookies = (cookieHeader) ? cookie.parse(cookieHeader) : {}
-  done()
+function onReqHandlerWrapper (options) {
+  return function fastifyCookieOnReqHandler (fastifyReq, fastifyRes, done) {
+    const cookieHeader = fastifyReq.req.headers.cookie
+    if (cookieHeader) {
+      fastifyReq.cookies = cookie.parse(cookieHeader, options)
+    }
+    done()
+  }
 }
 
 function plugin (fastify, options, next) {
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ function plugin (fastify, options, next) {
   fastify.decorateReply('unsignCookie', function unsignCookieWrapper (value) {
     return cookieSignature.unsign(value, secret)
   })
-  fastify.addHook('onRequest', fastifyCookieOnReqHandler)
+  fastify.addHook('onRequest', onReqHandlerWrapper(options.parseOptions))
   next()
 }
 
diff --git a/test/cookie.test.js b/test/cookie.test.js
index c2d58c5..7d2ab2e 100644
--- a/test/cookie.test.js
+++ b/test/cookie.test.js
@@ -272,3 +272,43 @@ test('cookies signature', (t) => {
     })
   })
 })
+
+test('pass options to `cookies.parse`', (t) => {
+  t.plan(6)
+  const fastify = Fastify()
+  fastify.register(plugin, {
+    parseOptions: {
+      decode: decoder
+    }
+  })
+
+  fastify.get('/test1', (req, reply) => {
+    t.ok(req.cookies)
+    t.ok(req.cookies.foo)
+    t.is(req.cookies.foo, 'bartest')
+    reply.send({ hello: 'world' })
+  })
+
+  fastify.listen(0, (err) => {
+    if (err) tap.error(err)
+    fastify.server.unref()
+
+    const reqOpts = {
+      method: 'GET',
+      baseUrl: 'http://localhost:' + fastify.server.address().port
+    }
+    const req = request.defaults(reqOpts)
+    const headers = {
+      cookie: 'foo=bar'
+    }
+    req({ uri: '/test1', headers }, (err, response, body) => {
+      t.error(err)
+      t.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200)
+      t.deepEqual(JSON.parse(body), { hello: 'world' })
+    })
+  })
+
+  function decoder (str) {
+    return str + 'test'
+  }
+})