diff --git a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Curl.php b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Curl.php
index e630e9b..3577eca 100644
--- a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Curl.php
+++ b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Curl.php
@@ -118,10 +118,11 @@ class Curl
      * @param string $location       HTTP location
      * @param string $request        Request body
      * @param array  $requestHeaders Request header strings
+     * @param array  $requestOptions An array of request options
      *
      * @return bool
      */
-    public function exec($location, $request = null, $requestHeaders = array())
+    public function exec($location, $request = null, $requestHeaders = array(), $requestOptions = array())
     {
         curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_URL, $location);
 
@@ -134,6 +135,10 @@ class Curl
             curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $requestHeaders);
         }
 
+        if (count($requestOptions) > 0) {
+            curl_setopt_array($this->ch, $requestOptions);
+        }
+
         $this->response = $this->execManualRedirect();
 
         return ($this->response === false) ? false : true;
diff --git a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/SoapClient.php b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/SoapClient.php
index e2dfbd0..eb05b6d 100644
--- a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/SoapClient.php
+++ b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/SoapClient.php
@@ -180,11 +180,14 @@ class SoapClient extends \SoapClient
 
         $headers = $this->filterRequestHeaders($soapRequest, $headers);
 
+        $options = $this->filterRequestOptions($soapRequest);
+
         // execute HTTP request with cURL
         $responseSuccessfull = $this->curl->exec(
             $location,
             $content,
-            $headers
+            $headers,
+            $options
         );
         // tracing enabled: store last request header and body
         if ($this->tracingEnabled === true) {
@@ -273,6 +276,18 @@ class SoapClient extends \SoapClient
         return $headers;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Adds additional cURL options for the request
+     *
+     * @param SoapRequest $soapRequest SOAP request object
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function filterRequestOptions(SoapRequest $soapRequest)
+    {
+        return array();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get last request HTTP headers.
      *