diff --git a/src/base-mixin.js b/src/base-mixin.js
index 00c039d02..e4029f56e 100644
--- a/src/base-mixin.js
+++ b/src/base-mixin.js
@@ -1073,9 +1073,25 @@ dc.baseMixin = function (_chart) {
     ```
     **/
     _chart.options = function (opts) {
+        var applyOptions = [
+            'anchor',
+            'group',
+            'xAxisLabel',
+            'yAxisLabel',
+            'stack',
+            'title',
+            'point',
+            'getColor',
+            'overlayGeoJson'
+        ];
+
         for (var o in opts) {
             if (typeof(_chart[o]) === 'function') {
-                _chart[o].call(_chart, opts[o]);
+                if (opts[o] instanceof Array && applyOptions.indexOf(o) !== -1) {
+                    _chart[o].apply(_chart, opts[o]);
+                } else {
+                    _chart[o].call(_chart, opts[o]);
+                }
             } else {
                 dc.logger.debug('Not a valid option setter name: ' + o);
             }