diff --git a/spec/DatabaseAdapter.spec.js b/spec/DatabaseAdapter.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f43a16bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/DatabaseAdapter.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+'use strict';
+
+let DatabaseAdapter = require('../src/DatabaseAdapter');
+
+describe('DatabaseAdapter', () => {
+  it('options and URI are available to adapter', done => {
+    DatabaseAdapter.setAppDatabaseURI('optionsTest', 'mongodb://localhost:27017/optionsTest');
+    DatabaseAdapter.setAppDatabaseOptions('optionsTest', {foo: "bar"});
+    let optionsTestDatabaseConnection = DatabaseAdapter.getDatabaseConnection('optionsTest');
+
+    expect(optionsTestDatabaseConnection instanceof Object).toBe(true);
+    expect(optionsTestDatabaseConnection.adapter._options instanceof Object).toBe(true);
+    expect(optionsTestDatabaseConnection.adapter._options.foo).toBe("bar");
+
+    DatabaseAdapter.setAppDatabaseURI('noOptionsTest', 'mongodb://localhost:27017/noOptionsTest');
+    let noOptionsTestDatabaseConnection = DatabaseAdapter.getDatabaseConnection('noOptionsTest');
+
+    expect(noOptionsTestDatabaseConnection instanceof Object).toBe(true);
+    expect(noOptionsTestDatabaseConnection.adapter._options instanceof Object).toBe(false);
+
+    done();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/spec/helper.js b/spec/helper.js
index e2daa6ed25..74f9dbbde0 100644
--- a/spec/helper.js
+++ b/spec/helper.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var defaultConfiguration = {
   collectionPrefix: 'test_',
   fileKey: 'test',
   push: {
-    'ios': {      
+    'ios': {
       cert: 'prodCert.pem',
       key: 'prodKey.pem',
       production: true,
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ afterEach(function(done) {
   Parse.User.logOut().then(() => {
     return clearData();
   }).then(() => {
-    DatabaseAdapter.clearDatabaseURIs();
+    DatabaseAdapter.clearDatabaseSettings();
     done();
   }, (error) => {
     console.log('error in clearData', error);
diff --git a/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js b/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js
index e3d5949360..d3d2bc7e37 100644
--- a/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js
+++ b/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ const MongoSchemaCollectionName = '_SCHEMA';
 export class MongoStorageAdapter {
   // Private
   _uri: string;
+  _options: Object;
   // Public
   connectionPromise;
   database;
 
-  constructor(uri: string) {
+  constructor(uri: string, options: Object) {
     this._uri = uri;
+    this._options = options;
   }
 
   connect() {
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ export class MongoStorageAdapter {
       return this.connectionPromise;
     }
 
-    this.connectionPromise = MongoClient.connect(this._uri).then(database => {
+    this.connectionPromise = MongoClient.connect(this._uri, this._options).then(database => {
       this.database = database;
     });
     return this.connectionPromise;
diff --git a/src/DatabaseAdapter.js b/src/DatabaseAdapter.js
index 6663f36bfc..51403ba3cf 100644
--- a/src/DatabaseAdapter.js
+++ b/src/DatabaseAdapter.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ let adapter = MongoStorageAdapter;
 let dbConnections = {};
 let databaseURI = DefaultDatabaseURI;
 let appDatabaseURIs = {};
+let appDatabaseOptions = {};
 
 function setAdapter(databaseAdapter) {
   adapter = databaseAdapter;
@@ -37,10 +38,15 @@ function setAppDatabaseURI(appId, uri) {
   appDatabaseURIs[appId] = uri;
 }
 
+function setAppDatabaseOptions(appId: string, options: Object) {
+  appDatabaseOptions[appId] = options;
+}
+
 //Used by tests
-function clearDatabaseURIs() {
+function clearDatabaseSettings() {
   appDatabaseURIs = {};
   dbConnections = {};
+  appDatabaseOptions = {};
 }
 
 function getDatabaseConnection(appId: string, collectionPrefix: string) {
@@ -50,7 +56,7 @@ function getDatabaseConnection(appId: string, collectionPrefix: string) {
 
   var dbURI = (appDatabaseURIs[appId] ? appDatabaseURIs[appId] : databaseURI);
 
-  let storageAdapter = new adapter(dbURI);
+  let storageAdapter = new adapter(dbURI, appDatabaseOptions[appId]);
   dbConnections[appId] = new DatabaseController(storageAdapter, {
     collectionPrefix: collectionPrefix
   });
@@ -62,7 +68,8 @@ module.exports = {
   getDatabaseConnection: getDatabaseConnection,
   setAdapter: setAdapter,
   setDatabaseURI: setDatabaseURI,
+  setAppDatabaseOptions: setAppDatabaseOptions,
   setAppDatabaseURI: setAppDatabaseURI,
-  clearDatabaseURIs: clearDatabaseURIs,
+  clearDatabaseSettings: clearDatabaseSettings,
   defaultDatabaseURI: databaseURI
 };
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 131f1f691a..2e4d553f1c 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ function ParseServer({
   push,
   loggerAdapter,
   databaseURI = DatabaseAdapter.defaultDatabaseURI,
+  databaseOptions,
   cloud,
   collectionPrefix = '',
   clientKey,
@@ -120,6 +121,10 @@ function ParseServer({
     DatabaseAdapter.setAppDatabaseURI(appId, databaseURI);
   }
 
+  if (databaseOptions) {
+    DatabaseAdapter.setAppDatabaseOptions(appId, databaseOptions);
+  }
+
   if (cloud) {
     addParseCloud();
     if (typeof cloud === 'function') {