diff --git a/lib/fog/aws/cloud_watch.rb b/lib/fog/aws/cloud_watch.rb
index 3694475a7..c201c8273 100644
--- a/lib/fog/aws/cloud_watch.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/aws/cloud_watch.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ module Fog
           @aws_access_key_id      = options[:aws_access_key_id]
           @aws_secret_access_key  = options[:aws_secret_access_key]
           @hmac = Fog::HMAC.new('sha256', @aws_secret_access_key)
-
+          
+          @connection_options = options[:connection_options] || {}
           options[:region] ||= 'us-east-1'
           @host = options[:host] || case options[:region]
           when 'ap-northeast-1'
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ module Fog
           @path       = options[:path]      || '/'
           @port       = options[:port]      || 443
           @scheme     = options[:scheme]    || 'https'
-          @connection = Fog::Connection.new("#{@scheme}://#{@host}:#{@port}#{@path}", options[:persistent])
+          @connection = Fog::Connection.new("#{@scheme}://#{@host}:#{@port}#{@path}", @persistent, @connection_options)
         end
 
         def reload