diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d08fa867ae..0b8caca210 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file or Redmine
 
     * "name(#{NODE_SET})" case
 
+* RSS
+
+  * RSS::Parser.parse: Accept options as Hash. :validate,
+    :ignore_unknown_element, :parser_class options are available.
+
 * Set
 
   * Aliased methods:
diff --git a/lib/rss/parser.rb b/lib/rss/parser.rb
index a9842e6d40..e271dc381c 100644
--- a/lib/rss/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/rss/parser.rb
@@ -72,13 +72,31 @@ module RSS
         end
       end
 
-      def parse(rss, do_validate=true, ignore_unknown_element=true,
-                parser_class=default_parser)
+      def parse(rss, *args)
+        if args.last.is_a?(Hash)
+          options = args.pop
+        else
+          options = {}
+        end
+        do_validate = boolean_argument(args[0], options[:validate], true)
+        ignore_unknown_element =
+          boolean_argument(args[1], options[:ignore_unknown_element], true)
+        parser_class = args[2] || options[:parser_class] || default_parser
         parser = new(rss, parser_class)
         parser.do_validate = do_validate
         parser.ignore_unknown_element = ignore_unknown_element
         parser.parse
       end
+
+      private
+      def boolean_argument(positioned_value, option_value, default)
+        value = positioned_value
+        if value.nil? and not option_value.nil?
+          value = option_value
+        end
+        value = default if value.nil?
+        value
+      end
     end
 
     def_delegators(:@parser, :parse, :rss,
diff --git a/test/rss/test_parser.rb b/test/rss/test_parser.rb
index 7d64657d57..4e7cc1b963 100644
--- a/test/rss/test_parser.rb
+++ b/test/rss/test_parser.rb
@@ -61,5 +61,61 @@ EOR
 EOR
       end
     end
+
+    def test_parse_option_validate_nil
+      assert_raise(RSS::MissingTagError) do
+        RSS::Parser.parse(make_RDF(<<-RDF), :validate => nil)
+        RDF
+      end
+    end
+
+    def test_parse_option_validate_true
+      assert_raise(RSS::MissingTagError) do
+        RSS::Parser.parse(make_RDF(<<-RDF), :validate => true)
+        RDF
+      end
+    end
+
+    def test_parse_option_validate_false
+      rdf = RSS::Parser.parse(make_RDF(<<-RDF), :validate => false)
+      RDF
+      assert_nil(rdf.channel)
+    end
+
+    def test_parse_option_ignore_unknown_element_nil
+      assert_nothing_raised do
+        RSS::Parser.parse(make_RDF(<<-RDF), :ignore_unknown_element => nil)
+<unknown/>
+#{make_channel}
+#{make_item}
+#{make_textinput}
+#{make_image}
+        RDF
+      end
+    end
+
+    def test_parse_option_ignore_unknown_element_true
+      assert_nothing_raised do
+        RSS::Parser.parse(make_RDF(<<-RDF), :ignore_unknown_element => true)
+<unknown/>
+#{make_channel}
+#{make_item}
+#{make_textinput}
+#{make_image}
+        RDF
+      end
+    end
+
+    def test_parse_option_ignore_unknown_element_false
+      assert_raise(RSS::NotExpectedTagError) do
+        RSS::Parser.parse(make_RDF(<<-RDF), :ignore_unknown_element => false)
+<unknown/>
+#{make_channel}
+#{make_item}
+#{make_textinput}
+#{make_image}
+        RDF
+      end
+    end
   end
 end