diff --git a/sinatra-contrib/lib/sinatra/cookies.rb b/sinatra-contrib/lib/sinatra/cookies.rb
index 1373aadc..0bfbfa4d 100644
--- a/sinatra-contrib/lib/sinatra/cookies.rb
+++ b/sinatra-contrib/lib/sinatra/cookies.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ module Sinatra
       end
 
       def []=(key, value)
-        @response.set_cookie key.to_s, @options.merge(:value => value)
+        set(key, value: value)
       end
 
       def assoc(key)
@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@ module Sinatra
 
       alias select! keep_if if Hash.method_defined? :select!
 
+      def set(key, options = {})
+        @response.set_cookie key.to_s, @options.merge(options)
+      end
+
       def shift
         key, value = to_hash.shift
         delete(key)
diff --git a/sinatra-contrib/spec/cookies_spec.rb b/sinatra-contrib/spec/cookies_spec.rb
index 5fb7a4a9..59e49475 100644
--- a/sinatra-contrib/spec/cookies_spec.rb
+++ b/sinatra-contrib/spec/cookies_spec.rb
@@ -719,6 +719,29 @@ describe Sinatra::Cookies do
     end
   end
 
+  describe :set do
+    it 'sets a cookie' do
+      cookie_route { cookies.set('foo', value: 'bar') }
+      expect(cookie_jar['foo']).to eq('bar')
+    end
+
+    it 'sets a cookie with HttpOnly' do
+      expect(cookie_route do
+        request.script_name = '/foo'
+        cookies.set('foo', value: 'bar', httponly: true)
+        response['Set-Cookie'].lines.detect { |l| l.start_with? 'foo=' }
+      end).to include('HttpOnly')
+    end
+
+    it 'sets a cookie without HttpOnly' do
+      expect(cookie_route do
+        request.script_name = '/foo'
+        cookies.set('foo', value: 'bar', httponly: false)
+        response['Set-Cookie'].lines.detect { |l| l.start_with? 'foo=' }
+      end).not_to include('HttpOnly')
+    end
+  end
+
   describe :select do
     it 'removes entries from new hash' do
       jar = cookies('foo=bar', 'bar=baz')