1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/chef/resource/service.rb b/lib/chef/resource/service.rb
index d9f0969ecb..0231964fdf 100644
--- a/lib/chef/resource/service.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/resource/service.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 require "chef/resource"
+require "shellwords"
 
 class Chef
   class Resource
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ class Chef
         @enabled = nil
         @running = nil
         @masked = nil
+        @options = nil
         @parameters = nil
         @pattern = service_name
         @start_command = nil
@@ -155,6 +157,14 @@ class Chef
         )
       end
 
+      def options(arg = nil)
+        set_or_return(
+          :options,
+          arg.respond_to?(:split) ? arg.shellsplit : arg,
+          :kind_of => [ Array, String ]
+        )
+      end
+
       # Priority arguments can have two forms:
       #
       # - a simple number, in which the default start runlevels get