diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 135dfa1..698514e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ SCP (secure file copy) wrapper for node.js
 
 ![scp](http://i.imgur.com/RrUKV.gif)
 
-##install
+## install
 
     npm install scp
 
-##usage
+## usage
 
 ````javascript
 var scp = require('scp');
@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@ var options = {
   user: 'username',
   host: 'myServer',
   port: '22',
-  path: '~'
-}
+  path: '~',
+  sshOptions: {
+    StrictHostKeyChecking: "no",
+    UserKnownHostsFile: "/dev/null"
+  }
+};
 
 scp.send(options, function (err) {
   if (err) console.log(err);
@@ -27,9 +31,9 @@ scp.send(options, function (err) {
 });
 ````
 
-##methods
+## methods
 
-###scp.send(options, cb)
+### scp.send(options, cb)
 
 Send a file to a remote host (in your `~/.ssh/config`)
 
@@ -43,11 +47,15 @@ scp.send({
   user: 'username',   // username to authenticate as on remote system
   host: 'myServer',   // remote host to copy to, set up in your ~/.ssh/config
   port: '22',         // remote port, optional, defaults to '22'
-  path: '~'           // remote path to save to (this would result in a ~/file.txt on myServer)
+  path: '~',           // remote path to save to (this would result in a ~/file.txt on myServer)
+  sshOptions: {
+    StrictHostKeyChecking: "no",
+    UserKnownHostsFile: "/dev/null"
+  }  // additional ssh options
 });
 ````
 
-###scp.get(options, cb)
+### scp.get(options, cb)
 
 Transfer a file from a remote host (in your `~/.ssh/config`) to the current computer.
 
@@ -61,7 +69,10 @@ scp.get({
   user: 'username',   // username to authenticate as on remote system
   host: 'myServer',   // remote host to transfer from, set up in your ~/.ssh/config
   port: '22',         // remote port, optional, defaults to '22'
-  path: '~'           // local path to save to (this would result in a ~/file.txt on the local machine)
+  path: '~',           // local path to save to (this would result in a ~/file.txt on the local machine)
+  sshOptions: {
+    StrictHostKeyChecking: "no"
+  }
 });
 ````
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 40f5c2e..6a91b4c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
     "Gabriel Preston <gpreston@gmail.com>",
     "Joseph Silvestre <joseph.silvestre38@gmail.com>",
     "appr <appr@appr.me>",
-    "Daniel Phatthanan <daniel@phatthanan.com>"
+    "Daniel Phatthanan <daniel@phatthanan.com>",
+    "Julien Stébenne <julien.stebenne@gmail.com>"
   ],
   "name": "scp",
   "description": "remote file copy wrapper",
-  "version": "0.0.4",
+  "version": "0.0.5",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git://github.com/ecto/node-scp.git"
diff --git a/scp.js b/scp.js
index 9c78819..ac8ea42 100644
--- a/scp.js
+++ b/scp.js
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ var exec = require('child_process').exec;
 
 var scp = module.exports = {};
 
+function buildSshOptions(options) {
+  var result = '';
+  var defaults = {
+    ControlMaster: 'no'
+  };
+  var sshOptions = Object.assign({}, defaults, options.sshOptions);
+  Object.keys(sshOptions).map(function (key) {
+    result += "-o " + key + '=' + sshOptions[key] + ' ';
+  });
+  return result.trim();
+}
 /*
  * Transfer a file to a remote host
  */
@@ -15,7 +26,7 @@ scp.send = function (options, cb) {
     '-r',
     '-P',
     (options.port == undefined ? '22' : options.port),
-    '-o "ControlMaster no"', //callback is not fired if ssh sessions are shared
+    buildSshOptions(options),
     options.file,
     (options.user == undefined ? '' : options.user+'@') + options.host + ':' + options.path,
   ];
@@ -37,7 +48,7 @@ scp.get = function (options, cb) {
     '-r',
     '-P',
     (options.port == undefined ? '22' : options.port),
-    '-o "ControlMaster no"', //callback is not fired if ssh sessions are shared
+    buildSshOptions(options),
     (options.user == undefined ? '' : options.user+'@') + options.host + ':' + options.file,
     options.path
   ];
diff --git a/test/get.js b/test/get.js
index ee6f9fa..dbeda3b 100644
--- a/test/get.js
+++ b/test/get.js
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ var scp = require('../');
 scp.get({
   file: '~/test',
   host: 'core',
-  path: './test/what'
+  path: './test/what',
+  sshOptions:  {
+    StrictHostKeyChecking: 'no'
+  }
 }, function () {
   console.log(arguments);
 });
diff --git a/test/send.js b/test/send.js
index fa414e9..f93ec93 100644
--- a/test/send.js
+++ b/test/send.js
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ var scp = require('../');
 scp.send({
   file: './test/what',
   host: 'core',
-  path: '~'
+  path: '~',
+  sshOptions: {
+    StrictHostKeyChecking: 'no',
+    UserKnownHostsFile: '/dev/null'
+  }
 }, function () {
   console.log(arguments);
 });