diff --git a/.rvmrc b/.rvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a45e07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rvm use ruby-1.9.3@rack-reverse-proxy --create
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 08d427d..4461c30 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    rack-reverse-proxy (0.4.1)
+    rack-reverse-proxy (0.4.5)
       rack (>= 1.0.0)
 
 GEM
   remote: http://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    addressable (2.2.6)
-    crack (0.1.8)
-    rack (1.3.2)
+    addressable (2.3.2)
+    crack (0.3.1)
+    rack (1.4.1)
     rack-test (0.5.7)
       rack (>= 1.0)
     rake (0.8.7)
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
-  bundler (~> 1.0.15)
+  bundler (~> 1.1.4)
   rack-reverse-proxy!
   rack-test (~> 0.5.7)
   rake (~> 0.8.7)
diff --git a/Guardfile b/Guardfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8252ffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Guardfile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# A sample Guardfile
+# More info at https://github.com/guard/guard#readme
diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index be1f0ad..c774d46 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Below is an example for configuring the middleware:
 
   use Rack::ReverseProxy do 
     # Set :preserve_host to true globally (default is true already)
-    reverse_proxy_options :preserve_host => true
+    reverse_proxy_options :preserve_host => true, :strip_headers => ['REFERER']
 
     # Forward the path /test* to http://example.com/test*
     reverse_proxy '/test', 'http://example.com/'
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ reverse_proxy_options sets global options for all reverse proxies. Available opt
 * :password password for basic auth
 * :matching is a global only option, if set to :first the first matched url will be requested (no ambigous error). Default: :all.
 * :timeout seconds to timout the requests
+* :strip_headers removes the specified non-prefixed headers ("HTTP_HEADER_NAME" becomes "HEADER_NAME") from the proxy request. Default: []
 
 == Note on Patches/Pull Requests
  
diff --git a/lib/rack/reverse_proxy.rb b/lib/rack/reverse_proxy.rb
index ddadd3f..331334e 100644
--- a/lib/rack/reverse_proxy.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/reverse_proxy.rb
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ def call(env)
 
       uri = matcher.get_uri(rackreq.fullpath,env)
       all_opts = @global_options.dup.merge(matcher.options)
+      all_opts[:strip_headers] ||= []
       headers = Rack::Utils::HeaderHash.new
       env.each { |key, value|
         if key =~ /HTTP_(.*)/
-          headers[$1] = value
+          headers[$1] = value unless all_opts[:strip_headers].include?($1)
         end
       }
       headers['HOST'] = uri.host if all_opts[:preserve_host]
diff --git a/rack-reverse-proxy.gemspec b/rack-reverse-proxy.gemspec
index 2fbd435..dcfd839 100644
--- a/rack-reverse-proxy.gemspec
+++ b/rack-reverse-proxy.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{rack-reverse-proxy}
-  s.version = "0.4.4"
+  s.version = "0.4.5"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Jon Swope"]
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   ]
 
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 1.3.2"
-  s.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.0.15"
+  s.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.1.4"
   s.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 0.8.7"
   s.add_development_dependency "rack-test", "~> 0.5.7"
   s.add_development_dependency "webmock", "~> 1.5.0"
diff --git a/spec/rack/reverse_proxy_spec.rb b/spec/rack/reverse_proxy_spec.rb
index 19cf8c2..c023512 100644
--- a/spec/rack/reverse_proxy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rack/reverse_proxy_spec.rb
@@ -62,6 +62,35 @@ def app
       a_request(:get, 'http://example.com/test/stuff').with(:headers => {'X-Forwarded-Host' => 'example.org'}).should have_been_made
     end
 
+    describe "with :strip_headers specified in the matcher" do
+      def app
+        Rack::ReverseProxy.new(dummy_app) do
+          reverse_proxy '/test', 'http://example.com/', {:strip_headers => ['REFERER']}
+        end
+      end
+
+      it "should strip the specified headers" do
+        stub_request(:any, 'example.com/test/stuff')
+        get '/test/stuff', {}, {"HTTP_REFERER" => "http://something.bogus"}
+        a_request(:get, 'http://example.com/test/stuff').with(:headers => {"Referer" => "http://something.bogus"}).should_not have_been_made
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "with :strip_headers specified in the config" do
+      def app
+        Rack::ReverseProxy.new(dummy_app) do
+          reverse_proxy '/test', 'http://example.com/'
+          reverse_proxy_options :strip_headers => ['REFERER']
+        end
+      end
+
+      it "should strip the specified headers" do
+        stub_request(:any, 'example.com/test/stuff')
+        get '/test/stuff', {}, {"HTTP_REFERER" => "http://something.bogus"}
+        a_request(:get, 'http://example.com/test/stuff').with(:headers => {"Referer" => "http://something.bogus"}).should_not have_been_made
+      end
+    end
+
     describe "with preserve host turned off" do
       def app
         Rack::ReverseProxy.new(dummy_app) do