diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0748649e..d2b47479 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Installs and configures [Consul][1].
       attribute to the IP of the specified interface if it exists.
     </td>
     <td><tt>nil</tt></td>
-  </tr>
+  </tr>  
   <tr>
     <td><tt>['consul']['advertise_interface']</tt></td>
     <td>String</td>
@@ -162,6 +162,15 @@ Installs and configures [Consul][1].
     </td>
     <td><tt>nil</tt></td>
   </tr>
+    <tr>
+    <td><tt>['consul']['extra_params']</tt></td>
+    <td>Hash</td>
+    <td>
+      Any extra params to be put in the agent options
+      http://www.consul.io/docs/agent/options.html
+    </td>
+    <td><tt>{}</tt></td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 
 ### Consul UI Attributes
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 3e38f3cf..c3619c11 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -70,3 +70,4 @@
 default['consul']['client_addr'] = '0.0.0.0'
 default['consul']['ui_dir'] = '/var/lib/consul/ui'
 default['consul']['serve_ui'] = false
+default['consul']['extra_params'] = {}
diff --git a/recipes/_service.rb b/recipes/_service.rb
index cc7a00aa..8c411eab 100644
--- a/recipes/_service.rb
+++ b/recipes/_service.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 end
 
 # Determine service params
-service_config = {}
+service_config = JSON.parse(node['consul']['extra_params'].to_json)
 service_config['data_dir'] = node['consul']['data_dir']
 num_cluster = node['consul']['bootstrap_expect'].to_i
 
diff --git a/spec/unit/recipes/_service_spec.rb b/spec/unit/recipes/_service_spec.rb
index a9fcd992..dab5ac21 100644
--- a/spec/unit/recipes/_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/recipes/_service_spec.rb
@@ -131,4 +131,18 @@
         .with_content(/server3/)
     end
   end
+
+  context 'with extra params' do
+    let(:chef_run) do
+      ChefSpec::Runner.new(node_attributes) do |node|
+        node.set['consul']['extra_params']['disable_remote_exec'] = true 
+      end.converge(described_recipe)
+    end
+    it do
+      expect(chef_run).to_not create_file('/etc/consul.d/default.json')
+        .with_content(/"disable_remote_exec" : "true"/)
+    end
+  end
+
+
 end