diff --git a/src/Knp/Component/Pager/Event/BeforeEvent.php b/src/Knp/Component/Pager/Event/BeforeEvent.php
index 7365e604..6bbfaa0f 100644
--- a/src/Knp/Component/Pager/Event/BeforeEvent.php
+++ b/src/Knp/Component/Pager/Event/BeforeEvent.php
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
  */
 final class BeforeEvent extends Event
 {
+    /**
+     * @var array<string, mixed>
+     */
+    public array $options = [];
+
     public function __construct(
         private readonly EventDispatcherInterface $eventDispatcher,
         private readonly ArgumentAccessInterface $argumentAccess,
diff --git a/src/Knp/Component/Pager/Paginator.php b/src/Knp/Component/Pager/Paginator.php
index bf1aa3b9..87ad542b 100644
--- a/src/Knp/Component/Pager/Paginator.php
+++ b/src/Knp/Component/Pager/Paginator.php
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ public function paginate($target, int $page = 1, ?int $limit = null, array $opti
 
         // before pagination start
         $beforeEvent = new Event\BeforeEvent($this->eventDispatcher, $this->argumentAccess, $this->connection);
+        $beforeEvent->options = &$options;
         $this->eventDispatcher->dispatch($beforeEvent, 'knp_pager.before');
         // items
         $itemsEvent = new Event\ItemsEvent($offset, $limit);
diff --git a/tests/Test/Pager/PaginatorTest.php b/tests/Test/Pager/PaginatorTest.php
index e41fcde7..850c8529 100644
--- a/tests/Test/Pager/PaginatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Test/Pager/PaginatorTest.php
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 
 namespace Test\Pager;
 
+use Knp\Component\Pager\Event\BeforeEvent;
+use Knp\Component\Pager\Event\ItemsEvent;
 use Knp\Component\Pager\Event\Subscriber\Paginate\PaginationSubscriber;
+use Knp\Component\Pager\Pagination\SlidingPagination;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
 use Test\Tool\BaseTestCase;
 
 final class PaginatorTest extends BaseTestCase
@@ -29,4 +33,45 @@ public function shouldFailToPaginateUnsupportedValue(): void
         $paginator = $this->getPaginatorInstance(null, $dispatcher);
         $paginator->paginate(null, 1, 10);
     }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function shouldPassOptionsToBeforeEventSubscriber(): void
+    {
+        $dispatcher = new EventDispatcher();
+        $dispatcher->addSubscriber(new class implements EventSubscriberInterface {
+            public static function getSubscribedEvents(): array
+            {
+                return [
+                    'knp_pager.before' => ['before', 1],
+                ];
+            }
+            public function before(BeforeEvent $event): void
+            {
+                BaseTestCase::assertArrayHasKey('some_option', $event->options);
+                BaseTestCase::assertEquals('value', $event->options['some_option']);
+
+                $event->options['some_option'] = 'changed';
+                $event->options['extra_option'] = 'added';
+            }
+        });
+        $dispatcher->addSubscriber(new class implements EventSubscriberInterface {
+            public static function getSubscribedEvents(): array
+            {
+                return [
+                    'knp_pager.items' => ['items', 1],
+                ];
+            }
+            public function items(ItemsEvent $event): void
+            {
+                BaseTestCase::assertArrayHasKey('some_option', $event->options);
+                BaseTestCase::assertEquals('changed', $event->options['some_option']);
+                BaseTestCase::assertArrayHasKey('extra_option', $event->options);
+                BaseTestCase::assertEquals('added', $event->options['extra_option']);
+            }
+        });
+        $dispatcher->addSubscriber(new PaginationSubscriber());
+        $paginator = $this->getPaginatorInstance(null, $dispatcher);
+
+        $paginator->paginate([], 1, 10, ['some_option' => 'value']);
+    }
 }