diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5634ca..ae5595a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -283,13 +283,13 @@ If no options are provided, all entries will be deleted. The `callback` function
 
 ### `chainedBatch`
 
-#### `chainedBatch.put(key, value)`
+#### `chainedBatch.put(key, value[, options])`
 
-Queue a `put` operation on this batch. This may throw if `key` or `value` is invalid.
+Queue a `put` operation on this batch. This may throw if `key` or `value` is invalid. There are no `options` by default but implementations may add theirs.
 
-#### `chainedBatch.del(key)`
+#### `chainedBatch.del(key[, options])`
 
-Queue a `del` operation on this batch. This may throw if `key` is invalid.
+Queue a `del` operation on this batch. This may throw if `key` is invalid. There are no `options` by default but implementations may add theirs.
 
 #### `chainedBatch.clear()`
 
@@ -494,13 +494,13 @@ The default `_end()` invokes `callback` on a next tick. Overriding is optional.
 
 The first argument to this constructor must be an instance of your `AbstractLevelDOWN` implementation. The constructor will set `chainedBatch.db` which is used to access `db._serialize*` and ensures that `db` will not be garbage collected in case there are no other references to it.
 
-#### `chainedBatch._put(key, value)`
+#### `chainedBatch._put(key, value, options)`
 
-Queue a `put` operation on this batch.
+Queue a `put` operation on this batch. There are no default options but `options` will always be an object.
 
-#### `chainedBatch._del(key)`
+#### `chainedBatch._del(key, options)`
 
-Queue a `del` operation on this batch.
+Queue a `del` operation on this batch. There are no default options but `options` will always be an object.
 
 #### `chainedBatch._clear()`
 
diff --git a/abstract-chained-batch.js b/abstract-chained-batch.js
index 1500077..b167c0e 100644
--- a/abstract-chained-batch.js
+++ b/abstract-chained-batch.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
+const emptyOptions = Object.freeze({})
+
 function AbstractChainedBatch (db) {
   if (typeof db !== 'object' || db === null) {
     throw new TypeError('First argument must be an abstract-leveldown compliant store')
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ AbstractChainedBatch.prototype._checkWritten = function () {
   }
 }
 
-AbstractChainedBatch.prototype.put = function (key, value) {
+AbstractChainedBatch.prototype.put = function (key, value, options) {
   this._checkWritten()
 
   const err = this.db._checkKey(key) || this.db._checkValue(value)
@@ -25,29 +27,29 @@ AbstractChainedBatch.prototype.put = function (key, value) {
   key = this.db._serializeKey(key)
   value = this.db._serializeValue(value)
 
-  this._put(key, value)
+  this._put(key, value, options != null ? options : emptyOptions)
 
   return this
 }
 
-AbstractChainedBatch.prototype._put = function (key, value) {
-  this._operations.push({ type: 'put', key: key, value: value })
+AbstractChainedBatch.prototype._put = function (key, value, options) {
+  this._operations.push({ ...options, type: 'put', key, value })
 }
 
-AbstractChainedBatch.prototype.del = function (key) {
+AbstractChainedBatch.prototype.del = function (key, options) {
   this._checkWritten()
 
   const err = this.db._checkKey(key)
   if (err) throw err
 
   key = this.db._serializeKey(key)
-  this._del(key)
+  this._del(key, options != null ? options : emptyOptions)
 
   return this
 }
 
-AbstractChainedBatch.prototype._del = function (key) {
-  this._operations.push({ type: 'del', key: key })
+AbstractChainedBatch.prototype._del = function (key, options) {
+  this._operations.push({ ...options, type: 'del', key })
 }
 
 AbstractChainedBatch.prototype.clear = function () {
@@ -64,7 +66,9 @@ AbstractChainedBatch.prototype._clear = function () {
 AbstractChainedBatch.prototype.write = function (options, callback) {
   this._checkWritten()
 
-  if (typeof options === 'function') { callback = options }
+  if (typeof options === 'function') {
+    callback = options
+  }
   if (typeof callback !== 'function') {
     throw new Error('write() requires a callback argument')
   }
diff --git a/test/chained-batch-test.js b/test/chained-batch-test.js
index af331e3..b8a8628 100644
--- a/test/chained-batch-test.js
+++ b/test/chained-batch-test.js
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ function collectBatchOps (batch) {
   }
 
   batch._put = function (key, value) {
-    _operations.push({ type: 'put', key: key, value: value })
+    _operations.push({ type: 'put', key, value })
     return _put.apply(this, arguments)
   }
 
   batch._del = function (key) {
-    _operations.push({ type: 'del', key: key })
+    _operations.push({ type: 'del', key })
     return _del.apply(this, arguments)
   }
 
diff --git a/test/self.js b/test/self.js
index 920b575..3302f44 100644
--- a/test/self.js
+++ b/test/self.js
@@ -365,14 +365,14 @@ test('test chained batch() extensibility', function (t) {
   t.deepEqual(spy.getCall(0).args[1], {}, 'got expected options argument')
   t.equal(spy.getCall(0).args[2], expectedCb, 'got expected callback argument')
 
-  test.batch().put('foo', 'bar').del('bang').write(expectedOptions, expectedCb)
+  test.batch().put('foo', 'bar', expectedOptions).del('bang', expectedOptions).write(expectedOptions, expectedCb)
 
   t.equal(spy.callCount, 2, 'got _batch() call')
   t.equal(spy.getCall(1).thisValue, test, '`this` on _batch() was correct')
   t.equal(spy.getCall(1).args.length, 3, 'got three arguments')
   t.equal(spy.getCall(1).args[0].length, 2, 'got expected array argument')
-  t.deepEqual(spy.getCall(1).args[0][0], { type: 'put', key: 'foo', value: 'bar' }, 'got expected array argument[0]')
-  t.deepEqual(spy.getCall(1).args[0][1], { type: 'del', key: 'bang' }, 'got expected array argument[1]')
+  t.deepEqual(spy.getCall(1).args[0][0], { type: 'put', key: 'foo', value: 'bar', options: 1 }, 'got expected array argument[0]')
+  t.deepEqual(spy.getCall(1).args[0][1], { type: 'del', key: 'bang', options: 1 }, 'got expected array argument[1]')
   t.deepEqual(spy.getCall(1).args[1], expectedOptions, 'got expected options argument')
   t.equal(spy.getCall(1).args[2], expectedCb, 'got expected callback argument')
 
@@ -485,9 +485,10 @@ test('test AbstractChainedBatch#put() extensibility', function (t) {
 
   t.equal(spy.callCount, 1, 'got _put call')
   t.equal(spy.getCall(0).thisValue, test, '`this` on _put() was correct')
-  t.equal(spy.getCall(0).args.length, 2, 'got two arguments')
+  t.equal(spy.getCall(0).args.length, 3, 'got 3 arguments')
   t.equal(spy.getCall(0).args[0], expectedKey, 'got expected key argument')
   t.equal(spy.getCall(0).args[1], expectedValue, 'got expected value argument')
+  t.same(spy.getCall(0).args[2], {}, 'got expected options argument')
   t.equal(returnValue, test, 'get expected return value')
   t.end()
 })
@@ -501,8 +502,9 @@ test('test AbstractChainedBatch#del() extensibility', function (t) {
 
   t.equal(spy.callCount, 1, 'got _del call')
   t.equal(spy.getCall(0).thisValue, test, '`this` on _del() was correct')
-  t.equal(spy.getCall(0).args.length, 1, 'got one argument')
+  t.equal(spy.getCall(0).args.length, 2, 'got 2 arguments')
   t.equal(spy.getCall(0).args[0], expectedKey, 'got expected key argument')
+  t.same(spy.getCall(0).args[1], {}, 'got expected options argument')
   t.equal(returnValue, test, 'get expected return value')
   t.end()
 })