diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9fc2a78..e25c1ff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -154,6 +154,26 @@ $client = new Browser($loop, $sender);
 $client->get('http://localhost/demo');
 ```
 
+### Options
+
+Note: This API is subject to change.
+
+The [`Browser`](#browser) class exposes several options for the handling of
+HTTP transactions. These options resemble some of PHP's
+[HTTP context options](http://php.net/manual/en/context.http.php) and
+can be controlled via the following API (and their defaults):
+
+```php
+$newBrowser = $browser->withOptions(array(
+    'followRedirects' => true,
+    'maxRedirects' => 10,
+    'obeySuccessCode' => true
+));
+```
+
+Notice that the [`Browser`](#browser) is an immutable object, i.e. the `withOptions()` method
+actually returns a *new* [`Browser`](#browser) instance with the options applied.
+
 ### Streaming
 
 Note: This API is subject to change.
diff --git a/src/Browser.php b/src/Browser.php
index adb78f2..4913708 100644
--- a/src/Browser.php
+++ b/src/Browser.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class Browser
 {
     private $sender;
     private $loop;
+    private $options = array();
 
     public function __construct(LoopInterface $loop, Sender $sender = null)
     {
@@ -75,8 +76,20 @@ public function request($method, $url, $headers = array(), $content = null)
 
     public function send(Request $request)
     {
-        $transaction = new Transaction($request, $this->sender);
+        $transaction = new Transaction($request, $this->sender, $this->options);
 
         return $transaction->send();
     }
+
+    public function withOptions(array $options)
+    {
+        $browser = clone $this;
+
+        // merge all options, but remove those explicitly assigned a null value
+        $browser->options = array_filter($options + $this->options, function ($value) {
+            return ($value !== null);
+        });
+
+        return $browser;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Io/Transaction.php b/src/Io/Transaction.php
index 9f0d744..4072e48 100644
--- a/src/Io/Transaction.php
+++ b/src/Io/Transaction.php
@@ -25,8 +25,14 @@ class Transaction
     // context: http.ignore_errors
     private $obeySuccessCode = true;
 
-    public function __construct(Request $request, Sender $sender)
+    public function __construct(Request $request, Sender $sender, array $options = array())
     {
+        foreach ($options as $name => $value) {
+            if (property_exists($this, $name)) {
+                $this->$name = $value;
+            }
+        }
+
         $this->request = $request;
         $this->sender = $sender;
     }
diff --git a/tests/FunctionalBrowserTest.php b/tests/FunctionalBrowserTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..871cd1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/FunctionalBrowserTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+
+use React\EventLoop\Factory;
+use Clue\React\Buzz\Browser;
+
+class FunctionalBrowserTest extends TestCase
+{
+    private $loop;
+    private $browser;
+
+    /** base url to the httpbin service  **/
+    private $base = 'http://httpbin.org/';
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->loop = Factory::create();
+        $this->browser = new Browser($this->loop);
+    }
+
+    public function testSimpleRequest()
+    {
+        $this->expectPromiseResolve($this->browser->get($this->base . 'get'));
+
+        $this->loop->run();
+    }
+
+    public function testRedirectRequest()
+    {
+        $this->expectPromiseResolve($this->browser->get($this->base . 'redirect-to?url=' . urlencode($this->base . 'get')));
+
+        $this->loop->run();
+    }
+
+    public function testNotFollowingRedirectsResolvesWithRedirectResult()
+    {
+        $browser = $this->browser->withOptions(array('followRedirects' => false));
+
+        $this->expectPromiseResolve($browser->get($this->base . 'redirect/3'));
+
+        $this->loop->run();
+    }
+
+    public function testRejectingRedirectsRejects()
+    {
+        $browser = $this->browser->withOptions(array('maxRedirects' => 0));
+
+        $this->expectPromiseReject($browser->get($this->base . 'redirect/3'));
+
+        $this->loop->run();
+    }
+
+    public function testInvalidPort()
+    {
+        $this->expectPromiseReject($this->browser->get('http://www.google.com:443'));
+
+        $this->loop->run();
+    }
+
+    public function testInvalidPath()
+    {
+        $this->expectPromiseReject($this->browser->get($this->base . 'status/404'));
+
+        $this->loop->run();
+    }
+}