diff --git a/python/BUILD b/python/BUILD
index 58ed6ce..cfe87ff 100644
--- a/python/BUILD
+++ b/python/BUILD
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ pybind_extension(
     name = "array_record_module",
     srcs = ["array_record_module.cc"],
     deps = [
+        "//file/base:options_cc_proto",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:str_format",
         "//cpp:array_record_reader",
         "//cpp:array_record_writer",
         "//cpp:thread_pool",
+        "//third_party/protobuf",
         "@com_google_riegeli//riegeli/bytes:fd_reader",
         "@com_google_riegeli//riegeli/bytes:fd_writer",
     ],
diff --git a/python/array_record_module.cc b/python/array_record_module.cc
index ab14893..fda36f6 100644
--- a/python/array_record_module.cc
+++ b/python/array_record_module.cc
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "file/base/options.pb.h"
 #include "absl/status/status.h"
 #include "absl/strings/str_format.h"
 #include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 #include "cpp/array_record_reader.h"
 #include "cpp/array_record_writer.h"
 #include "cpp/thread_pool.h"
+#include "third_party/protobuf/text_format.h"
 #include "pybind11/gil.h"
 #include "pybind11/pybind11.h"
 #include "pybind11/pytypes.h"
@@ -44,7 +46,8 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(array_record_module, m) {
       array_record::ArrayRecordReader<std::unique_ptr<riegeli::Reader>>;
 
   py::class_<ArrayRecordWriter>(m, "ArrayRecordWriter")
-      .def(py::init([](const std::string& path, const std::string& options) {
+      .def(py::init([](const std::string& path, const std::string& options,
+                       const file::Options& file_options) {
              auto status_or_option =
                  array_record::ArrayRecordWriterBase::Options::FromString(
                      options);
@@ -66,7 +69,8 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(array_record_module, m) {
              return ArrayRecordWriter(std::move(file_writer),
                                       status_or_option.value());
            }),
-           py::arg("path"), py::arg("options") = "")
+           py::arg("path"), py::arg("options") = "",
+           py::arg("file_options") = "")
       .def("ok", &ArrayRecordWriter::ok)
       .def("close",
            [](ArrayRecordWriter& writer) {
@@ -84,10 +88,10 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(array_record_module, m) {
           throw std::runtime_error(std::string(writer.status().message()));
         }
       });
-
   py::class_<ArrayRecordReader>(m, "ArrayRecordReader")
       .def(py::init([](const std::string& path, const std::string& options,
-                       const std::optional<int64_t> file_reader_buffer_size) {
+                       const std::optional<int64_t> file_reader_buffer_size,
+                       const std::string& file_options_str) {
              auto status_or_option =
                  array_record::ArrayRecordReaderBase::Options::FromString(
                      options);
@@ -115,7 +119,8 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(array_record_module, m) {
                                       array_record::ArrayRecordGlobalPool());
            }),
            py::arg("path"), py::arg("options") = "",
-           py::arg("file_reader_buffer_size") = std::nullopt, R"(
+           py::arg("file_reader_buffer_size") = std::nullopt,
+           py::arg("file_options_str") = "", R"(
            ArrayRecordReader for fast sequential or random access.
 
            Args:
@@ -124,6 +129,8 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(array_record_module, m) {
                file_reader_buffer_size: Optional size of the buffer (in bytes)
                  for the underlying file (Riegeli) reader. The default buffer
                  size is 1 MiB.
+              file_options_str: Optional file::Options textproto to use for the underlying
+                 file (Riegeli) reader.
 
            options ::= option? ("," option?)*
            option ::=
diff --git a/python/array_record_module_test.py b/python/array_record_module_test.py
index 4df8ff2..2ec7dbd 100644
--- a/python/array_record_module_test.py
+++ b/python/array_record_module_test.py
@@ -142,5 +142,30 @@ def test_writer_options(self):
         "group_size:42,transpose:false,pad_to_block_boundary:false,zstd:3,"
         "window_log:20,max_parallelism:1")
 
+  def test_write_read_with_file_options(self):
+    writer = ArrayRecordWriter(self.test_file, "", "priority:200")
+    test_strs = [b"abc", b"def", b"ghi"]
+    for s in test_strs:
+      writer.write(s)
+    writer.close()
+    reader = ArrayRecordReader(
+        self.test_file,
+        "readahead_buffer_size:0,max_parallelism:0",
+        None,
+        "priority:200",
+    )
+    num_strs = len(test_strs)
+    self.assertEqual(reader.num_records(), num_strs)
+    self.assertEqual(reader.record_index(), 0)
+    for gt in test_strs:
+      result = reader.read()
+      self.assertEqual(result, gt)
+    self.assertRaises(IndexError, reader.read)
+    reader.seek(0)
+    self.assertEqual(reader.record_index(), 0)
+    self.assertEqual(reader.read(), test_strs[0])
+    self.assertEqual(reader.record_index(), 1)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   absltest.main()