diff --git a/spec/observables/fromEvent-spec.ts b/spec/observables/fromEvent-spec.ts
index ef8f0bd531..4790e24fa1 100644
--- a/spec/observables/fromEvent-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/observables/fromEvent-spec.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,29 @@ describe('Observable.fromEvent', () => {
     expect(offHandler).to.equal(onHandler);
   });
 
+  it('should pass through options to addEventListener', () => {
+    let actualOptions;
+    const expectedOptions = { capture: true, passive: true };
+
+    const obj = {
+      addEventListener: (a: string, b: EventListenerOrEventListenerObject, c?: any) => {
+        actualOptions = c;
+      },
+      removeEventListener: (a: string, b: EventListenerOrEventListenerObject, c?: any) => {
+        //noop
+      }
+    };
+
+    const subscription = Observable.fromEvent(<any>obj, 'click', expectedOptions)
+      .subscribe(() => {
+        //noop
+       });
+
+    subscription.unsubscribe();
+
+    expect(actualOptions).to.equal(expectedOptions);
+  });
+
   it('should pass through events that occur', (done: MochaDone) => {
     let send;
     const obj = {
diff --git a/src/observable/FromEventObservable.ts b/src/observable/FromEventObservable.ts
index 3c4fa4a6af..434a004f37 100644
--- a/src/observable/FromEventObservable.ts
+++ b/src/observable/FromEventObservable.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {Observable} from '../Observable';
 import {tryCatch} from '../util/tryCatch';
+import {isFunction} from '../util/isFunction';
 import {errorObject} from '../util/errorObject';
 import {Subscription} from '../Subscription';
 import {Subscriber} from '../Subscriber';
@@ -34,6 +35,14 @@ function isEventTarget(sourceObj: any): sourceObj is EventTarget {
 
 export type EventTargetLike = EventTarget | NodeStyleEventEmmitter | JQueryStyleEventEmitter | NodeList | HTMLCollection;
 
+export type EventListenerOptions = {
+  capture?: boolean;
+  passive?: boolean;
+  once?: boolean;
+} | boolean;
+
+export type SelectorMethodSignature<T> = (...args: Array<any>) => T;
+
 /**
  * We need this JSDoc comment for affecting ESDoc.
  * @extends {Ignored}
@@ -41,6 +50,13 @@ export type EventTargetLike = EventTarget | NodeStyleEventEmmitter | JQueryStyle
  */
 export class FromEventObservable<T, R> extends Observable<T> {
 
+  /* tslint:disable:max-line-length */
+  static create<T>(target: EventTargetLike, eventName: string): Observable<T>;
+  static create<T>(target: EventTargetLike, eventName: string, selector: SelectorMethodSignature<T>): Observable<T>;
+  static create<T>(target: EventTargetLike, eventName: string, options: EventListenerOptions): Observable<T>;
+  static create<T>(target: EventTargetLike, eventName: string, options: EventListenerOptions, selector: SelectorMethodSignature<T>): Observable<T>;
+  /* tslint:enable:max-line-length */
+
   /**
    * Creates an Observable that emits events of a specific type coming from the
    * given event target.
@@ -68,7 +84,8 @@ export class FromEventObservable<T, R> extends Observable<T> {
    * EventEmitter, NodeList or HTMLCollection to attach the event handler to.
    * @param {string} eventName The event name of interest, being emitted by the
    * `target`.
-   * @param {function(...args: any): T} [selector] An optional function to
+   * @parm {EventListenerOptions} [options] Options to pass through to addEventListener
+   * @param {SelectorMethodSignature<T>} [selector] An optional function to
    * post-process results. It takes the arguments from the event handler and
    * should return a single value.
    * @return {Observable<T>}
@@ -78,28 +95,35 @@ export class FromEventObservable<T, R> extends Observable<T> {
    */
   static create<T>(target: EventTargetLike,
                    eventName: string,
-                   selector?: (...args: Array<any>) => T): Observable<T> {
-    return new FromEventObservable(target, eventName, selector);
+                   options?: EventListenerOptions,
+                   selector?: SelectorMethodSignature<T>): Observable<T> {
+    if (isFunction(options)) {
+      selector = <any>options;
+      options = undefined;
+    }
+    return new FromEventObservable(target, eventName, selector, options);
   }
 
   constructor(private sourceObj: EventTargetLike,
               private eventName: string,
-              private selector?: (...args: Array<any>) => T) {
+              private selector?: SelectorMethodSignature<T>,
+              private options?: EventListenerOptions) {
     super();
   }
 
   private static setupSubscription<T>(sourceObj: EventTargetLike,
                                       eventName: string,
                                       handler: Function,
-                                      subscriber: Subscriber<T>) {
+                                      subscriber: Subscriber<T>,
+                                      options?: EventListenerOptions) {
     let unsubscribe: () => void;
     if (isNodeList(sourceObj) || isHTMLCollection(sourceObj)) {
       for (let i = 0, len = sourceObj.length; i < len; i++) {
-        FromEventObservable.setupSubscription(sourceObj[i], eventName, handler, subscriber);
+        FromEventObservable.setupSubscription(sourceObj[i], eventName, handler, subscriber, options);
       }
     } else if (isEventTarget(sourceObj)) {
       const source = sourceObj;
-      sourceObj.addEventListener(eventName, <EventListener>handler);
+      sourceObj.addEventListener(eventName, <EventListener>handler, <boolean>options);
       unsubscribe = () => source.removeEventListener(eventName, <EventListener>handler);
     } else if (isJQueryStyleEventEmitter(sourceObj)) {
       const source = sourceObj;
@@ -117,6 +141,7 @@ export class FromEventObservable<T, R> extends Observable<T> {
   protected _subscribe(subscriber: Subscriber<T>) {
     const sourceObj = this.sourceObj;
     const eventName = this.eventName;
+    const options = this.options;
     const selector = this.selector;
     let handler = selector ? (...args: any[]) => {
       let result = tryCatch(selector)(...args);
@@ -127,6 +152,6 @@ export class FromEventObservable<T, R> extends Observable<T> {
       }
     } : (e: any) => subscriber.next(e);
 
-    FromEventObservable.setupSubscription(sourceObj, eventName, handler, subscriber);
+    FromEventObservable.setupSubscription(sourceObj, eventName, handler, subscriber, options);
   }
 }