diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dd40af34..84487ee7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ appear at the top.
   * display more accurate string for commands with spaces being output in `Formatter::Pretty`
     [PR #304](https://github.com/capistrano/sshkit/pull/304)
     @steved
+  * `SSHKit::Formatter::Abstract` now accepts an optional Hash of options
+    [PR #308](https://github.com/capistrano/sshkit/pull/308) @mattbrictson
 
 ## 1.8.1
 
diff --git a/lib/sshkit/formatters/abstract.rb b/lib/sshkit/formatters/abstract.rb
index 8b7c2a68..aa6ab125 100644
--- a/lib/sshkit/formatters/abstract.rb
+++ b/lib/sshkit/formatters/abstract.rb
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ module Formatter
     class Abstract
 
       extend Forwardable
-      attr_reader :original_output
+      attr_reader :original_output, :options
       def_delegators :@original_output, :read, :rewind
       def_delegators :@color, :colorize
 
-      def initialize(output)
+      def initialize(output, options={})
         @original_output = output
+        @options = options
         @color = SSHKit::Color.new(output)
       end