diff --git a/packages/icu-messageformat-parser/index.ts b/packages/icu-messageformat-parser/index.ts
index 32acb9fdae..b896ee8750 100644
--- a/packages/icu-messageformat-parser/index.ts
+++ b/packages/icu-messageformat-parser/index.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export function parse(message: string, opts: ParserOptions = {}) {
   }
   return result.val
 }
+export {ParserOptions}
 export * from './types'
 // only for testing
 export const _Parser = Parser
diff --git a/packages/intl-messageformat/src/core.ts b/packages/intl-messageformat/src/core.ts
index 25223e1f6e..514e629f7a 100644
--- a/packages/intl-messageformat/src/core.ts
+++ b/packages/intl-messageformat/src/core.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ Copyrights licensed under the New BSD License.
 See the accompanying LICENSE file for terms.
 */
 
-import {parse, MessageFormatElement} from '@formatjs/icu-messageformat-parser'
+import {
+  parse,
+  MessageFormatElement,
+  ParserOptions,
+} from '@formatjs/icu-messageformat-parser'
 import memoize, {Cache, strategies} from '@formatjs/fast-memoize'
 import {
   FormatterCache,
@@ -53,15 +57,8 @@ function mergeConfigs(
   )
 }
 
-export interface Options {
+export interface Options extends Omit<ParserOptions, 'locale'> {
   formatters?: Formatters
-  /**
-   * Whether to treat HTML/XML tags as string literal
-   * instead of parsing them as tag token.
-   * When this is false we only allow simple tags without
-   * any attributes
-   */
-  ignoreTag?: boolean
 }
 
 function createFastMemoizeCache<V>(
@@ -133,9 +130,10 @@ export class IntlMessageFormat {
           'IntlMessageFormat.__parse must be set to process `message` of type `string`'
         )
       }
+      const {formatters, ...parseOpts} = opts || {}
       // Parse string messages into an AST.
       this.ast = IntlMessageFormat.__parse(message, {
-        ignoreTag: opts?.ignoreTag,
+        ...parseOpts,
         locale: this.resolvedLocale,
       })
     } else {
diff --git a/packages/intl-messageformat/tests/index.test.ts b/packages/intl-messageformat/tests/index.test.ts
index cce916dc0a..64780b39b6 100644
--- a/packages/intl-messageformat/tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/intl-messageformat/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -469,6 +469,24 @@ describe('IntlMessageFormat', function () {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('select message without other clause', function () {
+    const msg = '{variable, select, a {A} b {B} c {C}}'
+
+    it('should throw by default', function () {
+      expect(() => {
+        new IntlMessageFormat(msg, 'en')
+      }).toThrow(/MISSING_OTHER_CLAUSE/)
+    })
+
+    it('should not throw when requiresOtherClause is false', function () {
+      expect(() => {
+        new IntlMessageFormat(msg, 'en', undefined, {
+          requiresOtherClause: false,
+        })
+      }).not.toThrow()
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('selectordinal arguments', function () {
     const msg =
       'This is my {year, selectordinal, one{#st} two{#nd} few{#rd} other{#th}} birthday.'