diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 573cd75..6287e7c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,4 +45,11 @@ You can also whitelist all domains by setting the second parameter to an asteris
 
 ```
 http-response lua.cors "GET,PUT,POST" "*"
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+To terminate OPTIONS request without sending it to the backend and return an empty response to the client add the following to the same section:
+
+```
+acl is_options method OPTIONS
+http-request use-service lua.empty-response if is_options
+```
diff --git a/lib/cors.lua b/lib/cors.lua
index b131f59..328e0e2 100644
--- a/lib/cors.lua
+++ b/lib/cors.lua
@@ -75,4 +75,15 @@ end
 
 -- Register the actions with HAProxy
 core.register_action("cors", {"http-req"}, cors_request, 0)
-core.register_action("cors", {"http-res"}, cors_response, 2)
\ No newline at end of file
+core.register_action("cors", {"http-res"}, cors_response, 2)
+
+-- Returns an empty response to the client
+function empty_response(applet)
+  applet:add_header("content-length", 0)
+  applet:set_status(204)
+  applet:start_response("")
+  applet:send(response)
+end
+
+-- Register the empty-response service with HAProxy
+core.register_service("empty-response", "http", empty_response)