diff --git a/lib/faraday_middleware/response/parse_json.rb b/lib/faraday_middleware/response/parse_json.rb
index 34d80c8e..d04b6a8c 100644
--- a/lib/faraday_middleware/response/parse_json.rb
+++ b/lib/faraday_middleware/response/parse_json.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class ParseJson < ResponseMiddleware
     end
 
     define_parser do |body, parser_options|
-      ::JSON.parse body unless body.strip.empty?
+      ::JSON.parse(body, parser_options) unless body.strip.empty?
     end
 
     # Public: Override the content-type of the response with "application/json"