diff --git a/stan.go b/stan.go
index a8b5631..6458874 100644
--- a/stan.go
+++ b/stan.go
@@ -137,8 +137,16 @@ type Options struct {
 	// the NATS streaming connection does NOT close this NATS connection.
 	// It is the responsibility of the application to manage the lifetime of
 	// the supplied NATS connection.
+	//
+	// DEPRECATED: Users should provide NATS options through NatsOptions()
+	// instead to configure the underlying NATS connection.
 	NatsConn *nats.Conn
 
+	// NatsOptions is an array of NATS options to configure the NATS connection
+	// that will be created and owned by the library. Note that some options
+	// may be overridden by the library.
+	NatsOptions []nats.Option
+
 	// ConnectTimeout is the timeout for the initial Connect(). This value is also
 	// used for some of the internal request/replies with the cluster.
 	ConnectTimeout time.Duration
@@ -246,6 +254,9 @@ func MaxPubAcksInflight(max int) Option {
 // NatsConn is an Option to set the underlying NATS connection to be used
 // by a streaming connection object. When such option is set, closing the
 // streaming connection does not close the provided NATS connection.
+//
+// DEPRECATED: Users should use NatsOptions instead to configure the
+// underlying NATS Connection created by the Streaming connection.
 func NatsConn(nc *nats.Conn) Option {
 	return func(o *Options) error {
 		o.NatsConn = nc
@@ -253,6 +264,16 @@ func NatsConn(nc *nats.Conn) Option {
 	}
 }
 
+// NatsOptions is an Option to provide the NATS options that will be used
+// to create the underlying NATS connection to be used by a streaming
+// connection object.
+func NatsOptions(opts ...nats.Option) Option {
+	return func(o *Options) error {
+		o.NatsOptions = append([]nats.Option(nil), opts...)
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // Pings is an Option to set the ping interval and max out values.
 // The interval needs to be at least 1 and represents the number
 // of seconds.
@@ -357,15 +378,22 @@ func Connect(stanClusterID, clientID string, options ...Option) (Conn, error) {
 	c.nc = c.opts.NatsConn
 	// Create a NATS connection if it doesn't exist.
 	if c.nc == nil {
+		nopts := c.opts.NatsOptions
+		nopts = append(nopts, nats.MaxReconnects(-1), nats.ReconnectBufSize(-1))
+		// Set name only if not provided by the user...
+		var do nats.Options
+		for _, o := range nopts {
+			o(&do)
+		}
+		if do.Name == "" {
+			nopts = append(nopts, nats.Name(clientID))
+		}
 		// We will set the max reconnect attempts to -1 (infinite)
 		// and the reconnect buffer to -1 to prevent any buffering
 		// (which may cause a published message to be flushed on
 		// reconnect while the API may have returned an error due
 		// to PubAck timeout.
-		nc, err := nats.Connect(c.opts.NatsURL,
-			nats.Name(clientID),
-			nats.MaxReconnects(-1),
-			nats.ReconnectBufSize(-1))
+		nc, err := nats.Connect(c.opts.NatsURL, nopts...)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/stan_test.go b/stan_test.go
index f708b24..1c0b734 100644
--- a/stan_test.go
+++ b/stan_test.go
@@ -2736,3 +2736,28 @@ func TestSubTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected sub close request: %+v", req)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNatsOptions(t *testing.T) {
+	snopts := natsd.DefaultTestOptions
+	snopts.Username = "foo"
+	snopts.Password = "bar"
+	ns := natsd.RunServer(&snopts)
+	defer ns.Shutdown()
+
+	opts := server.GetDefaultOptions()
+	opts.NATSServerURL = "nats://foo:bar@127.0.0.1:4222"
+	opts.ID = clusterName
+	s := runServerWithOpts(opts)
+	defer s.Shutdown()
+
+	sc, err := Connect(clusterName, clientName,
+		NatsOptions(nats.UserInfo("foo", "bar"), nats.Name("test")))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error connecting: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer sc.Close()
+
+	if n := sc.NatsConn().Opts.Name; n != "test" {
+		t.Fatalf("Name was not used: %q instead of %q", n, "test")
+	}
+}