diff --git a/lib/tilt.rb b/lib/tilt.rb
index c4b625c5..87f702b6 100644
--- a/lib/tilt.rb
+++ b/lib/tilt.rb
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class ErubisTemplate < ERBTemplate
     def compile!
       require_template_library 'erubis' unless defined?(::Erubis)
       Erubis::Eruby.class_eval(%Q{def add_preamble(src) src << "@_out_buf = _buf = '';" end})
-      @engine = ::Erubis::Eruby.new(data)
+      @engine = ::Erubis::Eruby.new(data, options)
     end
   end
   register 'erubis', ErubisTemplate
diff --git a/test/spec_tilt_erubistemplate.rb b/test/spec_tilt_erubistemplate.rb
index 1a5f0b55..22c1f647 100644
--- a/test/spec_tilt_erubistemplate.rb
+++ b/test/spec_tilt_erubistemplate.rb
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@
         line.should.equal '6'
       end
     end
+
+    it "passes options to erubis" do
+      template = Tilt::ErubisTemplate.new(nil, :pattern => '\{% %\}') { 'Hey {%= @name %}!' }
+      scope = Object.new
+      scope.instance_variable_set :@name, 'Joe'
+      template.render(scope).should.equal "Hey Joe!"
+    end
   end
 rescue LoadError => boom
   warn "Tilt::ErubisTemplate (disabled)\n"