diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/html.rb b/lib/nokogiri/html.rb
index 617cf9c7fe..276c2deeb2 100644
--- a/lib/nokogiri/html.rb
+++ b/lib/nokogiri/html.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def parse thing, url = nil, encoding = nil, options = XML::ParseOptions::DEFAULT
 
       ####
       # Parse a fragment from +string+ in to a NodeSet.
-      def fragment string, encoding = nil, options = nil, &block
+      def fragment string, encoding = nil, options = XML::ParseOptions::DEFAULT_HTML, &block
         HTML::DocumentFragment.parse string, encoding, options, &block
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/html/document_fragment.rb b/lib/nokogiri/html/document_fragment.rb
index 3546d99a4a..eab510820c 100644
--- a/lib/nokogiri/html/document_fragment.rb
+++ b/lib/nokogiri/html/document_fragment.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module HTML
     class DocumentFragment < Nokogiri::XML::DocumentFragment
       ####
       # Create a Nokogiri::XML::DocumentFragment from +tags+, using +encoding+
-      def self.parse tags, encoding = nil, options = nil
+      def self.parse tags, encoding = nil, options = XML::ParseOptions::DEFAULT_HTML, &block
         doc = HTML::Document.new
 
         encoding ||= if tags.respond_to?(:encoding)
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ def self.parse tags, encoding = nil, options = nil
 
         doc.encoding = encoding
 
-        new(doc, tags, nil, options)
+        new(doc, tags, nil, options, &block)
       end
 
-      def initialize document, tags = nil, ctx = nil, options = nil, &block
+      def initialize document, tags = nil, ctx = nil, options = XML::ParseOptions::DEFAULT_HTML, &block
         return self unless tags
 
         if ctx
diff --git a/test/html/test_document_fragment.rb b/test/html/test_document_fragment.rb
index 3a85740b42..6cd3da60d7 100644
--- a/test/html/test_document_fragment.rb
+++ b/test/html/test_document_fragment.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ def test_colons_are_not_removed
         assert_match(/3:30/, doc.to_s)
       end
 
+      def test_passed_options_have_an_effect
+        html = "<span>test</span"
+        doc = Nokogiri::HTML::DocumentFragment.parse(html) do |options|
+          options.norecover
+        end
+        assert_equal "<span>test</span>", doc.to_html
+      end
+
       def test_parse_encoding
         fragment = "<div>hello world</div>"
         f = Nokogiri::HTML::DocumentFragment.parse fragment, 'ISO-8859-1'