diff --git a/manifests/mysql.pp b/manifests/mysql.pp
index e3793a5..1ffd822 100644
--- a/manifests/mysql.pp
+++ b/manifests/mysql.pp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #      that we can find the correct file to remove).
 #
 #   user, dbusername, dbpassword, dbhost, databases, backupdir,
-#   hotcopy, sqldump, compress, configfile: As defined in the
+#   hotcopy, sqldump, sqldumpoptions, compress, configfile: As defined in the
 #   backupninja documentation, with the caveat that hotcopy, sqldump,
 #   and compress take true/false rather than yes/no.
 #
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   $backupdir = false,
   $hotcopy = false,
   $sqldump = false,
+  $sqldumpoptions = '',
   $compress = false,
   $configfile = true,
   $vsname = false,
diff --git a/templates/mysql.conf.erb b/templates/mysql.conf.erb
index 575d04e..b9c4761 100644
--- a/templates/mysql.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/mysql.conf.erb
@@ -28,5 +28,16 @@ configfile = <%= @real_configfile %>
 <% end -%>
 
 hotcopy = <%= @hotcopy ? 'yes' : 'no' %>
-sqldump = <%= @sqldump ? 'yes' : 'no' %>
+
+<% if @sqldump -%>
+sqldump = yes
+<% if @sqldumpoptions.is_a? String -%>
+<%= 'sqldumpoptions = ' + @sqldumpoptions %>
+<% elsif @sqldumpoptions.is_a? Array -%>
+<%= 'sqldumpoptions = ' + @sqldumpoptions.map { |i| "#{i}" }.join(" ") %>
+<% end -%>
+<% else -%>
+sqldump = no
+<% end -%>
+
 compress = <%= @compress ? 'yes' : 'no' %>