diff --git a/src/core.tsx b/src/core.tsx
index 432627e..a00a233 100644
--- a/src/core.tsx
+++ b/src/core.tsx
@@ -209,7 +209,16 @@ export default class EChartsReactCore extends PureComponent<EChartsReactProps> {
         echartsInstance.resize({
           width: 'auto',
           height: 'auto',
-        });
+
+          // follow echarts v5.1+: https://echarts.apache.org/zh/api.html#echartsInstance.resize
+          // resize:{
+          //   animation?: {
+          //      duration?: number
+          //      easing?: string
+          //      }
+          //    }
+          this.props.opts.resize,
+                               });
       } catch (e) {
         console.warn(e);
       }
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 5e6119f..3301c4d 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export type Opts = {
   readonly width?: number | null | undefined | 'auto';
   readonly height?: number | null | undefined | 'auto';
   readonly locale?: string;
+  readonly resize?: object;
 };
 
 export type EChartsReactProps = {