diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index c1edf2f..0f80686 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "slide"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "angular": "~1.2.6",
+    "angular": "~1.4.0",
     "jquery": "~2.1.0",
     "nouislider": "~6.2.0"
   },
diff --git a/src/nouislider.js b/src/nouislider.js
index d9afa6c..3248839 100644
--- a/src/nouislider.js
+++ b/src/nouislider.js
@@ -10,16 +10,26 @@ angular.module('nouislider', []).directive('slider', function () {
       margin: '@',
       ngModel: '=',
       ngFrom: '=',
-      ngTo: '='
+      ngTo: '=',
+      options: '=?'
     },
     link: function (scope, element, attrs) {
-      var callback, fromParsed, parsedValue, slider, toParsed;
+      var callback, fromParsed, parsedValue, slider, toParsed, options = {};
+
+      if (scope.options) { options = scope.options; }
+
       slider = $(element);
+
+      function initSliderWithOptions(customOptions) {
+        slider.noUiSlider($.extend(options, customOptions));
+      }
+
       callback = scope.callback ? scope.callback : 'slide';
       if (scope.ngFrom != null && scope.ngTo != null) {
         fromParsed = null;
         toParsed = null;
-        slider.noUiSlider({
+
+        initSliderWithOptions({
           start: [
             scope.ngFrom || scope.start,
             scope.ngTo || scope.end
@@ -60,7 +70,7 @@ angular.module('nouislider', []).directive('slider', function () {
         });
       } else {
         parsedValue = null;
-        slider.noUiSlider({
+        initSliderWithOptions({
           start: [scope.ngModel || scope.start],
           step: parseFloat(scope.step || 1),
           range: {
@@ -82,4 +92,4 @@ angular.module('nouislider', []).directive('slider', function () {
       }
     }
   };
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});