diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94e8e06
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diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 3eaff64..24c32b9 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ gem 'rspec-mocks'
 
 gem 'solargraph'
 
+gem 'pry'
 gem 'rake'
 gem 'rubocop'
diff --git a/examples/core_api/main_authenticator.rb b/examples/core_api/main_authenticator.rb
index f24e87e..212cdc0 100644
--- a/examples/core_api/main_authenticator.rb
+++ b/examples/core_api/main_authenticator.rb
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ def call
       cors.methods = %w[GET POST PUT PATCH DELETE OPTIONS]
 
       # Define a list of cors headers that are permitted for the request.
-      cors.headers = %w[X-Custom-Header]
+      cors.headers = %w[Authorization Content-Type] # or allow all with '*'
 
       # Define a the hostname to allow for CORS requests.
       cors.origin = '*' # or 'example.com'
-      cors.origin = 'krystal.uk'
+
+      return if request.options?
 
       given_token = request.headers['authorization']&.sub(/\ABearer /, '')
-      case given_token
-      when 'example'
+      if given_token == 'example'
         request.identity = { name: 'Example User', id: 1234 }
       else
         raise_error 'CoreAPI/MainAuthenticator/InvalidToken', given_token: given_token.to_s
diff --git a/lib/apia/rack.rb b/lib/apia/rack.rb
index 485ccfd..761617e 100644
--- a/lib/apia/rack.rb
+++ b/lib/apia/rack.rb
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ def handle_request(env, api_path)
 
       validate_api if development?
 
-      route = find_route(request_method, api_path)
+      access_control_request_method = env['HTTP_ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD']&.upcase if request_method == 'OPTIONS'
+      route = find_route((access_control_request_method || request_method), api_path)
       if route.nil?
         Apia::Notifications.notify(:request_route_not_found, notify_hash)
         raise RackError.new(404, 'route_not_found', "No route matches '#{api_path}' for #{request_method}")
diff --git a/spec/specs/apia/rack_spec.rb b/spec/specs/apia/rack_spec.rb
index 8710386..8b6372f 100644
--- a/spec/specs/apia/rack_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/specs/apia/rack_spec.rb
@@ -154,6 +154,51 @@ def call(_env)
       expect(Apia::Notifications).to have_received(:notify).with(:request_end, hash_including(path: 'test', method: 'GET', env: kind_of(Hash))).once
     end
 
+    it 'should handle OPTIONS requests' do
+      controller = Apia::Controller.create('Controller') do
+        endpoint :test do
+          action do
+            response.add_field :hello, 'world'
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      auth = Apia::Authenticator.create('Authenticator') do
+        action do
+          cors.methods = %w[GET OPTIONS]
+          cors.headers = %w[Authorization Content-Type]
+          cors.origin = 'example.com'
+          next if request.options?
+
+          response.add_header 'x-executed', 123
+        end
+      end
+      api = Apia::API.create('MyAPI') do
+        authenticator auth
+
+        routes do
+          get 'test', controller: controller, endpoint: :test
+        end
+      end
+      rack = described_class.new(app, api, 'api/v1')
+      mock_request = Rack::MockRequest.env_for(
+        '/api/v1/test',
+        'REQUEST_METHOD' => 'OPTIONS',
+        'HTTP_ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD' => 'GET'
+      )
+      result = rack.call(mock_request)
+      expect(result).to be_a Array
+      expect(result[0]).to eq 200
+
+      headers = result[1]
+      expect(headers['Access-Control-Allow-Methods']).to eq 'GET, OPTIONS'
+      expect(headers['Access-Control-Allow-Headers']).to eq 'Authorization, Content-Type'
+      expect(headers['Access-Control-Allow-Origin']).to eq 'example.com'
+      expect(headers['x-executed'].nil?).to be true
+
+      # assert body is empty (does not contain the response from the test endpoint)
+      expect(result[2][0]).to eq('""')
+    end
+
     it 'should catch rack errors and return an error triplet' do
       api = Apia::API.create('MyAPI')
       rack = described_class.new(app, api, 'api/v1', development: true)