diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Transport/SNMP.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Transport/SNMP.pm
index 04f934c2..ead74a7a 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/Transport/SNMP.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Transport/SNMP.pm
@@ -180,6 +180,18 @@ sub _snmp_connect_generic {
     debug sprintf 'snmp transport running in offline mode for: [%s]', $device->ip;
   }
 
+  # any net-snmp options to add or override
+  foreach my $k (keys %{ setting('net_snmp_options') }) {
+    $snmp_args{ $k } = setting('net_snmp_options')->{ $k };
+  }
+
+  if (scalar keys %{ setting('net_snmp_options') }) {
+    foreach my $k (sort keys %snmp_args) {
+        next if $k eq 'MibDirs';
+        debug sprintf 'snmp transport conf: %s => %s', $k, $snmp_args{ $k };
+    }
+  }
+
   # get the community string(s)
   my @communities = get_communities($device, $mode);
 
diff --git a/share/config.yml b/share/config.yml
index 718ee06a..4560e192 100644
--- a/share/config.yml
+++ b/share/config.yml
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ nonincreasing: false
 snmpver: 3
 snmptimeout: 3000000
 snmpretries: 2
+net_snmp_options: {}
 snmp_remoteport: {}
 snmp_field_protection:
   device: