diff --git a/waku/common/config.go b/waku/common/config.go
index 5026ab0..6c00f84 100644
--- a/waku/common/config.go
+++ b/waku/common/config.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package common
 
+type ExtraOptions map[string]interface{}
+
 type WakuConfig struct {
 	Host                        string           `json:"host,omitempty"`
 	Nodekey                     string           `json:"nodekey,omitempty"`
diff --git a/waku/nwaku.go b/waku/nwaku.go
index 03133da..a20b4e4 100644
--- a/waku/nwaku.go
+++ b/waku/nwaku.go
@@ -346,19 +346,24 @@ func GoCallback(ret C.int, msg *C.char, len C.size_t, resp unsafe.Pointer) {
 type WakuNode struct {
 	wakuCtx              unsafe.Pointer
 	config               *common.WakuConfig
+	extraOptions         common.ExtraOptions
 	MsgChan              chan common.Envelope
 	TopicHealthChan      chan topicHealth
 	ConnectionChangeChan chan connectionChange
 	nodeName             string
 }
 
-func NewWakuNode(config *common.WakuConfig, nodeName string) (*WakuNode, error) {
+func NewWakuNode(config *common.WakuConfig, nodeName string, opts ...WakuNodeOption) (*WakuNode, error) {
 	Debug("Creating new WakuNode: %v", nodeName)
 	n := &WakuNode{
 		config:   config,
 		nodeName: nodeName,
 	}
 
+	for _, o := range opts {
+		o(n)
+	}
+
 	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
 
 	jsonConfig, err := json.Marshal(config)
@@ -366,6 +371,22 @@ func NewWakuNode(config *common.WakuConfig, nodeName string) (*WakuNode, error)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if len(n.extraOptions) > 0 {
+		configMap := make(common.ExtraOptions)
+		err = json.Unmarshal(jsonConfig, &configMap)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		for k, v := range n.extraOptions {
+			configMap[k] = v
+		}
+		jsonConfig, err = json.Marshal(configMap)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	var cJsonConfig = C.CString(string(jsonConfig))
 	var resp = C.allocResp(unsafe.Pointer(&wg))
 
@@ -1314,7 +1335,7 @@ func GetFreePortIfNeeded(tcpPort int, discV5UDPPort int) (int, int, error) {
 }
 
 // Create & start node
-func StartWakuNode(nodeName string, customCfg *common.WakuConfig) (*WakuNode, error) {
+func StartWakuNode(nodeName string, customCfg *common.WakuConfig, opts ...WakuNodeOption) (*WakuNode, error) {
 
 	Debug("Initializing %s", nodeName)
 
@@ -1339,7 +1360,7 @@ func StartWakuNode(nodeName string, customCfg *common.WakuConfig) (*WakuNode, er
 	}
 
 	Debug("Creating %s", nodeName)
-	node, err := NewWakuNode(&nodeCfg, nodeName)
+	node, err := NewWakuNode(&nodeCfg, nodeName, opts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		Error("Failed to create %s: %v", nodeName, err)
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/waku/options.go b/waku/options.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74eaaf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waku/options.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package waku
+
+import "github.com/waku-org/waku-go-bindings/waku/common"
+
+type WakuNodeOption func(*WakuNode)
+
+// This allows you to pass arbitrary valid config options to Nwaku based on https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/blob/master/waku/factory/external_config.nim
+// It is mostly for development and experimental purposes and will be removed in the future.
+func WithExtraOptions(extraOptions common.ExtraOptions) WakuNodeOption {
+	return func(wn *WakuNode) {
+		wn.extraOptions = extraOptions
+	}
+}