diff --git a/angular-chart.js b/angular-chart.js
index 9a3f267a..b3a9a07a 100644
--- a/angular-chart.js
+++ b/angular-chart.js
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@
           chartColors: '=?',
           chartClick: '=?',
           chartHover: '=?',
-          chartDatasetOverride: '=?'
+          chartDatasetOverride: '=?',
+          chartForceUpdate: '=?'
         },
         link: function (scope, elem/*, attrs */) {
           if (useExcanvas) window.G_vmlCanvasManager.initElement(elem[0]);
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@
           scope.$watch('chartData', watchData, true);
           scope.$watch('chartSeries', watchOther, true);
           scope.$watch('chartLabels', watchOther, true);
-          scope.$watch('chartOptions', watchOther, true);
+          scope.$watch('chartOptions', watchOptions, true);
           scope.$watch('chartColors', watchOther, true);
           scope.$watch('chartDatasetOverride', watchOther, true);
           scope.$watch('chartType', watchType, false);
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@
             var chartType = type || scope.chartType;
             if (! chartType) return;
 
-            if (scope.chart && canUpdateChart(newVal, oldVal))
+            if (scope.chart && (canUpdateChart(newVal, oldVal) || scope.chartForceUpdate))
               return updateChart(newVal, scope);
 
             createChart(chartType, scope, elem);
@@ -156,6 +157,12 @@
             createChart(chartType, scope, elem);
           }
 
+          function watchOptions (newVal, oldVal) {
+            if (isEmpty(newVal)) return;
+            if (angular.equals(newVal, oldVal)) return;
+            updateChartOption(newVal, scope)
+          }
+
           function watchType (newVal, oldVal) {
             if (isEmpty(newVal)) return;
             if (angular.equals(newVal, oldVal)) return;
@@ -352,6 +359,18 @@
       cvs.onmousemove = scope.chartHover ? getEventHandler(scope, 'chartHover', true) : angular.noop;
     }
 
+    function updateChartOption(values,scope) {
+      if (values) {
+        Object.keys(values).forEach((key) => {
+          if (scope.chart.options[key]) {
+            scope.chart.options[key] = values[key]
+          }
+        })
+        scope.chart.update('quiet');
+        scope.$emit('chart-update', scope.chart);
+      }
+    }
+
     function updateChart (values, scope) {
       if (Array.isArray(scope.chartData[0])) {
         scope.chart.data.datasets.forEach(function (dataset, i) {