diff --git a/src/browser/Terminal.ts b/src/browser/Terminal.ts
index b0506850..5336382d 100644
--- a/src/browser/Terminal.ts
+++ b/src/browser/Terminal.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import { MouseZoneManager } from 'browser/MouseZoneManager';
 import { AccessibilityManager } from './AccessibilityManager';
 import { ITheme, IMarker, IDisposable, ISelectionPosition, ILinkProvider } from 'xterm';
 import { DomRenderer } from 'browser/renderer/dom/DomRenderer';
-import { IKeyboardEvent, KeyboardResultType, CoreMouseEventType, CoreMouseButton, CoreMouseAction, ITerminalOptions, ScrollSource, IAnsiColorChangeEvent } from 'common/Types';
+import { IKeyboardEvent, KeyboardResultType, CoreMouseEventType, CoreMouseButton, CoreMouseAction, ScrollSource, IAnsiColorChangeEvent } from 'common/Types';
 import { evaluateKeyboardEvent } from 'common/input/Keyboard';
 import { EventEmitter, IEvent, forwardEvent } from 'common/EventEmitter';
 import { DEFAULT_ATTR_DATA } from 'common/buffer/BufferLine';
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import { CoreBrowserService } from 'browser/services/CoreBrowserService';
 import { CoreTerminal } from 'common/CoreTerminal';
 import { rgba } from 'browser/Color';
 import { CharacterJoinerService } from 'browser/services/CharacterJoinerService';
+import { ITerminalOptions } from 'common/services/Services';
 
 // Let it work inside Node.js for automated testing purposes.
 const document: Document = (typeof window !== 'undefined') ? window.document : null as any;
@@ -73,6 +74,13 @@ export class Terminal extends CoreTerminal implements ITerminal {
 
   public browser: IBrowser = Browser as any;
 
+  public get options(): ITerminalOptions { return this.optionsService.options; }
+  public set options(options: ITerminalOptions) {
+    for (const key in options) {
+      this.optionsService.options[key] = options[key];
+    }
+  }
+
   private _customKeyEventHandler: CustomKeyEventHandler | undefined;
 
   // browser services
diff --git a/src/common/CoreTerminal.ts b/src/common/CoreTerminal.ts
index 6ef9011a..ab1d6c24 100644
--- a/src/common/CoreTerminal.ts
+++ b/src/common/CoreTerminal.ts
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
  */
 
 import { Disposable } from 'common/Lifecycle';
-import { IInstantiationService, IOptionsService, IBufferService, ILogService, ICharsetService, ICoreService, ICoreMouseService, IUnicodeService, IDirtyRowService, LogLevelEnum, ITerminalOptions } from 'common/services/Services';
+import { IInstantiationService, IOptionsService, IBufferService, ILogService, ICharsetService, ICoreService, ICoreMouseService, IUnicodeService, IDirtyRowService, LogLevelEnum } from 'common/services/Services';
 import { InstantiationService } from 'common/services/InstantiationService';
 import { LogService } from 'common/services/LogService';
 import { BufferService, MINIMUM_COLS, MINIMUM_ROWS } from 'common/services/BufferService';
 import { OptionsService } from 'common/services/OptionsService';
-import { IDisposable, IBufferLine, IAttributeData, ICoreTerminal, IKeyboardEvent, IScrollEvent, ScrollSource } from 'common/Types';
+import { IDisposable, IBufferLine, IAttributeData, ICoreTerminal, IKeyboardEvent, IScrollEvent, ScrollSource, ITerminalOptions } from 'common/Types';
 import { CoreService } from 'common/services/CoreService';
 import { EventEmitter, IEvent, forwardEvent } from 'common/EventEmitter';
 import { CoreMouseService } from 'common/services/CoreMouseService';
diff --git a/typings/xterm.d.ts b/typings/xterm.d.ts
index 234b7ea0..2a274a24 100644
--- a/typings/xterm.d.ts
+++ b/typings/xterm.d.ts
@@ -653,10 +653,9 @@ declare module 'xterm' {
      * terminal.options = {
      *   fontSize: 12,
      *   fontFamily: 'Arial',
-     * ;
+     * };
      * ```
      */
-     */
     options: ITerminalOptions;
 
     /**