diff --git a/Network/Curl/Download.hs b/Network/Curl/Download.hs
--- a/Network/Curl/Download.hs
+++ b/Network/Curl/Download.hs
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
         , openAsXML
         , openAsFeed
 
+        -- * A lower level interface
+        , openURIWithOpts
     ) where
 
 import Network.Curl
@@ -64,13 +66,7 @@
 -- > openURI "http://haskell.org"
 --
 openURI :: String -> IO (Either String S.ByteString)
-openURI s = case parseURL s of
-     Nothing  -> return $ Left $ "Malformed url: "++ s
-     Just url -> do
-        e <- getFile url []
-        return $ case e of
-             Left err   -> Left $ "Failed to connect: " ++ err
-             Right src  -> Right src
+openURI s = openURIWithOpts [] s
 
 -- | Like openURI, but returns the result as a 'String'
 --
@@ -80,6 +76,22 @@
 --
 openURIString :: String -> IO (Either String String)
 openURIString s = (fmap Char8.unpack) `fmap` openURI s
+
+
+-- | Like openURI, but takes curl options.
+--
+-- Examples:
+--
+-- > openURIWithOpts [CurlPost True] "http://haskell.org"
+--
+openURIWithOpts :: [CurlOption] -> String -> IO (Either String S.ByteString)
+openURIWithOpts opts s = case parseURL s of
+     Nothing  -> return $ Left $ "Malformed url: "++ s
+     Just url -> do
+        e <- getFile url opts
+        return $ case e of
+             Left err   -> Left $ "Failed to connect: " ++ err
+             Right src  -> Right src
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Parser interface:
diff --git a/Network/Curl/Download/Lazy.hs b/Network/Curl/Download/Lazy.hs
--- a/Network/Curl/Download/Lazy.hs
+++ b/Network/Curl/Download/Lazy.hs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
         -- * The basic lazy interface to network content
           openLazyURI
+        , openLazyURIWithOpts
 
     ) where
 
@@ -46,13 +47,22 @@
 --
 -- Examples:
 --
--- > openURI "http://haskell.org"
+-- > openLazyURI "http://haskell.org"
 --
 openLazyURI :: String -> IO (Either String L.ByteString)
-openLazyURI s = case parseURL s of
+openLazyURI s = openLazyURIWithOpts [] s
+
+-- | Like openURI, but takes curl options.
+--
+-- Examples:
+--
+-- > openLazyURIWithOpts [CurlPost True] "http://haskell.org"
+--
+openLazyURIWithOpts :: [CurlOption] -> String -> IO (Either String L.ByteString)
+openLazyURIWithOpts opts s = case parseURL s of
      Nothing  -> return $ Left $ "Malformed url: "++ s
      Just url -> do
-        e <- getFile url []
+        e <- getFile url opts
         return $ case e of
              Left err   -> Left $ "Failed to connect: " ++ err
              Right src  -> Right src
diff --git a/download-curl.cabal b/download-curl.cabal
--- a/download-curl.cabal
+++ b/download-curl.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            download-curl
-version:         0.1
+version:         0.1.1
 homepage:        http://code.haskell.org/~dons/code/download-curl
 synopsis:        High-level file download based on URLs
 description:     High-level file download based on URLs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  tags, XML, RSS or Atom feeds or JSON, using the curl network library.
  .
  Importing the library:
- .                 
+ .
  > import Network.Curl.Download
  .
  Loading a webpage as a "ByteString":