diff --git a/docs/news.rst b/docs/news.rst
index 37e27325..fff2dd9f 100644
--- a/docs/news.rst
+++ b/docs/news.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Unreleased
 Added
 ~~~~~
 
+- Respond to HTTP ``OPTIONS`` method requests.
 - Add "Last modified" column to the directory listings of log files and item feeds.
 - Add environment variables to override common options. See :doc:`config`.
 - Add documentation on how to add webservices (endpoints). See :ref:`config-services`.
diff --git a/integration_tests/test_webservice.py b/integration_tests/test_webservice.py
index 1fcb7d33..101b263e 100644
--- a/integration_tests/test_webservice.py
+++ b/integration_tests/test_webservice.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import pytest
+import requests
 import scrapy
 
 from integration_tests import req
@@ -11,6 +13,28 @@ def assert_webservice(method, path, expected, **kwargs):
     assert json == expected
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "webservice,method",
+    [
+        ("daemonstatus", "GET"),
+        ("addversion", "POST"),
+        ("schedule", "POST"),
+        ("cancel", "POST"),
+        ("listprojects", "GET"),
+        ("listversions", "GET"),
+        ("listspiders", "GET"),
+        ("listjobs", "GET"),
+        ("delversion", "POST"),
+        ("delproject", "POST"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_options(webservice, method):
+    response = requests.options(f"http://127.0.0.1:6800/{webservice}.json", auth=("hello12345", "67890world"))
+    assert response.status_code == 204, response.status_code
+    assert response.content == b''
+    assert response.headers['Allow'] == f"OPTIONS, HEAD, {method}"
+
+
 def test_daemonstatus():
     assert_webservice(
         "get",
diff --git a/scrapyd/webservice.py b/scrapyd/webservice.py
index 86348116..72b62782 100644
--- a/scrapyd/webservice.py
+++ b/scrapyd/webservice.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from io import BytesIO
 
 from twisted.python import log
+from twisted.web import http
 
 from scrapyd.jobstorage import job_items_url, job_log_url
 from scrapyd.utils import JsonResource, UtilsCache, get_spider_list, native_stringify_dict
@@ -26,6 +27,16 @@ def render(self, txrequest):
             r = {"node_name": self.root.nodename, "status": "error", "message": str(e)}
             return self.render_object(r, txrequest).encode('utf-8')
 
+    def render_OPTIONS(self, txrequest):
+        methods = ['OPTIONS', 'HEAD']
+        if hasattr(self, 'render_GET'):
+            methods.append('GET')
+        if hasattr(self, 'render_POST'):
+            methods.append('POST')
+        txrequest.setHeader('Allow', ', '.join(methods))
+        txrequest.setResponseCode(http.NO_CONTENT)
+        return b''
+
 
 class DaemonStatus(WsResource):