diff --git a/hbase-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/http/HttpServerUtil.java b/hbase-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/http/HttpServerUtil.java
index 777ced009b8..e41daf31079 100644
--- a/hbase-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/http/HttpServerUtil.java
+++ b/hbase-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/http/HttpServerUtil.java
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ public final class HttpServerUtil {
   /**
    * Add constraints to a Jetty Context to disallow undesirable Http methods.
    * @param ctxHandler The context to modify
+   * @param allowOptionsMethod if true then OPTIONS method will not be set in constraint mapping
    */
-  public static void constrainHttpMethods(ServletContextHandler ctxHandler) {
+  public static void constrainHttpMethods(ServletContextHandler ctxHandler,
+      boolean allowOptionsMethod) {
     Constraint c = new Constraint();
     c.setAuthenticate(true);
 
@@ -41,13 +43,17 @@ public final class HttpServerUtil {
     cmt.setMethod("TRACE");
     cmt.setPathSpec("/*");
 
-    ConstraintMapping cmo = new ConstraintMapping();
-    cmo.setConstraint(c);
-    cmo.setMethod("OPTIONS");
-    cmo.setPathSpec("/*");
-
     ConstraintSecurityHandler securityHandler = new ConstraintSecurityHandler();
-    securityHandler.setConstraintMappings(new ConstraintMapping[]{ cmt, cmo });
+
+    if (!allowOptionsMethod) {
+      ConstraintMapping cmo = new ConstraintMapping();
+      cmo.setConstraint(c);
+      cmo.setMethod("OPTIONS");
+      cmo.setPathSpec("/*");
+      securityHandler.setConstraintMappings(new ConstraintMapping[] { cmt, cmo });
+    } else {
+      securityHandler.setConstraintMappings(new ConstraintMapping[] { cmt });
+    }
 
     ctxHandler.setSecurityHandler(securityHandler);
   }
diff --git a/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RESTServer.java b/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RESTServer.java
index 591eae9f02a..cad63a4ff09 100644
--- a/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RESTServer.java
+++ b/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RESTServer.java
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ public class RESTServer implements Constants {
 
   private static final String PATH_SPEC_ANY = "/*";
 
+  static String REST_HTTP_ALLOW_OPTIONS_METHOD = "hbase.rest.http.allow.options.method";
+  // HTTP OPTIONS method is commonly used in REST APIs for negotiation. So it is enabled by default.
+  private static boolean REST_HTTP_ALLOW_OPTIONS_METHOD_DEFAULT = true;
+
   private static void printUsageAndExit(Options options, int exitCode) {
     HelpFormatter formatter = new HelpFormatter();
     formatter.printHelp("hbase rest start", "", options,
@@ -341,7 +345,8 @@ public class RESTServer implements Constants {
       ctxHandler.addFilter(filter, PATH_SPEC_ANY, EnumSet.of(DispatcherType.REQUEST));
     }
     addCSRFFilter(ctxHandler, conf);
-    HttpServerUtil.constrainHttpMethods(ctxHandler);
+    HttpServerUtil.constrainHttpMethods(ctxHandler, servlet.getConfiguration()
+        .getBoolean(REST_HTTP_ALLOW_OPTIONS_METHOD, REST_HTTP_ALLOW_OPTIONS_METHOD_DEFAULT));
 
     // Put up info server.
     int port = conf.getInt("hbase.rest.info.port", 8085);
diff --git a/hbase-rest/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/HBaseRESTTestingUtility.java b/hbase-rest/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/HBaseRESTTestingUtility.java
index 273010a334d..38c734df0eb 100644
--- a/hbase-rest/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/HBaseRESTTestingUtility.java
+++ b/hbase-rest/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/HBaseRESTTestingUtility.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class HBaseRESTTestingUtility {
     conf.set(RESTServer.REST_CSRF_BROWSER_USERAGENTS_REGEX_KEY, ".*");
     RESTServer.addCSRFFilter(ctxHandler, conf);
 
-    HttpServerUtil.constrainHttpMethods(ctxHandler);
+    HttpServerUtil.constrainHttpMethods(ctxHandler, true);
 
     // start the server
     server.start();
diff --git a/hbase-thrift/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/ThriftServerRunner.java b/hbase-thrift/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/ThriftServerRunner.java
index 1db9256bd62..49f20a23b17 100644
--- a/hbase-thrift/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/ThriftServerRunner.java
+++ b/hbase-thrift/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/ThriftServerRunner.java
@@ -224,6 +224,9 @@ public class ThriftServerRunner implements Runnable {
 
   private final JvmPauseMonitor pauseMonitor;
 
+  static String THRIFT_HTTP_ALLOW_OPTIONS_METHOD = "hbase.thrift.http.allow.options.method";
+  private static boolean THRIFT_HTTP_ALLOW_OPTIONS_METHOD_DEFAULT = false;
+
   /** An enum of server implementation selections */
   public enum ImplType {
     HS_HA("hsha", true, THsHaServer.class, true),
@@ -458,7 +461,8 @@ public class ThriftServerRunner implements Runnable {
     ServletContextHandler ctxHandler = new ServletContextHandler(httpServer, "/",
             ServletContextHandler.SESSIONS);
     ctxHandler.addServlet(new ServletHolder(thriftHttpServlet), "/*");
-    HttpServerUtil.constrainHttpMethods(ctxHandler);
+    HttpServerUtil.constrainHttpMethods(ctxHandler,
+      conf.getBoolean(THRIFT_HTTP_ALLOW_OPTIONS_METHOD, THRIFT_HTTP_ALLOW_OPTIONS_METHOD_DEFAULT));
 
     // set up Jetty and run the embedded server
     HttpConfiguration httpConfig = new HttpConfiguration();