diff --git a/socketio/kombu_manager.py b/socketio/kombu_manager.py
index 4394a6d..4eb9ee4 100644
--- a/socketio/kombu_manager.py
+++ b/socketio/kombu_manager.py
@@ -34,11 +34,21 @@ class KombuManager(PubSubManager):  # pragma: no cover
     :param write_only: If set ot ``True``, only initialize to emit events. The
                        default of ``False`` initializes the class for emitting
                        and receiving.
+    :param connection_options: additional keyword arguments to be passed to
+                               ``kombu.Connection()``.
+    :param exchange_options: additional keyword arguments to be passed to
+                             ``kombu.Exchange()``.
+    :param queue_options: additional keyword arguments to be passed to
+                          ``kombu.Queue()``.
+    :param producer_options: additional keyword arguments to be passed to
+                             ``kombu.Producer()``.
     """
     name = 'kombu'
 
     def __init__(self, url='amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672//',
-                 channel='socketio', write_only=False, logger=None):
+                 channel='socketio', write_only=False, logger=None,
+                 connection_options=None, exchange_options=None,
+                 queue_options=None, producer_options=None):
         if kombu is None:
             raise RuntimeError('Kombu package is not installed '
                                '(Run "pip install kombu" in your '
@@ -47,6 +57,10 @@ class KombuManager(PubSubManager):  # pragma: no cover
                                            write_only=write_only,
                                            logger=logger)
         self.url = url
+        self.connection_options = connection_options or {}
+        self.exchange_options = exchange_options or {}
+        self.queue_options = queue_options or {}
+        self.producer_options = producer_options or {}
         self.producer = self._producer()
 
     def initialize(self):
@@ -65,19 +79,22 @@ class KombuManager(PubSubManager):  # pragma: no cover
                 'with ' + self.server.async_mode)
 
     def _connection(self):
-        return kombu.Connection(self.url)
+        return kombu.Connection(self.url, **self.connection_options)
 
     def _exchange(self):
-        return kombu.Exchange(self.channel, type='fanout', durable=False)
+        options = {'type': 'fanout', 'durable': False}
+        options.update(self.exchange_options)
+        return kombu.Exchange(self.channel, **options)
 
     def _queue(self):
         queue_name = 'flask-socketio.' + str(uuid.uuid4())
-        return kombu.Queue(queue_name, self._exchange(),
-                           durable=False,
-                           queue_arguments={'x-expires': 300000})
+        options = {'durable': False, 'queue_arguments': {'x-expires': 300000}}
+        options.update(self.queue_options)
+        return kombu.Queue(queue_name, self._exchange(), **options)
 
     def _producer(self):
-        return self._connection().Producer(exchange=self._exchange())
+        return self._connection().Producer(exchange=self._exchange(),
+                                           **self.producer_options)
 
     def __error_callback(self, exception, interval):
         self._get_logger().exception('Sleeping {}s'.format(interval))
diff --git a/socketio/redis_manager.py b/socketio/redis_manager.py
index 69be586..ad38334 100644
--- a/socketio/redis_manager.py
+++ b/socketio/redis_manager.py
@@ -33,16 +33,19 @@ class RedisManager(PubSubManager):  # pragma: no cover
     :param write_only: If set ot ``True``, only initialize to emit events. The
                        default of ``False`` initializes the class for emitting
                        and receiving.
+    :param redis_options: additional keyword arguments to be passed to
+                          ``Redis.from_url()``.
     """
     name = 'redis'
 
     def __init__(self, url='redis://localhost:6379/0', channel='socketio',
-                 write_only=False, logger=None):
+                 write_only=False, logger=None, redis_options=None):
         if redis is None:
             raise RuntimeError('Redis package is not installed '
                                '(Run "pip install redis" in your '
                                'virtualenv).')
         self.redis_url = url
+        self.redis_options = redis_options or {}
         self._redis_connect()
         super(RedisManager, self).__init__(channel=channel,
                                            write_only=write_only,
@@ -64,7 +67,8 @@ class RedisManager(PubSubManager):  # pragma: no cover
                 'with ' + self.server.async_mode)
 
     def _redis_connect(self):
-        self.redis = redis.Redis.from_url(self.redis_url)
+        self.redis = redis.Redis.from_url(self.redis_url,
+                                          **self.redis_options)
         self.pubsub = self.redis.pubsub()
 
     def _publish(self, data):