diff --git a/src/lib/plugins/validator/createAjvValidator.test.ts b/src/lib/plugins/validator/createAjvValidator.test.ts
index 83e69a40..f672860e 100644
--- a/src/lib/plugins/validator/createAjvValidator.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/plugins/validator/createAjvValidator.test.ts
@@ -67,23 +67,23 @@ const schemaDefinitions = {
   }
 }
 
+const invalidJson = {
+  firstName: 'John',
+  lastName: 'Doe',
+  gender: null,
+  age: '28',
+  availableToHire: true,
+  job: {
+    company: 'freelance',
+    role: 'developer',
+    salary: 100
+  }
+}
+
 describe('createAjvValidator', () => {
   it('should create a validate function', () => {
     const validate = createAjvValidator(schema, schemaDefinitions)
 
-    const invalidJson = {
-      firstName: 'John',
-      lastName: 'Doe',
-      gender: null,
-      age: '28',
-      availableToHire: true,
-      job: {
-        company: 'freelance',
-        role: 'developer',
-        salary: 100
-      }
-    }
-
     assert.deepStrictEqual(validate(invalidJson), [
       {
         path: ['gender'],
@@ -96,5 +96,19 @@ describe('createAjvValidator', () => {
     ])
   })
 
+  it('should pass additional Ajv options', () => {
+    const validate = createAjvValidator(schema, schemaDefinitions, {
+      allErrors: false
+    })
+
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(validate(invalidJson), [
+      {
+        path: ['gender'],
+        message: 'should be equal to one of: "male", "female"',
+        severity: 'warning'
+      }
+    ])
+  })
+
   // TODO: test support for draft04, draft-06, draft-07
 })
diff --git a/src/lib/plugins/validator/createAjvValidator.ts b/src/lib/plugins/validator/createAjvValidator.ts
index 2315aa13..91f590f6 100644
--- a/src/lib/plugins/validator/createAjvValidator.ts
+++ b/src/lib/plugins/validator/createAjvValidator.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Options as AjvOptions } from 'ajv'
 import Ajv from 'ajv-dist'
 import type { JSONData } from 'immutable-json-patch'
 import { parsePath } from 'immutable-json-patch'
@@ -10,16 +11,19 @@ import { ValidationSeverity } from '../../types.js'
  * @param [schemaDefinitions=undefined]
  *                    An object containing JSON Schema definitions
  *                    which can be referenced using $ref
+ * @param [ajvOptions] Optional extra options for Ajv
  * @return Returns a validation function
  */
 export function createAjvValidator(
   schema: JSONData,
-  schemaDefinitions: JSONData = undefined
+  schemaDefinitions: JSONData = undefined,
+  ajvOptions: AjvOptions = undefined
 ): Validator {
   const ajv = new Ajv({
     allErrors: true,
     verbose: true,
-    $data: true
+    $data: true,
+    ...ajvOptions
   })
 
   if (schemaDefinitions) {