diff --git a/src/if_python.c b/src/if_python.c
index 6e1cb0c..fb2d898 100644
--- a/src/if_python.c
+++ b/src/if_python.c
@@ -1341,6 +1341,7 @@
     PyType_Ready(&BufListType);
     PyType_Ready(&WinListType);
     PyType_Ready(&CurrentType);
+    PyType_Ready(&OptionsType);
 
     /* Set sys.argv[] to avoid a crash in warn(). */
     PySys_SetArgv(1, argv);
@@ -1360,6 +1361,9 @@
     tmp = DictionaryNew(&vimvardict);
     PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "vvars",   tmp);
     Py_DECREF(tmp);
+    tmp = OptionsNew(SREQ_GLOBAL, NULL, dummy_check, NULL);
+    PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "options", tmp);
+    Py_DECREF(tmp);
     PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "VAR_LOCKED",    PyInt_FromLong(VAR_LOCKED));
     PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "VAR_FIXED",     PyInt_FromLong(VAR_FIXED));
     PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "VAR_SCOPE",     PyInt_FromLong(VAR_SCOPE));