diff --git a/Classes/GTRepository.h b/Classes/GTRepository.h
index 9b410e646..79dcb592a 100644
--- a/Classes/GTRepository.h
+++ b/Classes/GTRepository.h
@@ -94,6 +94,25 @@ typedef enum {
 	GTCheckoutNotifyAll = GIT_CHECKOUT_NOTIFY_ALL,
 } GTCheckoutNotifyFlags;
 
+// Transport flags sent as options to +cloneFromURL... method
+typedef enum {
+	GTTransportFlagsNone = GIT_TRANSPORTFLAGS_NONE,
+	// If you pass this flag and the connection is secured with SSL/TLS,
+	// the authenticity of the server certificate will not be verified.
+	GTTransportFlagsNoCheckCert = GIT_TRANSPORTFLAGS_NO_CHECK_CERT,
+} GTTransportFlags;
+
+// An `NSNumber` wrapped `GTTransportFlags`, documented above.
+// Default value is `GTTransportFlagsNone`.
+extern NSString *const GTRepositoryCloneOptionsTransportFlags;
+
+// An `NSNumber` wrapped `BOOL`, if YES, create a bare clone.
+// Default value is `NO`.
+extern NSString *const GTRepositoryCloneOptionsBare;
+
+// An `NSNumber` wrapped `BOOL`, if NO, don't checkout the remote HEAD.
+// Default value is `YES`.
+extern NSString *const GTRepositoryCloneOptionsCheckout;
 
 typedef void (^GTRepositoryStatusBlock)(NSURL *fileURL, GTRepositoryFileStatus status, BOOL *stop);
 
@@ -130,14 +149,15 @@ typedef void (^GTRepositoryStatusBlock)(NSURL *fileURL, GTRepositoryFileStatus s
 //
 // originURL             - The URL to clone from.
 // workdirURL            - A URL to the desired working directory on the local machine.
-// barely                - If YES, create a bare clone
 // withCheckout          - if NO, don't checkout the remote HEAD
+// options               - A dictionary containing any of the above options key constants, or
+//                         nil to use the defaults.
 // error                 - A pointer to fill in case of trouble.
 // transferProgressBlock - This block is called with network transfer updates.
 // checkoutProgressBlock - This block is called with checkout updates (if withCheckout is YES).
 //
 // returns nil (and fills the error parameter) if an error occurred, or a GTRepository object if successful.
-+ (id)cloneFromURL:(NSURL *)originURL toWorkingDirectory:(NSURL *)workdirURL barely:(BOOL)barely withCheckout:(BOOL)withCheckout error:(NSError **)error transferProgressBlock:(void (^)(const git_transfer_progress *))transferProgressBlock checkoutProgressBlock:(void (^)(NSString *path, NSUInteger completedSteps, NSUInteger totalSteps))checkoutProgressBlock;
++ (id)cloneFromURL:(NSURL *)originURL toWorkingDirectory:(NSURL *)workdirURL options:(NSDictionary *)options error:(NSError **)error transferProgressBlock:(void (^)(const git_transfer_progress *))transferProgressBlock checkoutProgressBlock:(void (^)(NSString *path, NSUInteger completedSteps, NSUInteger totalSteps))checkoutProgressBlock;
 
 // Helper for getting the sha1 has of a raw object
 //
diff --git a/Classes/GTRepository.m b/Classes/GTRepository.m
index c38cd0847..056d38675 100644
--- a/Classes/GTRepository.m
+++ b/Classes/GTRepository.m
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 #import "NSString+Git.h"
 #import "GTDiffFile.h"
 
+NSString *const GTRepositoryCloneOptionsBare = @"GTRepositoryCloneOptionsBare";
+NSString *const GTRepositoryCloneOptionsCheckout = @"GTRepositoryCloneOptionsCheckout";
+NSString *const GTRepositoryCloneOptionsTransportFlags = @"GTRepositoryCloneOptionsTransportFlags";
 
 // The type of block passed to -enumerateSubmodulesRecursively:usingBlock:.
 typedef void (^GTRepositorySubmoduleEnumerationBlock)(GTSubmodule *submodule, BOOL *stop);
@@ -168,12 +171,18 @@ static int transferProgressCallback(const git_transfer_progress *progress, void
 	return 0;
 }
 
-+ (id)cloneFromURL:(NSURL *)originURL toWorkingDirectory:(NSURL *)workdirURL barely:(BOOL)barely withCheckout:(BOOL)withCheckout error:(NSError **)error transferProgressBlock:(void (^)(const git_transfer_progress *))transferProgressBlock checkoutProgressBlock:(void (^)(NSString *path, NSUInteger completedSteps, NSUInteger totalSteps))checkoutProgressBlock {
++ (id)cloneFromURL:(NSURL *)originURL toWorkingDirectory:(NSURL *)workdirURL options:(NSDictionary *)options error:(NSError **)error transferProgressBlock:(void (^)(const git_transfer_progress *))transferProgressBlock checkoutProgressBlock:(void (^)(NSString *path, NSUInteger completedSteps, NSUInteger totalSteps))checkoutProgressBlock {
 
 	git_clone_options cloneOptions = GIT_CLONE_OPTIONS_INIT;
-	if (barely) {
-		cloneOptions.bare = 1;
-	}
+
+	NSNumber *bare = options[GTRepositoryCloneOptionsBare];
+	cloneOptions.bare = bare == nil ? 0 : bare.boolValue;
+
+	NSNumber *transportFlags = options[GTRepositoryCloneOptionsTransportFlags];
+	cloneOptions.transport_flags = transportFlags == nil ? 0 : transportFlags.intValue;
+
+	NSNumber *checkout = options[GTRepositoryCloneOptionsCheckout];
+	BOOL withCheckout = checkout == nil ? YES : checkout.boolValue;
 
 	if (withCheckout) {
 		git_checkout_opts checkoutOptions = GIT_CHECKOUT_OPTS_INIT;
diff --git a/ObjectiveGitTests/GTRepositoryTest.m b/ObjectiveGitTests/GTRepositoryTest.m
index e1bb01a1c..d9f955964 100644
--- a/ObjectiveGitTests/GTRepositoryTest.m
+++ b/ObjectiveGitTests/GTRepositoryTest.m
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ - (void)testCanClone {
 
 	[self removeDirectoryAtURL:workdirURL];
 
-	repo = [GTRepository cloneFromURL:originURL toWorkingDirectory:workdirURL barely:NO withCheckout:YES error:&err transferProgressBlock:transferProgressBlock checkoutProgressBlock:checkoutProgressBlock];
+	repo = [GTRepository cloneFromURL:originURL toWorkingDirectory:workdirURL options:NULL error:&err transferProgressBlock:transferProgressBlock checkoutProgressBlock:checkoutProgressBlock];
 
 	STAssertNotNil(repo, err.localizedDescription);
 	STAssertFalse([repo isBare], @"Standard repo should not be bare");
@@ -171,11 +171,12 @@ - (void)testCanCloneBarely {
 	};
 	NSURL *originURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:TEST_REPO_PATH(self.class)]; //[NSURL URLWithString: @"https://github.com/libgit2/TestGitRepository"];
 	NSURL *workdirURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[NSTemporaryDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"unit_test"]];
+	NSDictionary *options = @{ GTRepositoryCloneOptionsBare: @YES };
 	NSError *err;
 
 	[self removeDirectoryAtURL:workdirURL];
 
-	repo = [GTRepository cloneFromURL:originURL toWorkingDirectory:workdirURL barely:YES withCheckout:YES error:&err transferProgressBlock:transferProgressBlock checkoutProgressBlock:checkoutProgressBlock];
+	repo = [GTRepository cloneFromURL:originURL toWorkingDirectory:workdirURL options:options error:&err transferProgressBlock:transferProgressBlock checkoutProgressBlock:checkoutProgressBlock];
 
 	STAssertNotNil(repo, err.localizedDescription);
 	STAssertTrue([repo isBare], @"Bare repo should be bare");