diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da1fc41f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file, in reverse chronological order by release.
+
+## 2.6.0 - TBD
+
+### Added
+
+- [#1](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-soap/pull/1) adds
+  support for the `SoapClient` options `keep_alive` and `ssl_method`.
+
+### Deprecated
+
+- Nothing.
+
+### Removed
+
+- Nothing.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Nothing.
diff --git a/src/Client.php b/src/Client.php
index 850fcc96..ecf098c1 100644
--- a/src/Client.php
+++ b/src/Client.php
@@ -83,6 +83,20 @@ class Client implements ServerClient
      */
     protected $wsdl = null;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to send the "Connection: Keep-Alive" header (true) or "Connection: close" header (false)
+     * Available since PHP 5.4.0
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $keepAlive;
+
+    /**
+     * One of SOAP_SSL_METHOD_TLS, SOAP_SSL_METHOD_SSLv2, SOAP_SSL_METHOD_SSLv3 or SOAP_SSL_METHOD_SSLv23
+     * Available since PHP 5.5.0
+     * @var int
+     */
+    protected $sslMethod;
+
     /**#@+
      * @var string
      */
@@ -275,6 +289,16 @@ public function setOptions($options)
                     $this->connectionTimeout = $value;
                     break;
 
+                case 'keepalive':
+                case 'keep_alive':
+                    $this->setKeepAlive($value);
+                    break;
+
+                case 'sslmethod':
+                case 'ssl_method':
+                    $this->setSslMethod($value);
+                    break;
+
                 default:
                     throw new Exception\InvalidArgumentException('Unknown SOAP client option');
             }
@@ -315,6 +339,8 @@ public function getOptions()
         $options['cache_wsdl']     = $this->getWSDLCache();
         $options['features']       = $this->getSoapFeatures();
         $options['user_agent']     = $this->getUserAgent();
+        $options['keep_alive']     = $this->getKeepAlive();
+        $options['ssl_method']     = $this->getSslMethod();
 
         foreach ($options as $key => $value) {
             /*
@@ -1210,4 +1236,40 @@ public function setCookie($cookieName, $cookieValue=null)
         $soapClient->__setCookie($cookieName, $cookieValue);
         return $this;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    public function getKeepAlive()
+    {
+        return $this->keepAlive;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param boolean $keepAlive
+     * @return self
+     */
+    public function setKeepAlive($keepAlive)
+    {
+        $this->keepAlive = (bool) $keepAlive;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getSslMethod()
+    {
+        return $this->sslMethod;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $sslMethod
+     * @return self
+     */
+    public function setSslMethod($sslMethod)
+    {
+        $this->sslMethod = $sslMethod;
+        return $this;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/ClientTest.php b/test/ClientTest.php
index 51a734d9..2cfa115b 100644
--- a/test/ClientTest.php
+++ b/test/ClientTest.php
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ public function testSetOptions()
                                 'features'       => 4,
 
                                 'compression'    => SOAP_COMPRESSION_ACCEPT | SOAP_COMPRESSION_GZIP | 5,
-                                'typemap'        => $typeMap
+                                'typemap'        => $typeMap,
+                                'keep_alive'     => true,
+                                'ssl_method'     => 3,
         ];
 
         $client->setOptions($nonWSDLOptions);
@@ -112,7 +114,9 @@ public function testSetOptions()
                              'stream_context' => $ctx,
 
                              'compression'    => SOAP_COMPRESSION_ACCEPT | SOAP_COMPRESSION_GZIP | 5,
-                             'typemap'        => $typeMap
+                             'typemap'        => $typeMap,
+                             'keep_alive'     => true,
+                             'ssl_method'     => 3,
         ];
 
         $client1->setOptions($wsdlOptions);
@@ -163,7 +167,9 @@ public function testGetOptions()
                          'passphrase'     => 'some pass phrase',
 
                          'compression'    => SOAP_COMPRESSION_ACCEPT | SOAP_COMPRESSION_GZIP | 5,
-                         'typemap'        => $typeMap
+                         'typemap'        => $typeMap,
+                         'keep_alive'     => true,
+                         'ssl_method'     => 3,
         ];
 
         $client->setOptions($options);