diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 19523cdb..273e17d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ TODO: consider creating a revised overview of our GC that unifies the original w
 
 Features
 
-- Added the `-COPT` compiler option to allow specifying options for the C compiler.
+- Added the `c-compiler-options` expression and `-COPT` Cyclone compiler option to allow specifying options for the C compiler.
 
 Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/cyclone.scm b/cyclone.scm
index 9eddf27f..97b967f5 100644
--- a/cyclone.scm
+++ b/cyclone.scm
@@ -692,6 +692,18 @@
     (lambda (port)
       (read-all/source port filename))))
 
+(define (program-c-compiler-opts! in-prog)
+  (foldl
+    (lambda (expr acc)
+      (cond
+       ((tagged-list? 'c-compiler-options expr)
+        (set-car! expr (string->symbol "quote"))
+        (cons (cadr expr) acc))
+       (else
+         acc)))
+    '()
+    in-prog))
+
 ;; Compile and emit:
 (define (run-compiler args cc? cc-prog cc-exec cc-lib cc-so 
                       cc-opts cc-prog-linker-opts cc-prog-linker-objs 
@@ -725,7 +737,10 @@
          ;; TODO: allow these to be read from a program
          (cc-opts*
           (cond
-            (program? "") ; TODO
+            (program? 
+              (string-join
+                (program-c-compiler-opts! in-prog)
+                ""))
             (else
               (string-join 
                 (lib:c-compiler-options (car in-prog)) 
diff --git a/docs/User-Manual.md b/docs/User-Manual.md
index 74cd4e7b..dac0a41f 100644
--- a/docs/User-Manual.md
+++ b/docs/User-Manual.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   - [Writing a Scheme Function in C](#writing-a-scheme-function-in-c)
   - [Foreign Library](#foreign-library)
   - [Including a C Header File](#including-a-c-header-file)
+  - [C Compiler Options](#c-compiler-options)
   - [Linking to a C Library](#linking-to-a-c-library)
   - [Calling Scheme Functions from C](#calling-scheme-functions-from-c)
 - [Licensing](#licensing)
@@ -246,6 +247,10 @@ A Cyclone library may use the `c-compiler-options expression to pass options dir
       (c-compiler-options "-Imy-dir/include")
       ...
 
+This expression may also be used at the top level of a program, EG:
+
+    (c-compiler-options "-Imy-dir/include")
+
 ## Linking to a C Library
 
 A Cyclone library may use the `c-linker-options` expression to instruct the compiler to include linker options when building an executable. For example: