diff --git a/proxy/handler.go b/proxy/handler.go
index 745a739..c096b19 100644
--- a/proxy/handler.go
+++ b/proxy/handler.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 // RegisterService sets up a proxy handler for a particular gRPC service and method.
 // The behaviour is the same as if you were registering a handler method, e.g. from a generated pb.go file.
 func RegisterService(server *grpc.Server, director StreamDirector, serviceName string, methodNames ...string) {
-	streamer := &handler{director}
+	streamer := &handler{director: director}
 	fakeDesc := &grpc.ServiceDesc{
 		ServiceName: serviceName,
 		HandlerType: (*interface{})(nil),
@@ -41,15 +41,24 @@ func RegisterService(server *grpc.Server, director StreamDirector, serviceName s
 }
 
 // TransparentHandler returns a handler that attempts to proxy all requests that are not registered in the server.
-// The indented use here is as a transparent proxy, where the server doesn't know about the services implemented by the
+// The intended use here is as a transparent proxy, where the server doesn't know about the services implemented by the
 // backends. It should be used as a `grpc.UnknownServiceHandler`.
 func TransparentHandler(director StreamDirector) grpc.StreamHandler {
-	streamer := &handler{director: director}
+	return TransparentHandlerWithOpts(director)
+}
+
+// TransparentHandlerWithOpts returns a handler that attempts to proxy all requests that are not registered in the server.
+// The provided call-options will be set on the internal gRPC client stream created by this transport.
+// The intended use here is as a transparent proxy, where the server doesn't know about the services implemented by the
+// backends. It should be used as a `grpc.UnknownServiceHandler`.
+func TransparentHandlerWithOpts(director StreamDirector, callOptions ...grpc.CallOption) grpc.StreamHandler {
+	streamer := &handler{director: director, callOpts: callOptions}
 	return streamer.handler
 }
 
 type handler struct {
 	director StreamDirector
+	callOpts []grpc.CallOption
 }
 
 // handler is where the real magic of proxying happens.
@@ -70,7 +79,7 @@ func (s *handler) handler(srv interface{}, serverStream grpc.ServerStream) error
 	clientCtx, clientCancel := context.WithCancel(outgoingCtx)
 	defer clientCancel()
 	// TODO(mwitkow): Add a `forwarded` header to metadata, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Forwarded-For.
-	clientStream, err := grpc.NewClientStream(clientCtx, clientStreamDescForProxying, backendConn, fullMethodName)
+	clientStream, err := grpc.NewClientStream(clientCtx, clientStreamDescForProxying, backendConn, fullMethodName, s.callOpts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/proxy/handler_test.go b/proxy/handler_test.go
index 7d07a32..7610f9f 100644
--- a/proxy/handler_test.go
+++ b/proxy/handler_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package proxy_test
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ const (
 	rejectingMdKey = "test-reject-rpc-if-in-context"
 
 	countListResponses = 20
+	maxRecvMsgSize     = 10 * 1024 * 1024
 )
 
 // asserting service is implemented on the server side and serves as a handler for stuff
@@ -179,6 +181,33 @@ func (s *ProxyHappySuite) TestPingStream_FullDuplexWorks() {
 	assert.Len(s.T(), trailerMd, 1, "PingList trailer headers user contain metadata")
 }
 
+func (s *ProxyHappySuite) TestPingStream_TransparentHandlerOpts() {
+	stream, err := s.testClient.PingStream(context.Background(), grpc.MaxCallRecvMsgSize(maxRecvMsgSize))
+	require.NoError(s.T(), err, "PingStream request should be successful.")
+
+	// Check that the grpc CallOption is used by the TransparentHandler's client by creating a 9MB payload.
+	// The default for gRPC is 4MB, so this should fail if the option is unused.
+	var buff bytes.Buffer
+	for i := 0; i < 1024*1024; i++ {
+		buff.WriteString("123456789")
+	}
+	payload := buff.String()
+
+	ping := &pb.PingRequest{Value: payload}
+	require.NoError(s.T(), stream.Send(ping), "sending a large payload to PingStream must not fail")
+
+	resp, err := stream.Recv()
+	require.NoError(s.T(), err, "no error on ping")
+	require.Equal(s.T(), payload, resp.Value, "pong should reply with the large payload")
+
+	require.NoError(s.T(), stream.CloseSend(), "no error on close send")
+	_, err = stream.Recv()
+	require.Equal(s.T(), io.EOF, err, "stream should close with io.EOF, meaining OK")
+	// Check that the trailer headers are here.
+	trailerMd := stream.Trailer()
+	assert.Len(s.T(), trailerMd, 1, "PingList trailer headers user contain metadata")
+}
+
 func (s *ProxyHappySuite) TestPingStream_StressTest() {
 	for i := 0; i < 50; i++ {
 		s.TestPingStream_FullDuplexWorks()
@@ -193,7 +222,7 @@ func (s *ProxyHappySuite) SetupSuite() {
 	s.serverListener, err = net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
 	require.NoError(s.T(), err, "must be able to allocate a port for serverListener")
 
-	s.server = grpc.NewServer()
+	s.server = grpc.NewServer(grpc.MaxRecvMsgSize(maxRecvMsgSize))
 	pb.RegisterTestServiceServer(s.server, &assertingService{t: s.T()})
 
 	// Setup of the proxy's Director.
@@ -211,10 +240,13 @@ func (s *ProxyHappySuite) SetupSuite() {
 		outCtx := metadata.NewOutgoingContext(ctx, md.Copy())
 		return outCtx, s.serverClientConn, nil
 	}
+
+	handler := proxy.TransparentHandlerWithOpts(director, grpc.MaxCallRecvMsgSize(maxRecvMsgSize))
 	s.proxy = grpc.NewServer(
 		//lint:ignore SA1019 regression test
 		grpc.CustomCodec(proxy.Codec()),
-		grpc.UnknownServiceHandler(proxy.TransparentHandler(director)),
+		grpc.MaxRecvMsgSize(maxRecvMsgSize),
+		grpc.UnknownServiceHandler(handler),
 	)
 	// Ping handler is handled as an explicit registration and not as a TransparentHandler.
 	proxy.RegisterService(s.proxy, director,
diff --git a/testservice/testping.go b/testservice/testping.go
index de5f0a9..ef9cd8b 100644
--- a/testservice/testping.go
+++ b/testservice/testping.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func TestTestServiceServerImpl(t *testing.T, client TestServiceClient) {
 			}
 			res, err := stream.Recv()
 			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("receiving full duplex stream: %w", err)
+				t.Errorf("receiving full duplex stream: %v", err)
 				return
 			}
 			t.Logf("got %v (%d)", res.Value, res.Counter)