diff --git a/src/jsx_eep0018.erl b/src/jsx_eep0018.erl
index 54eeb30..ae98602 100644
--- a/src/jsx_eep0018.erl
+++ b/src/jsx_eep0018.erl
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ term_to_json(List, Opts) ->
     
 
 extract_parser_opts(Opts) ->
-    [ {K, V} || {K, V} <- Opts, lists:member(K, [comments, encoding]) ].
+    [ {K, V} || {K, V} <- 
+        Opts, lists:member(K, [comments, encoding, unquoted_keys])
+    ].
 
 
 %% ensure the first jsx event we get is start_object or start_array when running
diff --git a/src/jsx_verify.erl b/src/jsx_verify.erl
index 7fdd4aa..1777922 100644
--- a/src/jsx_verify.erl
+++ b/src/jsx_verify.erl
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ is_json(JSON, Opts) ->
 
 
 extract_parser_opts(Opts) ->
-    [ {K, V} || {K, V} <- Opts, lists:member(K, [comments, encoding]) ].
-    
+    [ {K, V} || {K, V} <- 
+        Opts, lists:member(K, [comments, encoding, unquoted_keys])
+    ].
+
 
 %% enforce only arrays and objects at top level
 collect_strict({event, start_object, Next}, Keys) ->