diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7b06064..a4b0998 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ MANIFEST
 dist
 .cache
 .eggs/*
+build/*
 restea.egg-info/*
diff --git a/restea/resource.py b/restea/resource.py
index 75d5272..625632c 100644
--- a/restea/resource.py
+++ b/restea/resource.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import collections
 
+import six
+
 import restea.errors as errors
 import restea.formats as formats
 import restea.fields as fields
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ class Resource(object):
         'post': 'create',
         'put': 'edit',
         'delete': 'delete',
+        'options': 'describe',
     }
 
     def __init__(self, request, formatter):
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ def _iden_required(self, method_name):
         :returns: boolean value of whatever iden is needed or not
         :rtype: bool
         '''
-        return method_name not in ('list', 'create')
+        return method_name not in ('list', 'create', 'describe')
 
     def _match_response_to_fields(self, dct):
         '''
@@ -104,9 +107,10 @@ def _get_method_name(self, has_iden):
             'HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE',
             method
         )
-        method_name = self.method_map.get(method.lower())
 
-        if not method_name:
+        try:
+            method_name = self.method_map[method.lower()]
+        except KeyError:
             raise errors.MethodNotAllowedError(
                 'Method "{}" is not supported'.format(self.request.method)
             )
@@ -231,6 +235,8 @@ def process(self, *args, **kwargs):
         method = self._get_method(method_name)
         method = self._apply_decorators(method)
 
+        if method_name == 'describe':
+            self._add_available_methods_to_response_headers()
         self.prepare()
         response = method(self, *args, **kwargs)
         response = self.finish(response)
@@ -242,11 +248,10 @@ def process(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
     def dispatch(self, *args, **kwargs):
         '''
-        Dispatches the request and handles exception to return data, status
-        and content type
-
-        :returns: 4-element tuple: result, HTTP status code, content type, and
+        Dispatches the request and handles exception to return data, status, content type, and
         headers
+
+        :returns: 4-element tuple: result, HTTP status code, content type, and headers
         :rtype: tuple
         '''
         try:
@@ -267,6 +272,22 @@ def dispatch(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 self._response_headers
             )
 
+    def _add_available_methods_to_response_headers(self):
+        methods_available = []
+        for http_method, method_name in self._stream_http_method_and_restea_method():
+            if hasattr(self, method_name):
+                methods_available.append(http_method.upper())
+        self.set_header('Allow', ','.join(set(methods_available)))
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _stream_http_method_and_restea_method(cls):
+        for http_method, method_names in six.iteritems(cls.method_map):
+            if isinstance(method_names, tuple):
+                for method_name in method_names:
+                    yield http_method, method_name
+            else:
+                yield http_method, method_names
+
     def set_header(self, name, value):
         '''
         Sets the given response header name and value.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4a5f3d1..08eab50 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
-readme_content = ''
 with open("README.rst") as f:
     readme_content = f.read()
 
 setup(
     name='restea',
     packages=['restea', 'restea.adapters'],
-    version='0.3.12',
+    version='0.3.13',
     description='Simple RESTful server toolkit',
     long_description=readme_content,
     author='Walery Jadlowski',
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy',
         'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP',
diff --git a/tests/test_resource.py b/tests/test_resource.py
index eb67e1e..1134b34 100644
--- a/tests/test_resource.py
+++ b/tests/test_resource.py
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ def test_get_method_name_delete():
     assert 'delete' == resource._get_method_name(has_iden=True)
 
 
+def test_get_method_name_options():
+    resource, _, _ = create_resource_helper(method='OPTIONS')
+    assert 'describe' == resource._get_method_name(has_iden=True)
+
+
 def test_get_method_name_unpecefied_method():
     resource, _, _ = create_resource_helper(method='HEAD')
 
@@ -98,6 +103,7 @@ def test_iden_required_negative():
     resource, _, _ = create_resource_helper()
     assert resource._iden_required('create') is False
     assert resource._iden_required('list') is False
+    assert resource._iden_required('describe') is False
 
 
 def test_match_response_to_fields():