diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index 96483a8..c9d0bbb 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ const (
 )
 
 type Handler struct {
-	Schema *graphql.Schema
-	
-	pretty bool
+	Schema     *graphql.Schema
+	RootObject map[string]interface{}
+	pretty     bool
 }
 type RequestOptions struct {
 	Query         string                 `json:"query" url:"query" schema:"query"`
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ func (h *Handler) ContextHandler(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *
 		RequestString:  opts.Query,
 		VariableValues: opts.Variables,
 		OperationName:  opts.OperationName,
+		RootObject:     h.RootObject,
 		Context:        ctx,
 	}
 	result := graphql.Do(params)
 
-	
 	if h.pretty {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 		buff, _ := json.MarshalIndent(result, "", "\t")
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (h *Handler) ContextHandler(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *
 	} else {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 		buff, _ := json.Marshal(result)
-	
+
 		w.Write(buff)
 	}
 }
@@ -149,14 +149,16 @@ func (h *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 }
 
 type Config struct {
-	Schema *graphql.Schema
-	Pretty bool
+	Schema     *graphql.Schema
+	RootObject map[string]interface{}
+	Pretty     bool
 }
 
 func NewConfig() *Config {
 	return &Config{
-		Schema: nil,
-		Pretty: true,
+		Schema:     nil,
+		RootObject: map[string]interface{}{},
+		Pretty:     true,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -169,7 +171,8 @@ func New(p *Config) *Handler {
 	}
 
 	return &Handler{
-		Schema: p.Schema,
-		pretty: p.Pretty,
+		Schema:     p.Schema,
+		RootObject: p.RootObject,
+		pretty:     p.Pretty,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/handler_test.go b/handler_test.go
index 4c9fa0c..a51b777 100644
--- a/handler_test.go
+++ b/handler_test.go
@@ -151,3 +151,48 @@ func TestHandler_Params_NilParams(t *testing.T) {
 	_ = handler.New(nil)
 
 }
+
+func TestHandler_Params_RootObject(t *testing.T) {
+	rootObject := map[string]interface{}{
+		"foo": "bar",
+	}
+
+	myNameQuery := graphql.NewObject(graphql.ObjectConfig{
+		Name: "Query",
+		Fields: graphql.Fields{
+			"name": &graphql.Field{
+				Name: "name",
+				Type: graphql.String,
+				Resolve: func(p graphql.ResolveParams) (interface{}, error) {
+					return p.Info.RootValue.(map[string]interface{})["foo"], nil
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	myNameSchema, err := graphql.NewSchema(graphql.SchemaConfig{myNameQuery, nil})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	expected := &graphql.Result{
+		Data: map[string]interface{}{
+			"name": rootObject["foo"],
+		},
+	}
+	queryString := `query={name}`
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", fmt.Sprintf("/graphql?%v", queryString), nil)
+
+	h := handler.New(&handler.Config{
+		Schema:     &myNameSchema,
+		RootObject: rootObject,
+		Pretty:     true,
+	})
+
+	result, resp := executeTest(t, h, req)
+	if resp.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected server response %v", resp.Code)
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(result, expected) {
+		t.Fatalf("wrong result, graphql result diff: %v", testutil.Diff(expected, result))
+	}
+}