diff --git a/lib/jbuilder.rb b/lib/jbuilder.rb
index edf048c..1290839 100644
--- a/lib/jbuilder.rb
+++ b/lib/jbuilder.rb
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ def initialize(
   end
 
   # Yields a builder and automatically turns the result into a JSON string
-  def self.encode(*args, &block)
-    new(*args, &block).target!
+  def self.encode(...)
+    new(...).target!
   end
 
   BLANK = Blank.new
diff --git a/test/jbuilder_test.rb b/test/jbuilder_test.rb
index eec22f1..c01fb1e 100644
--- a/test/jbuilder_test.rb
+++ b/test/jbuilder_test.rb
@@ -936,4 +936,11 @@ class JbuilderTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     result = JSON.load(Jbuilder.encode { |json| json.time Time.parse("2018-05-13 11:51:00.485 -0400") })
     assert_equal "2018-05-13T11:51:00.485-04:00", result["time"]
   end
+
+  test "encode forwards options to new" do
+    Jbuilder.encode(key_formatter: 1, ignore_nil: 2) do |json|
+      assert_equal 1, json.instance_eval{ @key_formatter }
+      assert_equal 2, json.instance_eval{ @ignore_nil }
+    end
+  end
 end