diff --git a/lib/default-config.js b/lib/default-config.js
index 1b687ea93..547f34914 100644
--- a/lib/default-config.js
+++ b/lib/default-config.js
@@ -118,10 +118,20 @@ module.exports = {
 
     /**
      * @property snippetOptions
-     * @param {Boolean} [ignorePaths]
+     * @param {String|Array} [ignorePaths=undefined]
+     * @param {RegExp} [regex.match=/<body[^>]*>/i]
+     * @param {Function} [regex.fn=function(snippet, match){ return match + snippet}]
      * @type Object
+     * @since 1.7.0
      */
-    snippetOptions: {},
+    snippetOptions: {
+        rule: {
+            match: /<body[^>]*>/i,
+            fn: function (snippet, match) {
+                return match + snippet;
+            }
+        }
+    },
 
     /**
      * @property tunnel
diff --git a/lib/server/index.js b/lib/server/index.js
index d87ff9775..28d9b6e56 100644
--- a/lib/server/index.js
+++ b/lib/server/index.js
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ module.exports.createProxy = function (options, scripts, bs) {
 
     return foxy.init(
         options.proxy.target,
-        snippetUtils.getRegex(options.snippet),
+        snippetUtils.getRegex(options.snippet, options.snippetOptions),
         snippetUtils.getProxyMiddleware(scripts, options.scriptPaths.versioned),
         function () {}
     );
diff --git a/lib/snippet.js b/lib/snippet.js
index d53fa5499..f5b51a87a 100644
--- a/lib/snippet.js
+++ b/lib/snippet.js
@@ -33,21 +33,16 @@ var utils = {
     },
     /**
      * @param {String} snippet
-     * @returns {Function}
-     */
-    appendSnippet: function (snippet) {
-        return function (w) {
-            return w + snippet;
-        };
-    },
-    /**
-     * @param {String} snippet
+     * @param {Object} options
      * @returns {{match: RegExp, fn: Function}}
      */
-    getRegex: function (snippet) {
+    getRegex: function (snippet, options) {
+
+        var fn    = options.rule.fn.bind(null, snippet);
+
         return {
-            match: /<body[^>]*>/i,
-            fn: utils.appendSnippet(snippet)
+            match: options.rule.match,
+            fn: fn
         };
     },
     /**
@@ -57,11 +52,10 @@ var utils = {
      */
     getSnippetMiddleware: function (snippet, options) {
 
-        var rules = [utils.getRegex(snippet)];
         options = options || {};
 
         return lrSnippet({
-            rules: rules,
+            rules: [utils.getRegex(snippet, options)],
             ignorePaths: options.ignorePaths
         });
     },
diff --git a/test/protractor/tests/proxy.interactions.js b/test/protractor/tests/proxy.interactions.js
index 716dacdff..d2ac81d7c 100644
--- a/test/protractor/tests/proxy.interactions.js
+++ b/test/protractor/tests/proxy.interactions.js
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ describe('Interactions on proxy Pages', function() {
     });
     it("should know when a client scrolls", function () {
 
-        var flow = protractor.promise.controlFlow();
-        var deferred = protractor.promise.defer();
-
         instance.io.sockets.on("connection", function (client) {
             client.on("scroll", function (data) {
                 expect(data.position.raw.y).toBe(100);
diff --git a/test/specs/e2e/e2e.options.snippet.js b/test/specs/e2e/e2e.options.snippet.js
index a62e61a17..ed9a80f15 100644
--- a/test/specs/e2e/e2e.options.snippet.js
+++ b/test/specs/e2e/e2e.options.snippet.js
@@ -38,3 +38,41 @@ describe("E2E snippet ignore paths test", function () {
             });
     });
 });
+describe("E2E snippet custom regex", function () {
+
+    var instance;
+
+    before(function (done) {
+
+        var config = {
+            server: {
+                baseDir: "test/fixtures"
+            },
+            open: false,
+            snippetOptions: {
+                rule: {
+                    match: /<head[^>]*>/i,
+                    fn: function (snippet, match) {
+                        return match + snippet;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        instance = browserSync(config, done);
+    });
+
+    after(function () {
+        instance.cleanup();
+    });
+
+    it("uses a user-provided regex", function (done) {
+        request(instance.server)
+            .get("/iframe.html")
+            .set("accept", "text/html")
+            .expect(200)
+            .end(function (err, res) {
+                assert.include(res.text, "<head>" + instance.options.snippet);
+                done();
+            });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/test/specs/server/server.js b/test/specs/server/server.js
index 4896edb5f..317ab1caf 100644
--- a/test/specs/server/server.js
+++ b/test/specs/server/server.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
 var server        = require("../../../lib/server/");
+var defaultConfig = require("../../../lib/default-config");
 
 var assert  = require("chai").assert;
 var sinon   = require("sinon");
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ describe("Server: The createServer method", function () {
             server: {},
             port: 3000,
             version: "0.0.1",
-            host: "localhost"
+            host: "localhost",
+            snippetOptions: defaultConfig.snippetOptions
         };
     });
     afterEach(function () {
diff --git a/test/specs/server/server.middleware.js b/test/specs/server/server.middleware.js
index f3711f408..c6603e7c7 100644
--- a/test/specs/server/server.middleware.js
+++ b/test/specs/server/server.middleware.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
 var server        = require("../../../lib/server/");
+var defaultConfig = require("../../../lib/default-config");
 
 var sinon   = require("sinon");
 var request = require("supertest");
@@ -9,7 +10,8 @@ var options = {
     host: "localhost",
     port: 3000,
     server: {},
-    version: "2.1.0"
+    version: "2.1.0",
+    snippetOptions: defaultConfig.snippetOptions
 };
 
 describe("Server:  Adding custom middleware", function () {
diff --git a/test/specs/server/server.snippet.js b/test/specs/server/server.snippet.js
index a4633a294..96a2dd380 100644
--- a/test/specs/server/server.snippet.js
+++ b/test/specs/server/server.snippet.js
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ describe("Server: Launching a server with snippets", function () {
                 injectScripts: true
             },
             version: "0.1.0",
-            port: 3000
+            port: 3000,
+            snippetOptions: defaultConfig.snippetOptions
         };
         reqOptions = {
             hostname: "0.0.0.0",
diff --git a/test/specs/snippet/snippet.js b/test/specs/snippet/snippet.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e0e0bfb7..000000000
--- a/test/specs/snippet/snippet.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-"use strict";
-
-var utils   = require("../../../lib/snippet").utils;
-
-var assert  = require("chai").assert;
-
-describe("Snippet: returning the snippet regex", function () {
-    it("should return a working regex", function () {
-        var actual = utils.getRegex();
-        assert.isTrue(actual.match instanceof RegExp);
-        assert.isFunction(actual.fn);
-    });
-    it("should append a snippet", function () {
-        var string   = "<body></body>";
-        var snippet  = "SNIPPET";
-        var expected = "<body>SNIPPET</body>";
-        var regex    = utils.getRegex(snippet);
-
-        var actual   = string.replace(regex.match, regex.fn);
-        assert.equal(actual, expected);
-    });
-    it("should append a snippet", function () {
-        var string   = "<body><h1>Here's an iframe</h1><body></body></body>";
-        var snippet  = "SNIPPET";
-        var expected = "<body>SNIPPET<h1>Here's an iframe</h1><body></body></body>";
-        var regex    = utils.getRegex(snippet);
-
-        var actual   = string.replace(regex.match, regex.fn);
-        assert.equal(actual, expected);
-    });
-    it("should append a snippet", function () {
-        var string   = "<body><script> var shane = '<body>'; </script><body></body></body>";
-        var snippet  = "SNIPPET";
-        var expected = "<body>SNIPPET<script> var shane = '<body>'; </script><body></body></body>";
-        var regex    = utils.getRegex(snippet);
-
-        var actual   = string.replace(regex.match, regex.fn);
-        assert.equal(actual, expected);
-    });
-});