diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 65f64eccf..deb6f9c7b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ http://getbootstrap.com/getting-started/
 | markerColor     | Color of the marker    | 'blue'        | 'red', 'darkred', 'orange', 'green', 'darkgreen', 'blue', 'purple', 'darkpuple', 'cadetblue' |
 | iconColor       | Color of the icon      | 'white'       | 'white', 'black' or css code (hex, rgba etc) |
 | spin            | Make the icon spin     | false         | true or false. Font-awesome required | 
+| extraClasses    | Additional classes in the created <i> tag | '' | 'fa-rotate90 myclass' eller other custom configuration |
 
 
 ### Supported icons
diff --git a/dist/leaflet.awesome-markers.js b/dist/leaflet.awesome-markers.js
index 8e1835e05..7505b6f26 100644
--- a/dist/leaflet.awesome-markers.js
+++ b/dist/leaflet.awesome-markers.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
             className: 'awesome-marker',
             prefix: 'glyphicon',
             spinClass: 'fa-spin',
+            extraClasses: '',
             icon: 'home',
             markerColor: 'blue',
             iconColor: 'white'
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@
                 }
             }
 
-            return "<i " + iconColorStyle + "class='" + options.prefix + " " + iconClass + " " + iconSpinClass + " " + iconColorClass + "'></i>";
+            return "<i " + iconColorStyle + "class='" + options.extraClasses + " " + options.prefix + " " + iconClass + " " + iconSpinClass + " " + iconColorClass + "'></i>";
         },
 
         _setIconStyles: function (img, name) {