diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/portability/universal_local_runner.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/portability/universal_local_runner.py
index 737fef63b1939..ceabf53cddf27 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/portability/universal_local_runner.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/portability/universal_local_runner.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 from apache_beam.portability.api import beam_job_api_pb2_grpc
 from apache_beam.portability.api import endpoints_pb2
 from apache_beam.runners import runner
+from apache_beam.runners.job import utils as job_utils
 from apache_beam.runners.portability import fn_api_runner
 
 TERMINAL_STATES = [
@@ -159,11 +160,15 @@ def run_pipeline(self, pipeline):
           pcoll.coder_id = proto_context.coders.get_id(coder)
       proto_context.coders.populate_map(proto_pipeline.components.coders)
 
+    options = {k: v for k, v in pipeline._options.get_all_options().iteritems()
+               if v is not None}
+
     job_service = self._get_job_service()
     prepare_response = job_service.Prepare(
         beam_job_api_pb2.PrepareJobRequest(
             job_name='job',
-            pipeline=proto_pipeline))
+            pipeline=proto_pipeline,
+            pipeline_options=job_utils.dict_to_struct(options)))
     run_response = job_service.Run(beam_job_api_pb2.RunJobRequest(
         preparation_id=prepare_response.preparation_id))
     return PipelineResult(job_service, run_response.job_id)