diff --git a/DNS/DNS.csproj b/DNS/DNS.csproj
index 622cc01..c234195 100644
--- a/DNS/DNS.csproj
+++ b/DNS/DNS.csproj
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Folder Include="Properties\" />
     <None Include="..\README.md" Pack="true" PackagePath="\"/>
     <None Include="..\LICENSE.md" Pack="true" PackagePath="\"/>
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/DNS/Protocol/Domain.cs b/DNS/Protocol/Domain.cs
index 910015a..4211965 100644
--- a/DNS/Protocol/Domain.cs
+++ b/DNS/Protocol/Domain.cs
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@ public class Domain : IComparable<Domain> {
         private const byte ASCII_LOWERCASE_LAST = 122;
         private const byte ASCII_UPPERCASE_MASK = 223;
 
+        private static readonly char[] LabelSeparator = new[] { '.' };
+
         private byte[][] labels;
 
+        public static readonly Domain Empty = FromArray(new byte[] { 0 }, 0);
+
         public static Domain FromString(string domain) {
             return new Domain(domain);
         }
@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ private static bool IsASCIIAlphabet(byte b) {
         }
 
         private static int CompareTo(byte a, byte b) {
-            if(IsASCIIAlphabet(a) && IsASCIIAlphabet(b)) {
+            if (IsASCIIAlphabet(a) && IsASCIIAlphabet(b)) {
                 a &= ASCII_UPPERCASE_MASK;
                 b &= ASCII_UPPERCASE_MASK;
             }
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ private static int CompareTo(byte[] a, byte[] b) {
 
             for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
                 int v = CompareTo(a[i], b[i]);
-                if(v != 0) return v;
+                if (v != 0) return v;
             }
 
             return a.Length - b.Length;
@@ -125,9 +129,9 @@ public Domain(string[] labels, Encoding encoding) {
             this.labels = labels.Select(label => encoding.GetBytes(label)).ToArray();
         }
 
-        public Domain(string domain) : this(domain.Split('.')) {}
+        public Domain(string domain) : this(domain.Split(LabelSeparator, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)) { }
 
-        public Domain(string[] labels) : this(labels, Encoding.ASCII) {}
+        public Domain(string[] labels) : this(labels, Encoding.ASCII) { }
 
         public int Size {
             get { return labels.Sum(l => l.Length) + labels.Length + 1; }
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@ public byte[] ToArray() {
             int offset = 0;
 
             foreach (byte[] label in labels) {
-                result[offset++] = (byte) label.Length;
+                result[offset++] = (byte)label.Length;
                 label.CopyTo(result, offset);
                 offset += label.Length;
             }
@@ -160,7 +164,7 @@ public int CompareTo(Domain other) {
 
             for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
                 int v = CompareTo(this.labels[i], other.labels[i]);
-                if(v != 0) return v;
+                if (v != 0) return v;
             }
 
             return this.labels.Length - other.labels.Length;
diff --git a/DNS/Protocol/ResourceRecords/OptResourceRecord.cs b/DNS/Protocol/ResourceRecords/OptResourceRecord.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c76f151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DNS/Protocol/ResourceRecords/OptResourceRecord.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
+
+namespace DNS.Protocol.ResourceRecords {
+    public class OptResourceRecord : BaseResourceRecord {
+        public ushort UdpPayloadSize => (ushort)Class;
+
+        public byte ExtendedResponseCode => (byte)((uint)TimeToLive.TotalSeconds >> 24);
+
+        public byte Version => (byte)((uint)TimeToLive.TotalSeconds >> 16);
+
+        public ushort Z => (ushort)((uint)TimeToLive.TotalSeconds & 0xffff);
+
+        public IReadOnlyList<Option> Options { get; }
+
+        private static IResourceRecord Create(ushort udpPayloadSize, params Option[] options) {
+            var data = new byte[(Option.CodeSize + Option.LengthSize) * options.Length + options.Sum(o => o.Length)];
+            var offset = 0;
+
+            // https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6891#section-6.1.2
+            // 
+            //      0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   0   1   2   3   4   5
+            //    +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
+            // 0: |                          OPTION-CODE                          |
+            //    +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
+            // 2: |                         OPTION-LENGTH                         |
+            //    +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
+            // 4: |                                                               |
+            //    /                          OPTION-DATA                          /
+            //    /                                                               /
+            //    +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
+
+            foreach (var option in options) {
+                data[offset++] = (byte)(option.Code >> 8);
+                data[offset++] = (byte)option.Code;
+
+                data[offset++] = (byte)(option.Length >> 8);
+                data[offset++] = (byte)option.Length;
+
+                option.Data.CopyTo(data, offset);
+                offset += option.Data.Count;
+            }
+
+            return new ResourceRecord(Domain.Empty, data, RecordType.OPT, (RecordClass)udpPayloadSize);
+        }
+
+        public OptResourceRecord(IResourceRecord record) : base(record) {
+            Options = GetOptions();
+        }
+
+        public OptResourceRecord(ushort udpPayloadSize, params Option[] options) : base(Create(udpPayloadSize, options)) {
+            Options = options;
+        }
+
+        private IReadOnlyList<Option> GetOptions() {
+            const int OptionHeaderSize = 4;
+
+            if (DataLength == 0)
+                return Array.Empty<Option>();
+            if (DataLength < OptionHeaderSize)
+                throw new InvalidDataException($"The {nameof(Data)} length is less than {OptionHeaderSize}, it is not a valid opt resource record option");
+
+            var options = new List<Option>();
+            var offset = 0;
+
+            while (offset < DataLength) {
+                var optionCode = (ushort)IPAddress.NetworkToHostOrder((short)BitConverter.ToUInt16(Data, offset));
+                offset += sizeof(ushort);
+
+                var optionLength = (ushort)IPAddress.NetworkToHostOrder((short)BitConverter.ToUInt16(Data, offset));
+                offset += sizeof(ushort);
+
+                var data = new ArraySegment<byte>(Data, offset, optionLength);
+                options.Add(new Option(optionCode, data));
+                offset += optionLength;
+
+                var remainBytes = DataLength - offset;
+                if (remainBytes > 0 && remainBytes < OptionHeaderSize)
+                    throw new InvalidDataException($"The remaining bytes of {nameof(Data)} at offset {offset} less than {OptionHeaderSize}, which is not enough to parse as a valid option");
+            }
+
+            return options;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class Option {
+        internal const int CodeSize = 2;
+        internal const int LengthSize = 2;
+
+        public ushort Code { get; }
+
+        public ushort Length => (ushort)Data.Count;
+
+        public ReadOnlyCollection<byte> Data { get; }
+
+        public Option(ushort code, IEnumerable<byte> data) {
+            Code = code;
+            Data = Array.AsReadOnly(data.ToArray());
+
+            if (Data.Count > ushort.MaxValue)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Option data length MUST be <= {ushort.MaxValue}.");
+        }
+
+        internal Option(ushort code, ArraySegment<byte> data) {
+            Code = code;
+            Data = new ReadOnlyCollection<byte>(data);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/DNS/Protocol/ResourceRecords/ResourceRecordFactory.cs b/DNS/Protocol/ResourceRecords/ResourceRecordFactory.cs
index aa43669..efb4620 100644
--- a/DNS/Protocol/ResourceRecords/ResourceRecordFactory.cs
+++ b/DNS/Protocol/ResourceRecords/ResourceRecordFactory.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ public static IResourceRecord FromArray(byte[] message, int offset, out int endO
                     return new TextResourceRecord(record);
                 case RecordType.SRV:
                     return new ServiceResourceRecord(record, message, dataOffset);
+                case RecordType.OPT:
+                    return new OptResourceRecord(record);
                 default:
                     return record;
             }
diff --git a/Tests/Fixtures/ResourceRecord/edns-option-padding b/Tests/Fixtures/ResourceRecord/edns-option-padding
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ecd59e0
Binary files /dev/null and b/Tests/Fixtures/ResourceRecord/edns-option-padding differ
diff --git a/Tests/Protocol/ParseDomainTest.cs b/Tests/Protocol/ParseDomainTest.cs
index d6486e7..4e7a009 100644
--- a/Tests/Protocol/ParseDomainTest.cs
+++ b/Tests/Protocol/ParseDomainTest.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ public void EmptyDomain() {
             Assert.Equal("", domain.ToString());
             Assert.Equal(1, domain.Size);
             Assert.Equal(1, endOffset);
+
+            domain = Domain.Empty;
+            Assert.Equal("", domain.ToString());
+            Assert.Equal(1, domain.Size);
+            Assert.Single(domain.ToArray());
         }
 
         [Fact]
diff --git a/Tests/Protocol/ResourceRecords/ParseResourceRecordTest.cs b/Tests/Protocol/ResourceRecords/ParseResourceRecordTest.cs
index 4fe450a..e5ae74d 100644
--- a/Tests/Protocol/ResourceRecords/ParseResourceRecordTest.cs
+++ b/Tests/Protocol/ResourceRecords/ParseResourceRecordTest.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using Xunit;
 using DNS.Protocol;
 using DNS.Protocol.ResourceRecords;
+using System.Linq;
 
 namespace DNS.Tests.Protocol.ResourceRecords {
 
@@ -178,5 +179,27 @@ public void SrvResourceRecordWithEmptyDomain() {
             Assert.Equal(8080, srv.Port);
             Assert.Equal("example.com", srv.Target.ToString());
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OptResourceRecordWithOptionPadding() {
+            byte[] content = Helper.ReadFixture("ResourceRecord", "edns-option-padding");
+
+            ResourceRecord record = ResourceRecord.FromArray(content, 0);
+
+            Assert.Equal("", record.Name.ToString());
+            Assert.Equal(RecordType.OPT, record.Type);
+            Assert.Equal(31, record.Size);
+
+            OptResourceRecord opt = new OptResourceRecord(record);
+
+            Assert.Equal(512, opt.UdpPayloadSize);
+            Assert.Equal(0, opt.ExtendedResponseCode);
+            Assert.Equal(0, opt.Version);
+            Assert.Equal(0, opt.Z);
+            Assert.Equal(1, opt.Options.Count);
+            Assert.Equal(12, opt.Options[0].Code);
+            Assert.Equal(16, opt.Options[0].Length);
+            Assert.True(opt.Options[0].Data.All(x => x == 0));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/Protocol/ResourceRecords/SerializeResourceRecordTest.cs b/Tests/Protocol/ResourceRecords/SerializeResourceRecordTest.cs
index a7da7e9..15701b9 100644
--- a/Tests/Protocol/ResourceRecords/SerializeResourceRecordTest.cs
+++ b/Tests/Protocol/ResourceRecords/SerializeResourceRecordTest.cs
@@ -95,5 +95,14 @@ public void SrvResourceRecordWithEmptyDomain() {
 
             Assert.Equal(content, srv.ToArray());
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OptResourceRecordWithOptionPadding() {
+            byte[] content = Helper.ReadFixture("ResourceRecord", "edns-option-padding");
+
+            OptResourceRecord opt = new OptResourceRecord(512, new Option(12, new byte[16]));
+
+            Assert.Equal(content, opt.ToArray());
+        }
     }
 }