diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.ts
index bfc01a3fdb2..69172d23fea 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import { makeExecutableSchema, addMockFunctionsToSchema } from 'graphql-tools';
+import {
+  makeExecutableSchema,
+  addMockFunctionsToSchema,
+  GraphQLParseOptions,
+} from 'graphql-tools';
 import { Server as HttpServer } from 'http';
 import {
   execute,
@@ -123,6 +127,8 @@ export class ApolloServerBase {
   // on the same operation to be executed immediately.
   private documentStore?: InMemoryLRUCache<DocumentNode>;
 
+  private parseOptions: GraphQLParseOptions;
+
   // The constructor should be universal across all environments. All environment specific behavior should be set by adding or overriding methods
   constructor(config: Config) {
     if (!config) throw new Error('ApolloServer requires options.');
@@ -133,6 +139,7 @@ export class ApolloServerBase {
       schemaDirectives,
       modules,
       typeDefs,
+      parseOptions = {},
       introspection,
       mocks,
       mockEntireSchema,
@@ -291,9 +298,12 @@ export class ApolloServerBase {
         typeDefs: augmentedTypeDefs,
         schemaDirectives,
         resolvers,
+        parseOptions,
       });
     }
 
+    this.parseOptions = parseOptions;
+
     if (mocks || (typeof mockEntireSchema !== 'undefined' && mocks !== false)) {
       addMockFunctionsToSchema({
         schema: this.schema,
@@ -546,6 +556,7 @@ export class ApolloServerBase {
         any,
         any
       >,
+      parseOptions: this.parseOptions,
       ...this.requestOptions,
     } as GraphQLOptions;
   }
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/graphqlOptions.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/graphqlOptions.ts
index c1e36ffa2c6..3511f29641a 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/graphqlOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/graphqlOptions.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { CacheControlExtensionOptions } from 'apollo-cache-control';
 import { KeyValueCache, InMemoryLRUCache } from 'apollo-server-caching';
 import { DataSource } from 'apollo-datasource';
 import { ApolloServerPlugin } from 'apollo-server-plugin-base';
+import { GraphQLParseOptions } from 'graphql-tools';
 
 /*
  * GraphQLServerOptions
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ import { ApolloServerPlugin } from 'apollo-server-plugin-base';
  * - (optional) fieldResolver: a custom default field resolver
  * - (optional) debug: a boolean that will print additional debug logging if execution errors occur
  * - (optional) extensions: an array of functions which create GraphQLExtensions (each GraphQLExtension object is used for one request)
+ * - (optional) parseOptions: options to pass when parsing schemas and queries
  *
  */
 export interface GraphQLServerOptions<
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ export interface GraphQLServerOptions<
   persistedQueries?: PersistedQueryOptions;
   plugins?: ApolloServerPlugin[];
   documentStore?: InMemoryLRUCache<DocumentNode>;
+  parseOptions?: GraphQLParseOptions;
 }
 
 export type DataSources<TContext> = {
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/requestPipeline.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/requestPipeline.ts
index e7d39f09126..d2f048b766f 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/requestPipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/requestPipeline.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import {
 
 import { Dispatcher } from './utils/dispatcher';
 import { InMemoryLRUCache, KeyValueCache } from 'apollo-server-caching';
+import { GraphQLParseOptions } from 'graphql-tools';
 
 export {
   GraphQLRequest,
@@ -79,6 +80,8 @@ export interface GraphQLRequestPipelineConfig<TContext> {
 
   plugins?: ApolloServerPlugin[];
   documentStore?: InMemoryLRUCache<DocumentNode>;
+
+  parseOptions?: GraphQLParseOptions;
 }
 
 export type DataSources<TContext> = {
@@ -195,7 +198,7 @@ export async function processGraphQLRequest<TContext>(
       );
 
       try {
-        requestContext.document = parse(query);
+        requestContext.document = parse(query, config.parseOptions);
         parsingDidEnd();
       } catch (syntaxError) {
         parsingDidEnd(syntaxError);
@@ -307,13 +310,16 @@ export async function processGraphQLRequest<TContext>(
     requestDidEnd();
   }
 
-  function parse(query: string): DocumentNode {
+  function parse(
+    query: string,
+    parseOptions?: GraphQLParseOptions,
+  ): DocumentNode {
     const parsingDidEnd = extensionStack.parsingDidStart({
       queryString: query,
     });
 
     try {
-      return graphql.parse(query);
+      return graphql.parse(query, parseOptions);
     } finally {
       parsingDidEnd();
     }
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/types.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/types.ts
index 36d050ad487..88358a7696a 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/types.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import { GraphQLSchema, DocumentNode } from 'graphql';
-import { SchemaDirectiveVisitor, IResolvers, IMocks } from 'graphql-tools';
+import {
+  SchemaDirectiveVisitor,
+  IResolvers,
+  IMocks,
+  GraphQLParseOptions,
+} from 'graphql-tools';
 import { ConnectionContext } from 'subscriptions-transport-ws';
 import WebSocket from 'ws';
 import { GraphQLExtension } from 'graphql-extensions';
@@ -42,23 +47,25 @@ export interface SubscriptionServerOptions {
   onDisconnect?: (websocket: WebSocket, context: ConnectionContext) => any;
 }
 
+type BaseConfig = Pick<
+  GraphQLOptions<Context<any>>,
+  | 'formatError'
+  | 'debug'
+  | 'rootValue'
+  | 'validationRules'
+  | 'formatResponse'
+  | 'fieldResolver'
+  | 'tracing'
+  | 'dataSources'
+  | 'cache'
+>;
+
 // This configuration is shared between all integrations and should include
 // fields that are not specific to a single integration
-export interface Config
-  extends Pick<
-    GraphQLOptions<Context<any>>,
-    | 'formatError'
-    | 'debug'
-    | 'rootValue'
-    | 'validationRules'
-    | 'formatResponse'
-    | 'fieldResolver'
-    | 'tracing'
-    | 'dataSources'
-    | 'cache'
-  > {
+export interface Config extends BaseConfig {
   modules?: GraphQLSchemaModule[];
   typeDefs?: DocumentNode | Array<DocumentNode>;
+  parseOptions?: GraphQLParseOptions;
   resolvers?: IResolvers;
   schema?: GraphQLSchema;
   schemaDirectives?: Record<string, typeof SchemaDirectiveVisitor>;