diff --git a/docs/api/mount.md b/docs/api/mount.md
index 8a6ae6468..d862cc313 100644
--- a/docs/api/mount.md
+++ b/docs/api/mount.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ describe('<Foo />', () => {
 2. `options` (`Object` [optional]):
 - `options.context`: (`Object` [optional]): Context to be passed into the component
 - `options.attachTo`: (`DOMElement` [optional]): DOM Element to attach the component to.
+- `options.childContextTypes`: (`Object` [optional]): Merged contextTypes for all children of the wrapper.
 
 #### Returns
 
diff --git a/src/ReactWrapperComponent.jsx b/src/ReactWrapperComponent.jsx
index a599be69d..be63c27ed 100644
--- a/src/ReactWrapperComponent.jsx
+++ b/src/ReactWrapperComponent.jsx
@@ -71,12 +71,18 @@ export default function createWrapperComponent(node, options = {}) {
     },
   };
 
-  if (options.context && node.type.contextTypes) {
+  if (options.context && (node.type.contextTypes || options.childContextTypes)) {
     // For full rendering, we are using this wrapper component to provide context if it is
-    // specified in both the options AND the child component defines `contextTypes` statically.
+    // specified in both the options AND the child component defines `contextTypes` statically
+    // OR the merged context types for all children (the node component or deeper children) are
+    // specified in options parameter under childContextTypes.
     // In that case, we define both a `getChildContext()` function and a `childContextTypes` prop.
+    const childContextTypes = node.type.contextTypes || {};
+    if (options.childContextTypes) {
+      objectAssign(childContextTypes, options.childContextTypes);
+    }
     objectAssign(spec, {
-      childContextTypes: node.type.contextTypes,
+      childContextTypes,
       getChildContext() {
         return this.state.context;
       },
diff --git a/src/__tests__/ReactWrapper-spec.js b/src/__tests__/ReactWrapper-spec.js
index f322a79ea..7ad458d6f 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/ReactWrapper-spec.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/ReactWrapper-spec.js
@@ -28,6 +28,28 @@ describeWithDOM('mount', () => {
       expect(wrapper.text()).to.equal('foo');
     });
 
+    it('can pass context to the child of mounted component', () => {
+      const SimpleComponent = React.createClass({
+        contextTypes: {
+          name: React.PropTypes.string,
+        },
+        render() {
+          return <div>{this.context.name}</div>;
+        },
+      });
+      const ComplexComponent = React.createClass({
+        render() {
+          return <div><SimpleComponent /></div>;
+        },
+      });
+
+      const childContextTypes = {
+        name: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+      };
+      const wrapper = mount(<ComplexComponent />, { context, childContextTypes });
+      expect(wrapper.find(SimpleComponent)).to.have.length(1);
+    });
+
     it('should not throw if context is passed in but contextTypes is missing', () => {
       const SimpleComponent = React.createClass({
         render() {