diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-nprogress/README.md b/packages/gatsby-plugin-nprogress/README.md
index dad6979c7028b..3e74780ecf623 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-nprogress/README.md
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-nprogress/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@ plugins: [
     options: {
       // Setting a color is optional.
       color: `tomato`,
+      // Disable the loading spinner.
+      showSpinner: false,
     }
   }
 ]
 ```
+
+In addition to `color` – a configuration option specific to
+`gatsby-plugin-nprogress` that saves some time [customizing the nprogress CSS](https://github.com/rstacruz/nprogress#customization) to match your site
+colors – you may pass all available [nprogress configuration options](https://github.com/rstacruz/nprogress#configuration).
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-nprogress/src/gatsby-browser.js b/packages/gatsby-plugin-nprogress/src/gatsby-browser.js
index 75a6d4159003c..86caff7f7d453 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-nprogress/src/gatsby-browser.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-nprogress/src/gatsby-browser.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import NProgress from "nprogress"
 
 exports.onClientEntry = (a, pluginOptions = { color: `#29d` }) => {
   window.___emitter.on(`onDelayedLoadPageResources`, () => {
+    NProgress.configure(pluginOptions)
     NProgress.start()
   })
   window.___emitter.on(`onPostLoadPageResources`, () => {