diff --git a/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration.Tests/Configuration_Specs.cs b/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration.Tests/Configuration_Specs.cs
index c9f399ba..1ba7944f 100644
--- a/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration.Tests/Configuration_Specs.cs
+++ b/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration.Tests/Configuration_Specs.cs
@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@ namespace Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration.Tests
 {
     using System;
     using System.Collections.Generic;
+    using System.Linq;
     using Hosts;
     using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
     using NUnit.Framework;
     using Runtime;
     using Topshelf.Configuration;
+    using Topshelf.HostConfigurators;
+    using Topshelf.Options;
+    using Topshelf.Runtime.Windows;
 
     [TestFixture]
     public class Passing_install
@@ -406,6 +410,52 @@ public void Should_create_a_service_that_runs_as_network_service()
             Assert.AreEqual("", installHost.InstallSettings.Credentials.Password);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void Should_create_a_service_with_recovery_options()
+        {
+            var configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+                .AddInMemoryCollection(new Dictionary<string, string>
+                    {
+                        { "topshelf:ServiceRecovery:RecoverOnCrashOnly", "true" },
+                        { "topshelf:ServiceRecovery:ResetPeriod", "123" },
+                        { "topshelf:ServiceRecovery:RecoveryActions:0:Type", "RestartService" },
+                        { "topshelf:ServiceRecovery:RecoveryActions:0:Delay", "1234" },
+                        { "topshelf:ServiceRecovery:RecoveryActions:1:Type", "RestartSystem" },
+                        { "topshelf:ServiceRecovery:RecoveryActions:1:Delay", "4567" },
+                        { "topshelf:ServiceRecovery:RecoveryActions:1:Message", "message" },
+                        { "topshelf:ServiceRecovery:RecoveryActions:2:Type", "RunProgram" },
+                        { "topshelf:ServiceRecovery:RecoveryActions:2:Delay", "8901" },
+                        { "topshelf:ServiceRecovery:RecoveryActions:2:Message", "command" },
+                    })
+                .Build()
+                .GetSection("topshelf");
+
+            var parsedConfiguration = configuration.Parse().First();
+
+            Assert.IsInstanceOf<ServiceRecoveryOption>(parsedConfiguration);
+            var serviceRecoveryOptions = typeof(ServiceRecoveryOption)
+                .GetField("serviceRecoveryOptions", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic)
+                .GetValue(parsedConfiguration) as ServiceRecoveryOptions;
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(true, serviceRecoveryOptions.RecoverOnCrashOnly);
+            Assert.AreEqual(123, serviceRecoveryOptions.ResetPeriod);
+
+            var actions = serviceRecoveryOptions.Actions.ToArray();
+
+            Assert.IsInstanceOf<RestartServiceRecoveryAction>(actions[0]);
+            var restartServiceRecoveryAction = actions[0] as RestartServiceRecoveryAction;
+            Assert.AreEqual(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1234).TotalMilliseconds, restartServiceRecoveryAction.Delay);
+
+            Assert.IsInstanceOf<RestartSystemRecoveryAction>(actions[1]);
+            var restartSystemRecoveryAction = actions[1] as RestartSystemRecoveryAction;
+            Assert.AreEqual(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(4567).TotalMilliseconds, restartSystemRecoveryAction.Delay);
+            Assert.AreEqual("message", restartSystemRecoveryAction.RestartMessage);
+
+            Assert.IsInstanceOf<RunProgramRecoveryAction>(actions[2]);
+            var runProgramRecoveryAction = actions[2] as RunProgramRecoveryAction;
+            Assert.AreEqual(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(8901).TotalMilliseconds, runProgramRecoveryAction.Delay);
+        }
+
         class MyService : ServiceControl
         {
             public bool Start(HostControl hostControl)
@@ -428,5 +478,100 @@ public bool Continue(HostControl hostControl)
                 throw new NotImplementedException();
             }
         }
+
+        class MyHostConfigurator : HostConfigurator
+        {
+            public HostBuilderConfigurator Configuratior { get; private set; }
+
+            public void AddCommandLineDefinition(string name, Action<string> callback)
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public void AddCommandLineSwitch(string name, Action<bool> callback)
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public void AddConfigurator(HostBuilderConfigurator configurator)
+            {
+                this.Configuratior = configurator;
+            }
+
+            public void ApplyCommandLine()
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public void ApplyCommandLine(string commandLine)
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public void EnablePauseAndContinue()
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public void EnableSessionChanged()
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public void EnableShutdown()
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public void OnException(Action<Exception> callback)
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public void SetDescription(string description)
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public void SetDisplayName(string name)
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public void SetInstanceName(string instanceName)
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public void SetServiceName(string name)
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public void SetStartTimeout(TimeSpan startTimeOut)
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public void SetStopTimeout(TimeSpan stopTimeOut)
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public void UseEnvironmentBuilder(EnvironmentBuilderFactory environmentBuilderFactory)
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public void UseHostBuilder(HostBuilderFactory hostBuilderFactory)
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public void UseServiceBuilder(ServiceBuilderFactory serviceBuilderFactory)
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration/ConfigurationExtensions.cs b/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
index 9112dcf4..ed7d0fb5 100644
--- a/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace Topshelf.Configuration
     using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
     using Topshelf.HostConfigurators;
     using Topshelf.Options;
+    using Topshelf.Runtime.Windows;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Provides Topshelf extensions for Microsoft extensions for configuration.
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ public static IEnumerable<Option> Parse(this IConfigurationSection configuration
                 }
                 else if (string.Equals(entry.Key, "Interactive", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    if ((bool)TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(bool)).ConvertFromInvariantString(entry.Value))
+                    if (configuration.GetSection("Interactive").Get<bool>())
                     {
                         options.Add(new InteractiveOption());
                     }
@@ -157,6 +158,47 @@ public static IEnumerable<Option> Parse(this IConfigurationSection configuration
                         options.Add(new DependencyOption(dependency.Value));
                     }
                 }
+                else if (string.Equals(entry.Key, "ServiceRecovery", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    var section = configuration.GetSection("ServiceRecovery");
+
+                    var serviceRecoveryOptions = new ServiceRecoveryOptions
+                    {
+                        RecoverOnCrashOnly = section.GetSection(nameof(ServiceRecoveryOptions.RecoverOnCrashOnly)).Get<bool>(),
+                        ResetPeriod = section.GetSection(nameof(ServiceRecoveryOptions.ResetPeriod)).Get<int>()
+                    };
+
+                    foreach (var recoveryActionSecion in section.GetSection("RecoveryActions")?.GetChildren())
+                    {
+                        var recoveryActionType = recoveryActionSecion.GetSection("Type")?.Value;
+
+                        switch (recoveryActionType)
+                        {
+                            case "RestartService":
+                                serviceRecoveryOptions.AddAction(
+                                    new RestartServiceRecoveryAction(
+                                        TimeSpan.FromMinutes(
+                                            recoveryActionSecion.GetSection("Delay").Get<int>())));
+                                break;
+                            case "RestartSystem":
+                                serviceRecoveryOptions.AddAction(
+                                    new RestartSystemRecoveryAction(
+                                        TimeSpan.FromMinutes(
+                                            recoveryActionSecion.GetSection("Delay").Get<int>()),
+                                            recoveryActionSecion.GetSection("Message").Value));
+                                break;
+                            case "RunProgram":
+                                serviceRecoveryOptions.AddAction(
+                                    new RunProgramRecoveryAction(
+                                        TimeSpan.FromMinutes(
+                                            recoveryActionSecion.GetSection("Delay").Get<int>()),
+                                            recoveryActionSecion.GetSection("Command").Value));
+                                break;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    options.Add(new ServiceRecoveryOption(serviceRecoveryOptions));
+                }
 #endif
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration/Options/DependencyOption.cs b/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration/Options/DependencyOption.cs
index 790cb0f7..4f0488f9 100644
--- a/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration/Options/DependencyOption.cs
+++ b/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration/Options/DependencyOption.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace Topshelf.Options
     using Topshelf.HostConfigurators;
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Represents a option to set a service dependency.
+    /// Represents an option to set a service dependency.
     /// </summary>
     /// <seealso cref="Option" />
     internal class DependencyOption
diff --git a/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration/Options/ServiceRecoveryOption.cs b/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration/Options/ServiceRecoveryOption.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9ab92b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration/Options/ServiceRecoveryOption.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// Copyright 2007-2014 Chris Patterson, Dru Sellers, Travis Smith, et. al.
+//  
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use 
+// this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the 
+// License at 
+// 
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
+// 
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed 
+// under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR 
+// CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+#if !NETCORE
+namespace Topshelf.Options
+{
+    using Topshelf.HostConfigurators;
+    using Topshelf.Runtime.Windows;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents an option to set a service recovery options.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <seealso cref="Option" />
+    public class ServiceRecoveryOption
+        : Option
+    {
+        private readonly ServiceRecoveryOptions serviceRecoveryOptions;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ServiceRecoveryOption"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="serviceRecoveryOptions">The service recovery options.</param>
+        public ServiceRecoveryOption(ServiceRecoveryOptions serviceRecoveryOptions)
+        {
+            this.serviceRecoveryOptions = serviceRecoveryOptions;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Applies the option to the specified host configurator.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="configurator">The host configurator.</param>
+        public void ApplyTo(HostConfigurator configurator)
+        {
+            var recoveryHostConfigurator = new ServiceRecoveryHostConfigurator();
+
+            foreach (var option in serviceRecoveryOptions.Actions)
+            {
+                switch (option)
+                {
+                    case RestartServiceRecoveryAction restartServiceRecoveryAction:
+                        recoveryHostConfigurator.RestartService(restartServiceRecoveryAction.Delay);
+                        break;
+                    case RestartSystemRecoveryAction restartSystemRecoveryAction:
+                        recoveryHostConfigurator.RestartComputer(restartSystemRecoveryAction.Delay, restartSystemRecoveryAction.RestartMessage);
+                        break;
+                    case RunProgramRecoveryAction runProgramRecoveryAction:
+                        recoveryHostConfigurator.RunProgram(runProgramRecoveryAction.Delay, runProgramRecoveryAction.Command);
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (this.serviceRecoveryOptions.RecoverOnCrashOnly)
+            {
+                recoveryHostConfigurator.OnCrashOnly();
+            }
+
+            recoveryHostConfigurator.SetResetPeriod(this.serviceRecoveryOptions.ResetPeriod);
+
+            configurator.AddConfigurator(recoveryHostConfigurator);
+        }
+    }
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration.csproj b/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration.csproj
index ba928c10..2797a43d 100644
--- a/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration.csproj
+++ b/src/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration/Topshelf.Extensions.Configuration.csproj
@@ -21,16 +21,11 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Topshelf\Topshelf.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions">
-      <Version>2.0.0</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions" Version="2.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder" Version="2.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net452'">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions">
-      <Version>1.1.2</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Folder Include="Options\" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions" Version="1.1.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder" Version="1.1.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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