diff --git a/collects/scriblib/bibtex.rkt b/collects/scriblib/bibtex.rkt
index 414192c8..144e153f 100644
--- a/collects/scriblib/bibtex.rkt
+++ b/collects/scriblib/bibtex.rkt
@@ -189,10 +189,10 @@
 
 (define-syntax-rule
   (define-bibtex-cite bib-pth
-    ~cite-id citet-id generate-bibliography-id)
+    ~cite-id citet-id generate-bibliography-id . options)
   (begin
     (define bibtex-db (path->bibdb bib-pth))
-    (define-cite autobib-cite autobib-citet generate-bibliography-id)
+    (define-cite autobib-cite autobib-citet generate-bibliography-id . options)
     (define ((make-citer citer) f . r)
       (apply citer
              (filter-map
diff --git a/collects/scriblib/scribblings/bibtex.scrbl b/collects/scriblib/scribblings/bibtex.scrbl
index 438b527b..99a6cc99 100644
--- a/collects/scriblib/scribblings/bibtex.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scriblib/scribblings/bibtex.scrbl
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 
 @defmodule[scriblib/bibtex]
 
-@defform[(define-bibtex-cite bib-pth ~cite-id citet-id generate-bibliography-id)]{
+@defform[(define-bibtex-cite bib-pth ~cite-id citet-id generate-bibliography-id . options)]{
 
 Parses @racket[bib-pth] as a BibTeX database.
 
-Uses @racket[define-cite] from @racketmodname[scriblib/autobib], but augments the @racket[~cite-id] and @racket[citet-id] functions so that rather than accepting @racket[bib?] structures, they accept citation key strings.
+Uses @racket[define-cite] from @racketmodname[scriblib/autobib], but augments the @racket[~cite-id] and @racket[citet-id] functions so that rather than accepting @racket[bib?] structures, they accept citation key strings. Any @racket[options] are given to @racket[define-cite] without interpretation.
        
 Each string is broken along spaces into citations keys that are looked up in the BibTeX database and turned into @racket[bib?] structures.
 
diff --git a/collects/tests/scriblib/bibtex.txt b/collects/tests/scriblib/bibtex.normal.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from collects/tests/scriblib/bibtex.txt
rename to collects/tests/scriblib/bibtex.normal.txt
diff --git a/collects/tests/scriblib/bibtex.number.txt b/collects/tests/scriblib/bibtex.number.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de687b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collects/tests/scriblib/bibtex.number.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Bibliography
+
+[1]Ran Canetti. Universally Composable Security: A New Paradigm for     
+   Cryptographic Protocols. 2000.                                       
+[2]Michael Salib. Starkiller: A Static Type Inferencer and Compiler for 
+   Python. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004.                 
+[3]Sam Tobin-Hochstadt, Vincent St-Amour, Ryan Culpepper, Matthew Flatt,
+   and Matthias Felleisen. Languages as Libraries. In Proc. PLDI, 2011. 
diff --git a/collects/tests/scriblib/bibtex.rkt b/collects/tests/scriblib/bibtex.rkt
index 60d53ea5..5601483f 100644
--- a/collects/tests/scriblib/bibtex.rkt
+++ b/collects/tests/scriblib/bibtex.rkt
@@ -2,12 +2,32 @@
 (require racket/runtime-path
          tests/eli-tester
          scriblib/bibtex
+         scriblib/autobib
          scribble/render
          (prefix-in text: scribble/text-render))
 
 (define-runtime-path example.bib "example.bib")
 
-(define-runtime-path expected-path "bibtex.txt")
+(define-runtime-path normal-expected-path "bibtex.normal.txt")
+(define-runtime-path number-expected-path "bibtex.number.txt")
+
+(define-syntax-rule (test-render expected-path options body)
+  (let ()
+    (define-bibtex-cite example.bib
+      ~cite-id citet-id generate-bibliography-id . options)
+
+    (body ~cite-id citet-id)
+
+    (define actual-path
+      (make-temporary-file "~a-bibtex.txt"))
+
+    (render (list (generate-bibliography-id))
+            (list actual-path)
+            #:dest-dir (path-only actual-path)
+            #:render-mixin text:render-mixin)
+
+    (test
+     (file->string actual-path) => (file->string expected-path))))
 
 (test
  (let ()
@@ -19,30 +39,22 @@
     (hash-ref (hash-ref raw "sweig42a") "month") => "1~mar"
     (hash-ref (hash-ref raw "sweig42b") "month") => "1~march"
     (hash-ref (hash-ref raw "sweig42c") "month") => "1~marcha"))
- (let ()
-   (define-bibtex-cite example.bib
-     ~cite-id citet-id generate-bibliography-id)
 
-   (~cite-id "salib:starkiller")
-   (~cite-id "cryptoeprint:2000:067")
-   (~cite-id "Tobin-Hochstadt:2011fk")
-   (~cite-id "cryptoeprint:2000:067" "Tobin-Hochstadt:2011fk")
-   (~cite-id "cryptoeprint:2000:067 Tobin-Hochstadt:2011fk")
-   
-   (citet-id "salib:starkiller")
-   (citet-id "cryptoeprint:2000:067")
-   (citet-id "Tobin-Hochstadt:2011fk")
-   (citet-id "Tobin-Hochstadt:2011fk" "Tobin-Hochstadt:2011fk")
-   (citet-id "Tobin-Hochstadt:2011fk Tobin-Hochstadt:2011fk")
-
-   (define actual-path
-     (make-temporary-file "~a-bibtex.txt"))
-   
-   (render (list (generate-bibliography-id))
-           (list actual-path)
-           #:dest-dir (path-only actual-path)
-           #:render-mixin text:render-mixin)
-
-   (test
-    (file->string actual-path) => (file->string expected-path))))
+ (test-render normal-expected-path ()
+              (λ (~cite-id citet-id)
+                (~cite-id "salib:starkiller")
+                (~cite-id "cryptoeprint:2000:067")
+                (~cite-id "Tobin-Hochstadt:2011fk")
+                (~cite-id "cryptoeprint:2000:067" "Tobin-Hochstadt:2011fk")
+                (~cite-id "cryptoeprint:2000:067 Tobin-Hochstadt:2011fk")
 
+                (citet-id "salib:starkiller")
+                (citet-id "cryptoeprint:2000:067")
+                (citet-id "Tobin-Hochstadt:2011fk")
+                (citet-id "Tobin-Hochstadt:2011fk" "Tobin-Hochstadt:2011fk")
+                (citet-id "Tobin-Hochstadt:2011fk Tobin-Hochstadt:2011fk")))
+ (test-render number-expected-path (#:style number-style)
+              (λ (~cite-id citet-id)
+                (citet-id "salib:starkiller")
+                (citet-id "cryptoeprint:2000:067")
+                (citet-id "Tobin-Hochstadt:2011fk"))))