diff --git a/packages/mongo-livedata/collection.js b/packages/mongo-livedata/collection.js
index f7a0626ce3..474d269333 100644
--- a/packages/mongo-livedata/collection.js
+++ b/packages/mongo-livedata/collection.js
@@ -210,11 +210,11 @@ _.extend(Meteor.Collection.prototype, {
       return { transform: self._transform };
     } else {
       check(args[1], Match.Optional(Match.ObjectIncluding({
-        fields: Match.Optional(Object),
-        sort: Match.Optional(Match.OneOf(Object, Array)),
-        limit: Match.Optional(Number),
-        skip: Match.Optional(Number)
-      })));
+        fields: Match.Optional(Match.OneOf(Object, undefined)),
+        sort: Match.Optional(Match.OneOf(Object, Array, undefined)),
+        limit: Match.Optional(Match.OneOf(Number, undefined)),
+        skip: Match.Optional(Match.OneOf(Number, undefined))
+     })));
 
       return _.extend({
         transform: self._transform
diff --git a/packages/mongo-livedata/mongo_livedata_tests.js b/packages/mongo-livedata/mongo_livedata_tests.js
index ff86e576a9..48cc187fc8 100644
--- a/packages/mongo-livedata/mongo_livedata_tests.js
+++ b/packages/mongo-livedata/mongo_livedata_tests.js
@@ -2925,3 +2925,32 @@ Meteor.isServer && Tinytest.add("mongo-livedata - cursor dedup stop", function (
   // would print the error and no longer does.
   // See https://github.com/meteor/meteor/issues/2070
 });
+
+testAsyncMulti("mongo-livedata - undefined find options", [
+  function (test, expect) {
+    var self = this;
+    self.collName = Random.id();
+    if (Meteor.isClient) {
+      Meteor.call("createInsecureCollection", self.collName);
+      Meteor.subscribe("c-" + self.collName, expect());
+    }
+  },
+  function (test, expect) {
+    var self = this;
+    self.coll = new Meteor.Collection(self.collName);
+    self.doc = { foo: 1, bar: 2, _id: "foobar" };
+    self.coll.insert(self.doc, expect(function (err, id) {
+      test.isFalse(err);
+    }));
+  },
+  function (test, expect) {
+    var self = this;
+    var result = self.coll.findOne({ foo: 1 }, {
+      fields: undefined,
+      sort: undefined,
+      limit: undefined,
+      skip: undefined
+    });
+    test.equal(result, self.doc);
+  }
+]);