diff --git a/lib/cancan/controller_additions.rb b/lib/cancan/controller_additions.rb
index c4d5034..cd1741e 100644
--- a/lib/cancan/controller_additions.rb
+++ b/lib/cancan/controller_additions.rb
@@ -251,19 +251,20 @@ module CanCan
       #
       #     enable_authorization :unless => :devise_controller?
       #
-      def enable_authorization(options = {})
-        self.before_filter(options.slice(:only, :except)) do |controller|
+      def enable_authorization(options = {}, &block)
+        before_filter(options.slice(:only, :except)) do |controller|
           break if options[:if] && !controller.send(options[:if])
           break if options[:unless] && controller.send(options[:unless])
           controller.authorize! controller.params[:action], controller.params[:controller]
         end
-        self.after_filter(options.slice(:only, :except)) do |controller|
+        after_filter(options.slice(:only, :except)) do |controller|
           break if options[:if] && !controller.send(options[:if])
           break if options[:unless] && controller.send(options[:unless])
           unless controller.current_ability.fully_authorized? controller.params[:action], controller.params[:controller]
             raise CanCan::InsufficientAuthorizationCheck, "Authorization check is not sufficient for this action. This is probably because you have a conditions or attributes defined in Ability and are not checking for them in the action."
           end
         end
+        rescue_from(CanCan::Unauthorized, &block) if block
       end
 
       def cancan_resource_class
diff --git a/spec/cancan/controller_additions_spec.rb b/spec/cancan/controller_additions_spec.rb
index a2f680c..811468a 100644
--- a/spec/cancan/controller_additions_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/cancan/controller_additions_spec.rb
@@ -95,4 +95,13 @@ describe CanCan::ControllerAdditions do
     @controller_class.enable_authorization(:unless => :engine_controller?)
     @authorize_called.should be_false
   end
+
+  it "enable_authorization should pass block to rescue_from CanCan::Unauthorized call" do
+    @block_called = false
+    mock(@controller_class).before_filter({})
+    mock(@controller_class).after_filter({})
+    mock(@controller_class).rescue_from(CanCan::Unauthorized) { |options, block| block.call(:exception) }
+    @controller_class.enable_authorization { |e| @block_called = (e == :exception) }
+    @block_called.should be_true
+  end
 end