diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/bootstrap/Bootstrap.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/bootstrap/Bootstrap.java
index dbb6942f6b..f54f240c99 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/bootstrap/Bootstrap.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/bootstrap/Bootstrap.java
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ public class Bootstrap extends AbstractBootstrap<Bootstrap, Channel> {
     }
 
     @Override
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     void init(Channel channel) {
         ChannelPipeline p = channel.pipeline();
         p.addLast(config.handler());
diff --git a/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/bootstrap/BootstrapTest.java b/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/bootstrap/BootstrapTest.java
index 05b3da299e..e57fde3c0e 100644
--- a/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/bootstrap/BootstrapTest.java
+++ b/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/bootstrap/BootstrapTest.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.ServerChannel;
 import io.netty.channel.local.LocalAddress;
 import io.netty.channel.local.LocalChannel;
 import io.netty.channel.local.LocalServerChannel;
+import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioSocketChannel;
 import io.netty.resolver.AddressResolver;
 import io.netty.resolver.AddressResolverGroup;
 import io.netty.resolver.AbstractAddressResolver;
@@ -98,6 +99,25 @@ public class BootstrapTest {
         assertEquals(value, attributesArray[0].getValue());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void optionsAndAttributesMustBeAvailableOnChannelInit() throws InterruptedException {
+        final AttributeKey<String> key = AttributeKey.valueOf(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+        new Bootstrap()
+                .group(groupA)
+                .channel(LocalChannel.class)
+                .option(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, 4242)
+                .attr(key, "value")
+                .handler(new ChannelInitializer<LocalChannel>() {
+                    @Override
+                    protected void initChannel(LocalChannel ch) throws Exception {
+                        Integer option = ch.config().getOption(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS);
+                        assertEquals(4242, (int) option);
+                        assertEquals("value", ch.attr(key).get());
+                    }
+                })
+                .bind(LocalAddress.ANY).sync();
+    }
+
     @Test(timeout = 10000)
     public void testBindDeadLock() throws Exception {
         final Bootstrap bootstrapA = new Bootstrap();
diff --git a/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/bootstrap/ServerBootstrapTest.java b/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/bootstrap/ServerBootstrapTest.java
index deb225da34..ca9bf73703 100644
--- a/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/bootstrap/ServerBootstrapTest.java
+++ b/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/bootstrap/ServerBootstrapTest.java
@@ -21,18 +21,22 @@ import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerAdapter;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelInitializer;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
 import io.netty.channel.DefaultEventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.local.LocalAddress;
 import io.netty.channel.local.LocalChannel;
 import io.netty.channel.local.LocalEventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.local.LocalServerChannel;
+import io.netty.util.AttributeKey;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
@@ -137,4 +141,37 @@ public class ServerBootstrapTest {
             group.shutdownGracefully();
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void optionsAndAttributesMustBeAvailableOnChildChannelInit() throws InterruptedException {
+        EventLoopGroup group = new DefaultEventLoopGroup(1);
+        LocalAddress addr = new LocalAddress(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+        final AttributeKey<String> key = AttributeKey.valueOf(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+        final AtomicBoolean requestServed = new AtomicBoolean();
+        ServerBootstrap sb = new ServerBootstrap()
+                .group(group)
+                .channel(LocalServerChannel.class)
+                .childOption(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, 4242)
+                .childAttr(key, "value")
+                .childHandler(new ChannelInitializer<LocalChannel>() {
+                    @Override
+                    protected void initChannel(LocalChannel ch) throws Exception {
+                        Integer option = ch.config().getOption(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS);
+                        assertEquals(4242, (int) option);
+                        assertEquals("value", ch.attr(key).get());
+                        requestServed.set(true);
+                    }
+                });
+        Channel serverChannel = sb.bind(addr).syncUninterruptibly().channel();
+
+        Bootstrap cb = new Bootstrap();
+        cb.group(group)
+                .channel(LocalChannel.class)
+                .handler(new ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter());
+        Channel clientChannel = cb.connect(addr).syncUninterruptibly().channel();
+        serverChannel.close().syncUninterruptibly();
+        clientChannel.close().syncUninterruptibly();
+        group.shutdownGracefully();
+        assertTrue(requestServed.get());
+    }
 }