diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 60186e3..7efb49e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -119,6 +119,21 @@ function escapeFunctionBody(str) {
     return str;
 }
 
+// Keep in sync with the options read in `serialize()` below.
+var OPTION_NAMES = ['space', 'isJSON', 'unsafe', 'ignoreFunction'];
+
+// Copy only the options set on the object itself, so a value inherited from a
+// polluted `Object.prototype` (e.g. `unsafe`) can't turn off escaping.
+function ownOptions(options) {
+    var result = Object.create(null);
+    for (var i = 0; i < OPTION_NAMES.length; i++) {
+        if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(options, OPTION_NAMES[i])) {
+            result[OPTION_NAMES[i]] = options[OPTION_NAMES[i]];
+        }
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
 function generateUID() {
     var bytes = crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(UID_LENGTH));
     var result = '';
@@ -136,6 +151,8 @@ module.exports = function serialize(obj, options) {
         options = {space: options};
     }
 
+    options = ownOptions(options);
+
     var functions = [];
     var regexps   = [];
     var dates     = [];
diff --git a/test/unit/serialize.js b/test/unit/serialize.js
index 1b10700..63a626f 100644
--- a/test/unit/serialize.js
+++ b/test/unit/serialize.js
@@ -928,6 +928,33 @@ describe('serialize( obj )', function () {
               '{"num":123,"str":"str"}'
             );
         });
+
+        it('should ignore options inherited from `Object.prototype`', function () {
+            var value = {
+                html: '</script><img src=x onerror=alert(1)>',
+                fn: function () { return '</script>'; },
+                map: new Map([['html', '</script>']])
+            };
+            var expected = serialize(value);
+            var expectedWithSpace = serialize(value, 2);
+
+            try {
+                Object.prototype.unsafe = true;
+                Object.prototype.isJSON = true;
+                Object.prototype.ignoreFunction = true;
+                Object.prototype.space = 2;
+
+                strictEqual(serialize(value), expected);
+                strictEqual(serialize(value, {}), expected);
+                strictEqual(serialize(value, true), expected);
+                strictEqual(serialize(value, 2), expectedWithSpace);
+            } finally {
+                delete Object.prototype.unsafe;
+                delete Object.prototype.isJSON;
+                delete Object.prototype.ignoreFunction;
+                delete Object.prototype.space;
+            }
+        });
     });
 
     describe('ignoring functions without changing the input', function () {