diff --git a/src/route-options-requests-for-cors.test.ts b/src/route-options-requests-for-cors.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3feee23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/route-options-requests-for-cors.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, jest } from '@jest/globals';
+import type { Express } from 'express';
+import type { Route } from './parse-stack-config.js';
+import { routeOptionsRequestsForCors } from './route-options-requests-for-cors.js';
+
+// Mock print utility
+jest.mock('./utils/print');
+
+describe('routeOptionsRequestsForCors', () => {
+  let app: jest.Mocked<Express>;
+  let optionsHandlers: Record<string, Function>;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    optionsHandlers = {};
+    app = {
+      options: jest.fn((path: string, handler: Function) => {
+        optionsHandlers[path] = handler;
+      }),
+    } as any;
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('should set up CORS OPTIONS handlers for routes with corsEnabled', () => {
+    const routes: Route[] = [
+      { publicPath: '/foo', httpMethod: 'GET', corsEnabled: true } as any,
+      { publicPath: '/foo', httpMethod: 'POST', corsEnabled: true } as any,
+      { publicPath: '/bar', httpMethod: 'PUT', corsEnabled: true } as any,
+      { publicPath: '/baz', httpMethod: 'DELETE', corsEnabled: false } as any,
+    ];
+
+    routeOptionsRequestsForCors(routes, app);
+
+    expect(app.options).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(app.options).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/foo', expect.any(Function));
+    expect(app.options).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/bar', expect.any(Function));
+    expect(optionsHandlers['/foo']).toBeDefined();
+    expect(optionsHandlers['/bar']).toBeDefined();
+    expect(optionsHandlers['/baz']).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should set correct headers and status in the handler', () => {
+    const routes: Route[] = [
+      { publicPath: '/foo', httpMethod: 'GET', corsEnabled: true } as any,
+      { publicPath: '/foo', httpMethod: 'POST', corsEnabled: true } as any,
+    ];
+
+    routeOptionsRequestsForCors(routes, app);
+
+    const res = {
+      header: jest.fn(),
+      sendStatus: jest.fn(),
+    };
+
+    if (!optionsHandlers['/foo']) {
+      throw new Error('Expected options handler for /foo to be defined');
+    }
+    optionsHandlers['/foo']({}, res);
+
+    expect(res.header).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
+    expect(res.header).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET, POST');
+    expect(res.header).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'Access-Control-Allow-Headers',
+      'Content-Type, Authorization',
+    );
+    expect(res.sendStatus).toHaveBeenCalledWith(204);
+  });
+
+  it('should not set up handler for routes without corsEnabled', () => {
+    const routes: Route[] = [
+      { publicPath: '/foo', httpMethod: 'GET', corsEnabled: false } as any,
+      { publicPath: '/bar', httpMethod: 'POST', corsEnabled: false } as any,
+    ];
+
+    routeOptionsRequestsForCors(routes, app);
+
+    expect(app.options).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(optionsHandlers['/foo']).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(optionsHandlers['/bar']).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should handle routes with missing httpMethod gracefully', () => {
+    const routes: Route[] = [
+      { publicPath: '/foo', corsEnabled: true } as any,
+      { publicPath: '/bar', httpMethod: 'PUT', corsEnabled: true } as any,
+    ];
+
+    routeOptionsRequestsForCors(routes, app);
+
+    expect(app.options).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(app.options).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/bar', expect.any(Function));
+    expect(optionsHandlers['/foo']).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(optionsHandlers['/bar']).toBeDefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/route-options-requests-for-cors.ts b/src/route-options-requests-for-cors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7709c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/route-options-requests-for-cors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import type { Express } from 'express';
+import type { Route } from './parse-stack-config.js';
+import { print } from './utils/print.js';
+
+export function routeOptionsRequestsForCors(routes: readonly Route[], app: Express) {
+  const corsEnabledMethodsByRoute = routes.reduce((corsEnabledMethodsByRoute, route) => {
+    if (route.corsEnabled && route.httpMethod) {
+      print.info(`CORS is enabled for route: ${route.publicPath} with method: ${route.httpMethod}`);
+
+      const existingMethods = corsEnabledMethodsByRoute.get(route.publicPath);
+      if (existingMethods) {
+        existingMethods.push(route.httpMethod);
+      } else {
+        corsEnabledMethodsByRoute.set(route.publicPath, [route.httpMethod]);
+      }
+    }
+    return corsEnabledMethodsByRoute;
+  }, new Map<string, string[]>());
+  corsEnabledMethodsByRoute.forEach((methods, path) => {
+    print.info(`Setting up CORS for path: ${path} with methods: ${methods.join(`, `)}`);
+
+    app.options(path, (_req, res) => {
+      res.header(`Access-Control-Allow-Origin`, `*`);
+      res.header(`Access-Control-Allow-Methods`, methods.join(`, `));
+      res.header(`Access-Control-Allow-Headers`, `Content-Type, Authorization`);
+      res.sendStatus(204);
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/start-command.ts b/src/start-command.ts
index d91c2a0..b26ec02 100644
--- a/src/start-command.ts
+++ b/src/start-command.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import getPort from 'get-port';
 import * as lambdaLocal from 'lambda-local';
 import { mkdirp } from 'mkdirp';
 import { dirname } from 'path';
+import { routeOptionsRequestsForCors } from './route-options-requests-for-cors.js';
 
 const commandName = `start`;
 
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ export const startCommand: CommandModule<{}, { readonly port: number }> = {
 
     const routes = sortRoutes(stackConfig.routes);
 
+    routeOptionsRequestsForCors(routes, app);
+
     for (const route of routes) {
       if (route.type === `function`) {
         const { cacheTtlInSeconds = 300 } = route;
diff --git a/src/utils/__mocks__/print.ts b/src/utils/__mocks__/print.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af7d2a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/__mocks__/print.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+export function print(): void {}
+
+print.warning = (): void => {};
+
+print.error = (): void => {};
+
+print.confirmation = async (): Promise<boolean> => {
+  return false;
+};
+
+print.listItem = (): void => {};
+
+print.success = (): void => {};
+
+print.info = (): void => {};