diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors/EnableCorsAttribute.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors/EnableCorsAttribute.cs
index 34bd269d96..b19851e39a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors/EnableCorsAttribute.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors/EnableCorsAttribute.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors
     public class EnableCorsAttribute : Attribute, IEnableCorsAttribute
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a new instance of the <see cref="EnableCorsAttribute"/>.
+        /// Creates a new instance of the <see cref="EnableCorsAttribute"/> with the default policy
+        /// name defined by <see cref="CorsOptions.DefaultPolicyName"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public EnableCorsAttribute()
+            : this(policyName: null)
+        {
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a new instance of the <see cref="EnableCorsAttribute"/> with the supplied policy name.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="policyName">The name of the policy to be applied.</param>
         public EnableCorsAttribute(string policyName)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors/Infrastructure/CorsMiddleware.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors/Infrastructure/CorsMiddleware.cs
index a5dd632d38..eb773f5abf 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors/Infrastructure/CorsMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors/Infrastructure/CorsMiddleware.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Infrastructure
         private readonly CorsPolicy _policy;
         private readonly string _corsPolicyName;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Instantiates a new <see cref="CorsMiddleware"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="next">The next middleware in the pipeline.</param>
+        /// <param name="corsService">An instance of <see cref="ICorsService"/>.</param>
+        /// <param name="policyProvider">A policy provider which can get an <see cref="CorsPolicy"/>.</param>
+        public CorsMiddleware(
+            RequestDelegate next,
+            ICorsService corsService,
+            ICorsPolicyProvider policyProvider)
+            : this(next, corsService, policyProvider, policyName: null)
+        {
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Instantiates a new <see cref="CorsMiddleware"/>.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors/Infrastructure/CorsMiddlewareExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors/Infrastructure/CorsMiddlewareExtensions.cs
index aae7ca4602..dea1ad01d9 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors/Infrastructure/CorsMiddlewareExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors/Infrastructure/CorsMiddlewareExtensions.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,21 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder
     /// </summary>
     public static class CorsMiddlewareExtensions
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a CORS middleware to your web application pipeline to allow cross domain requests.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="app">The IApplicationBuilder passed to your Configure method</param>
+        /// <returns>The original app parameter</returns>
+        public static IApplicationBuilder UseCors(this IApplicationBuilder app)
+        {
+            if (app == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(app));
+            }
+
+            return app.UseMiddleware<CorsMiddleware>();
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds a CORS middleware to your web application pipeline to allow cross domain requests.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors/Infrastructure/CorsOptions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors/Infrastructure/CorsOptions.cs
index 10b046000d..92e1f775ba 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors/Infrastructure/CorsOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors/Infrastructure/CorsOptions.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,34 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Infrastructure
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a new policy and sets it as the default.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="policy">The <see cref="CorsPolicy"/> policy to be added.</param>
+        public void AddDefaultPolicy(CorsPolicy policy)
+        {
+            if (policy == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(policy));
+            }
+
+            AddPolicy(DefaultPolicyName, policy);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a new policy and sets it as the default.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="configurePolicy">A delegate which can use a policy builder to build a policy.</param>
+        public void AddDefaultPolicy(Action<CorsPolicyBuilder> configurePolicy)
+        {
+            if (configurePolicy == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(configurePolicy));
+            }
+
+            AddPolicy(DefaultPolicyName, configurePolicy);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds a new policy.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Test/CorsMiddlewareTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Test/CorsMiddlewareTests.cs
index 01a2c2d8e3..d74c020eae 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Test/CorsMiddlewareTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Test/CorsMiddlewareTests.cs
@@ -297,5 +297,57 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Infrastructure
                 o => o.GetPolicyAsync(It.IsAny<HttpContext>(), It.IsAny<string>()),
                 Times.Once);
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task PreFlight_MatchesDefaultPolicy_SetsResponseHeaders()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var hostBuilder = new WebHostBuilder()
+                .Configure(app =>
+                {
+                    app.UseCors();
+                    app.Run(async context =>
+                    {
+                        await context.Response.WriteAsync("Cross origin response");
+                    });
+                })
+                .ConfigureServices(services =>
+                {
+                    services.AddCors(options =>
+                    {
+                        options.AddDefaultPolicy(policyBuilder =>
+                        {
+                            policyBuilder
+                            .WithOrigins("http://localhost:5001")
+                            .WithMethods("PUT")
+                            .WithHeaders("Header1")
+                            .WithExposedHeaders("AllowedHeader")
+                            .Build();
+                        });
+                        options.AddPolicy("policy2", policyBuilder =>
+                        {
+                            policyBuilder
+                            .WithOrigins("http://localhost:5002")
+                            .Build();
+                        });
+                    });
+                });
+
+            using (var server = new TestServer(hostBuilder))
+            {
+                // Act
+                // Preflight request.
+                var response = await server.CreateRequest("/")
+                    .AddHeader(CorsConstants.Origin, "http://localhost:5001")
+                    .AddHeader(CorsConstants.AccessControlRequestMethod, "PUT")
+                    .SendAsync(CorsConstants.PreflightHttpMethod);
+
+                // Assert
+                response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+                Assert.Equal(2, response.Headers.Count());
+                Assert.Equal("http://localhost:5001", response.Headers.GetValues(CorsConstants.AccessControlAllowOrigin).FirstOrDefault());
+                Assert.Equal("PUT", response.Headers.GetValues(CorsConstants.AccessControlAllowMethods).FirstOrDefault());
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Test/CorsOptionsTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Test/CorsOptionsTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..360231d38b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Test/CorsOptionsTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Infrastructure
+{
+    public class CorsOptionsTest
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void AddDefaultPolicy_SetsDefaultPolicyName()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var corsOptions = new CorsOptions();
+            var expectedPolicy = new CorsPolicy();
+
+            // Act
+            corsOptions.AddPolicy("policy1", new CorsPolicy());
+            corsOptions.AddDefaultPolicy(expectedPolicy);
+            corsOptions.AddPolicy("policy3", new CorsPolicy());
+
+            // Assert
+            var actualPolicy = corsOptions.GetPolicy(corsOptions.DefaultPolicyName);
+            Assert.Same(expectedPolicy, actualPolicy);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void AddDefaultPolicy_OverridesDefaultPolicyName()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var corsOptions = new CorsOptions();
+            var expectedPolicy = new CorsPolicy();
+
+            // Act
+            corsOptions.AddDefaultPolicy(new CorsPolicy());
+            corsOptions.AddDefaultPolicy(expectedPolicy);
+
+            // Assert
+            var actualPolicy = corsOptions.GetPolicy(corsOptions.DefaultPolicyName);
+            Assert.Same(expectedPolicy, actualPolicy);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void AddDefaultPolicy_UsingPolicyBuilder_SetsDefaultPolicyName()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var corsOptions = new CorsOptions();
+            CorsPolicy expectedPolicy = null;
+
+            // Act
+            corsOptions.AddPolicy("policy1", policyBuilder =>
+            {
+                policyBuilder.AllowAnyOrigin().Build();
+            });
+            corsOptions.AddDefaultPolicy(policyBuilder =>
+            {
+                expectedPolicy = policyBuilder.AllowAnyOrigin().Build();
+            });
+            corsOptions.AddPolicy("policy3", new CorsPolicy());
+
+            // Assert
+            var actualPolicy = corsOptions.GetPolicy(corsOptions.DefaultPolicyName);
+            Assert.Same(expectedPolicy, actualPolicy);
+        }
+    }
+}
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