diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0c67f576..31d5d7db 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,7 +22,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file, in reverse
 
 ### Fixed
 
-- Nothing.
+- [#107](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-session/pull/107) fixes an error
+  raised by `ini_set()` within `SessionConfig::setStorageOption()` that occurs
+  for certain INI values that cannot be set if the session is active. When this
+  situation occurs, the class performs a `session_write_close()`, sets the new
+  INI value, and then restarts the session. As such, we recommend that you
+  either set production INI values in your production `php.ini`, and/or always
+  pass your fully configured session manager to container instances you create.
 
 ## 2.8.3 - 2017-12-01
 
diff --git a/src/Config/SessionConfig.php b/src/Config/SessionConfig.php
index dc5d3ff3..f260f7f7 100644
--- a/src/Config/SessionConfig.php
+++ b/src/Config/SessionConfig.php
@@ -133,7 +133,24 @@ public function setStorageOption($storageName, $storageValue)
                 break;
         }
 
-        $result = ini_set($key, (string) $storageValue);
+        $iniGet       = ini_get($key);
+        $storageValue = (string) $storageValue;
+        if (false !== $iniGet && (string) $iniGet === $storageValue) {
+            return $this;
+        }
+
+        $sessionRequiresRestart = false;
+        if (session_status() == PHP_SESSION_ACTIVE) {
+            session_write_close();
+            $sessionRequiresRestart = true;
+        }
+
+        $result = ini_set($key, $storageValue);
+
+        if ($sessionRequiresRestart) {
+            session_start();
+        }
+
         if (false === $result) {
             throw new Exception\InvalidArgumentException(
                 "'{$key}' is not a valid sessions-related ini setting."
diff --git a/test/Config/SessionConfigTest.php b/test/Config/SessionConfigTest.php
index 5486238c..9244b1a3 100644
--- a/test/Config/SessionConfigTest.php
+++ b/test/Config/SessionConfigTest.php
@@ -96,6 +96,23 @@ public function testNameAltersIniSetting()
         $this->assertEquals('FOOBAR', ini_get('session.name'));
     }
 
+    public function testNameAltersIniSettingAfterSessionStart()
+    {
+        session_start();
+
+        $this->config->setName('FOOBAR');
+        $this->assertEquals('FOOBAR', ini_get('session.name'));
+    }
+
+    public function testIdempotentNameAltersIniSettingWithSameValueAfterSessionStart()
+    {
+        $this->config->setName('FOOBAR');
+        session_start();
+
+        $this->config->setName('FOOBAR');
+        $this->assertEquals('FOOBAR', ini_get('session.name'));
+    }
+
     // session.save_handler
 
     public function testSaveHandlerDefaultsToIniSettings()