diff --git a/loopy/execution.py b/loopy/execution.py
index ee26667453da3b57876a149f097b5e4b1c2b6e5a..ea6236da84da9e9ec2ebf262d212c4b6565646ed 100644
--- a/loopy/execution.py
+++ b/loopy/execution.py
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ class ExecutionWrapperGeneratorBase(object):
                     "%s=None" % idi.name
                     for idi in implemented_data_info
                     if issubclass(idi.arg_class, KernelArgument)
-                    ])
+                    ] + ['**kw_args'])
 
         gen.add_to_preamble("from __future__ import division")
         gen.add_to_preamble("")