1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/thread.c b/thread.c
index 6958897fc1..3b6ded9609 100644
--- a/thread.c
+++ b/thread.c
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ thread_s_new(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
     if (GET_VM()->main_thread->status == THREAD_KILLED)
 	rb_raise(rb_eThreadError, "can't alloc thread");
 
-    rb_obj_call_init(thread, argc, argv);
+    rb_obj_call_init_kw(thread, argc, argv, RB_PASS_CALLED_KEYWORDS);
     th = rb_thread_ptr(thread);
     if (!threadptr_initialized(th)) {
 	rb_raise(rb_eThreadError, "uninitialized thread - check `%"PRIsVALUE"#initialize'",