diff --git a/bob/bio/base/database/database.py b/bob/bio/base/database/database.py
index 255cd3a6b9064b86838b761e211543b31f57c619..653b97f94dcb39706ae8dbdc4c4b31d25f03200d 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/database/database.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/database/database.py
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ class BioDatabase(six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta, bob.db.base.FileDatabase)):
 
         super(BioDatabase, self).__init__(
             original_directory=original_directory,
-            original_extension=original_extension)
+            original_extension=original_extension,
+            **kwargs)
 
         self.name = name