diff --git a/lib/safemode/jail.rb b/lib/safemode/jail.rb
index de88a75..bd47add 100644
--- a/lib/safemode/jail.rb
+++ b/lib/safemode/jail.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def to_s
       @source.to_s
     end
 
-    def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
+    def method_missing(method, *args, **kwargs, &block)
       if @source.is_a?(Class)
         unless self.class.allowed_class_method?(method)
           raise Safemode::NoMethodError.new(".#{method}", self.class.name, @source.name)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
       # don't need to jail objects returned from a jail. Doing so would provide
       # "double" protection, but it also would break using a return value in an if
       # statement, passing them to a Rails helper etc.
-      @source.send(method, *args, &block)
+      @source.send(method, *args, **kwargs, &block)
     end
 
     def respond_to_missing?(method_name, include_private = false)
diff --git a/lib/safemode/scope.rb b/lib/safemode/scope.rb
index 189b487..bd2fdb0 100644
--- a/lib/safemode/scope.rb
+++ b/lib/safemode/scope.rb
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ def output
       @_safemode_output
     end
 
-    def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
+    def method_missing(method, *args, **kwargs, &block)
       if @locals.has_key?(method)
         @locals[method]
       elsif @delegate_methods.include?(method)
+        # TODO: deal with kwargs
         @delegate.send method, *unjail_args(args), &block
       else
         raise Safemode::SecurityError.new(method, "#<Safemode::ScopeObject>")
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 82e1247..52416da 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -110,8 +110,12 @@ def comment_class
     Comment
   end
 
-  def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
-    super(method, *args, &block)
+  def method_with_kwargs(a_keyword: false)
+    a_keyword
+  end
+
+  def method_missing(method, *args, **kwargs, &block)
+    super
   end
 end
 
@@ -144,7 +148,7 @@ def self.destroy_all
 end
 
 class Article::Jail < Safemode::Jail
-  allow :title, :comments, :is_article?, :comment_class
+  allow :title, :comments, :is_article?, :comment_class, :method_with_kwargs
 
   def author_name
     "this article's author name"
diff --git a/test/test_jail.rb b/test/test_jail.rb
index 3a42176..3629cd9 100644
--- a/test/test_jail.rb
+++ b/test/test_jail.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ def test_sending_to_jail_to_an_object_should_return_a_jail
     assert_equal "Article::Jail", @article.class.name
   end
 
+  def test_sending_of_kwargs_works
+    assert @article.method_with_kwargs(a_keyword: true)
+  end
+
+  def test_sending_to_method_missing
+    assert_raise_with_message(Safemode::NoMethodError, /#no_such_method/) do
+      @article.no_such_method('arg', key: 'value')
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_jail_instances_should_have_limited_methods
     expected = ["class", "method_missing", "methods", "respond_to?", "to_jail", "to_s", "instance_variable_get"]
     objects.each do |object|