diff --git a/scikits/learn/datasets/mlcomp.py b/scikits/learn/datasets/mlcomp.py
index 0096990ff9c5fbb5c71a743a07850db40c27dca5..75820def05a6f5ce851ba683c340365463adf2f7 100644
--- a/scikits/learn/datasets/mlcomp.py
+++ b/scikits/learn/datasets/mlcomp.py
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import numpy as np
 from scikits.learn.datasets.base import load_files
 
 
-def _load_document_classification(dataset_path, metadata, set_=None):
+def _load_document_classification(dataset_path, metadata, set_=None, **kwargs):
     if set_ is not None:
         dataset_path = os.path.join(dataset_path, set_)
-    return load_files(dataset_path, metadata.get('description'))
+    return load_files(dataset_path, metadata.get('description'), **kwargs)
 
 
 LOADERS = {