diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/chroot.py b/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/chroot.py
index 3f06b176f81..14b3c06f7f8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/chroot.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/chroot.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from ansible.callbacks import vvv
 class Connection(object):
     ''' Local chroot based connections '''
 
-    def __init__(self, runner, host, port, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, runner, host, port, *args, **kwargs):
         self.chroot = host
 
         if os.geteuid() != 0: