diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/ScrolledText.py b/Lib/tkinter/ScrolledText.py
index cf6b2f1..4a67f36 100755
--- a/Lib/tkinter/ScrolledText.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/ScrolledText.py
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 from Tkinter import _cnfmerge
 
 class ScrolledText(Text):
-	def __init__(self, master=None, **cnf):
+	def __init__(self, master=None, cnf={}, **kw):
+		if kw:
+			cnf = _cnfmerge((cnf, kw))
 		fcnf = {}
 		for k in cnf.keys():
 			if type(k) == ClassType or k == 'name':