SF bug #1052503:  pdb runcall should accept keyword arguments
diff --git a/Lib/bdb.py b/Lib/bdb.py
index f555078..dacbcc0 100644
--- a/Lib/bdb.py
+++ b/Lib/bdb.py
@@ -391,13 +391,13 @@
 
     # This method is more useful to debug a single function call.
 
-    def runcall(self, func, *args):
+    def runcall(self, func, *args, **kwds):
         self.reset()
         sys.settrace(self.trace_dispatch)
         res = None
         try:
             try:
-                res = func(*args)
+                res = func(*args, **kwds)
             except BdbQuit:
                 pass
         finally:
diff --git a/Lib/pdb.py b/Lib/pdb.py
index 3c229ab..b608adf 100755
--- a/Lib/pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/pdb.py
@@ -993,8 +993,8 @@
     # B/W compatibility
     run(statement, globals, locals)
 
-def runcall(*args):
-    return Pdb().runcall(*args)
+def runcall(*args, **kwds):
+    return Pdb().runcall(*args, **kwds)
 
 def set_trace():
     Pdb().set_trace()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d0a5af5..e5437e1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Bug #1052503 pdb.runcall() was not passing along keyword arguments.
+
 - Bug #902037: XML.sax.saxutils.prepare_input_source() now combines relative
   paths with a base path before checking os.path.isfile().