diff --git a/Lib/test/test_array.py b/Lib/test/test_array.py
index 06f13cd..63e7f4e 100755
--- a/Lib/test/test_array.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_array.py
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 class ArraySubclass(array.array):
     pass
 
+class ArraySubclassWithKwargs(array.array):
+    def __init__(self, typecode, newarg=None):
+        array.array.__init__(typecode)
+
 tests = [] # list to accumulate all tests
 typecodes = "cubBhHiIlLfd"
 
@@ -683,6 +687,9 @@
                 b = array.array('B', range(64))
             self.assertEqual(rc, sys.getrefcount(10))
 
+    def test_subclass_with_kwargs(self):
+        # SF bug #1486663 -- this used to erroneously raise a TypeError
+        ArraySubclassWithKwargs('b', newarg=1)
 
 
 class StringTest(BaseTest):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_deque.py b/Lib/test/test_deque.py
index 35e1536..1d996ee 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_deque.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_deque.py
@@ -486,6 +486,16 @@
         d1 == d2   # not clear if this is supposed to be True or False,
                    # but it used to give a SystemError
 
+
+class SubclassWithKwargs(deque):
+    def __init__(self, newarg=1):
+        deque.__init__(self)
+
+class TestSubclassWithKwargs(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_subclass_with_kwargs(self):
+        # SF bug #1486663 -- this used to erroneously raise a TypeError
+        SubclassWithKwargs(newarg=1)
+
 #==============================================================================
 
 libreftest = """
@@ -599,6 +609,7 @@
         TestBasic,
         TestVariousIteratorArgs,
         TestSubclass,
+        TestSubclassWithKwargs,
     )
 
     test_support.run_unittest(*test_classes)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_itertools.py b/Lib/test/test_itertools.py
index 2baa507..5e375c9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_itertools.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_itertools.py
@@ -740,6 +740,21 @@
         self.assertRaises(AssertionError, list, cycle(gen1()))
         self.assertEqual(hist, [0,1])
 
+class SubclassWithKwargsTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_keywords_in_subclass(self):
+        # count is not subclassable...
+        for cls in (repeat, izip, ifilter, ifilterfalse, chain, imap,
+                    starmap, islice, takewhile, dropwhile, cycle):
+            class Subclass(cls):
+                def __init__(self, newarg=None, *args):
+                    cls.__init__(self, *args)
+            try:
+                Subclass(newarg=1)
+            except TypeError, err:
+                # we expect type errors because of wrong argument count
+                self.failIf("does not take keyword arguments" in err.args[0])
+
+
 libreftest = """ Doctest for examples in the library reference: libitertools.tex
 
 
@@ -934,7 +949,8 @@
 
 def test_main(verbose=None):
     test_classes = (TestBasicOps, TestVariousIteratorArgs, TestGC,
-                    RegressionTests, LengthTransparency)
+                    RegressionTests, LengthTransparency,
+                    SubclassWithKwargsTest)
     test_support.run_unittest(*test_classes)
 
     # verify reference counting
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_random.py b/Lib/test/test_random.py
index ddbcc2f..77bccf6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_random.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_random.py
@@ -515,6 +515,14 @@
         # tests validity but not completeness of the __all__ list
         self.failUnless(set(random.__all__) <= set(dir(random)))
 
+    def test_random_subclass_with_kwargs(self):
+        # SF bug #1486663 -- this used to erroneously raise a TypeError
+        class Subclass(random.Random):
+            def __init__(self, newarg=None):
+                random.Random.__init__(self)
+        Subclass(newarg=1)
+
+
 def test_main(verbose=None):
     testclasses =    [WichmannHill_TestBasicOps,
                       MersenneTwister_TestBasicOps,
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4bb5b10..25593a3 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- Bug #1486663: don't reject keyword arguments for subclasses of builtin
+  types.
+
 - Patch #1610575: The struct module now supports the 't' code, for
   C99 _Bool.
 
diff --git a/Modules/_randommodule.c b/Modules/_randommodule.c
index bd1c9d3..591947e 100644
--- a/Modules/_randommodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_randommodule.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@
 	RandomObject *self;
 	PyObject *tmp;
 
-	if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("Random()", kwds))
+	if (type == &Random_Type && !_PyArg_NoKeywords("Random()", kwds))
 		return NULL;
 
 	self = (RandomObject *)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
diff --git a/Modules/arraymodule.c b/Modules/arraymodule.c
index 9de14fd..210ada6 100644
--- a/Modules/arraymodule.c
+++ b/Modules/arraymodule.c
@@ -1797,7 +1797,7 @@
 	PyObject *initial = NULL, *it = NULL;
 	struct arraydescr *descr;
 	
-	if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("array.array()", kwds))
+	if (type == &Arraytype && !_PyArg_NoKeywords("array.array()", kwds))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "c|O:array", &c, &initial))
diff --git a/Modules/collectionsmodule.c b/Modules/collectionsmodule.c
index a0570cd..a4cdcfa 100644
--- a/Modules/collectionsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/collectionsmodule.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 	dequeobject *deque;
 	block *b;
 
-	if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("deque()", kwds))
+	if (type == &deque_type && !_PyArg_NoKeywords("deque()", kwds))
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* create dequeobject structure */
diff --git a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
index 7fcbb10..7896143 100644
--- a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@
 	PyObject *saved;
 	cycleobject *lz;
 
-	if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("cycle()", kwds))
+	if (type == &cycle_type && !_PyArg_NoKeywords("cycle()", kwds))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "cycle", 1, 1, &iterable))
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@
 	PyObject *it;
 	dropwhileobject *lz;
 
-	if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("dropwhile()", kwds))
+	if (type == &dropwhile_type && !_PyArg_NoKeywords("dropwhile()", kwds))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "dropwhile", 2, 2, &func, &seq))
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@
 	PyObject *it;
 	takewhileobject *lz;
 
-	if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("takewhile()", kwds))
+	if (type == &takewhile_type && !_PyArg_NoKeywords("takewhile()", kwds))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "takewhile", 2, 2, &func, &seq))
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@
 	Py_ssize_t numargs;
 	isliceobject *lz;
 
-	if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("islice()", kwds))
+	if (type == &islice_type && !_PyArg_NoKeywords("islice()", kwds))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "islice", 2, 4, &seq, &a1, &a2, &a3))
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@
 	PyObject *it;
 	starmapobject *lz;
 
-	if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("starmap()", kwds))
+	if (type == &starmap_type && !_PyArg_NoKeywords("starmap()", kwds))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "starmap", 2, 2, &func, &seq))
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@
 	imapobject *lz;
 	Py_ssize_t numargs, i;
 
-	if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("imap()", kwds))
+	if (type == &imap_type && !_PyArg_NoKeywords("imap()", kwds))
 		return NULL;
 
 	numargs = PyTuple_Size(args);
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@
 	Py_ssize_t i;
 	PyObject *ittuple;
 
-	if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("chain()", kwds))
+	if (type == &chain_type && !_PyArg_NoKeywords("chain()", kwds))
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* obtain iterators */
@@ -1768,7 +1768,7 @@
 	PyObject *it;
 	ifilterobject *lz;
 
-	if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("ifilter()", kwds))
+	if (type == &ifilter_type && !_PyArg_NoKeywords("ifilter()", kwds))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "ifilter", 2, 2, &func, &seq))
@@ -1912,7 +1912,8 @@
 	PyObject *it;
 	ifilterfalseobject *lz;
 
-	if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("ifilterfalse()", kwds))
+	if (type == &ifilterfalse_type &&
+	    !_PyArg_NoKeywords("ifilterfalse()", kwds))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "ifilterfalse", 2, 2, &func, &seq))
@@ -2054,7 +2055,7 @@
 	countobject *lz;
 	Py_ssize_t cnt = 0;
 
-	if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("count()", kwds))
+	if (type == &count_type && !_PyArg_NoKeywords("count()", kwds))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|n:count", &cnt))
@@ -2153,7 +2154,7 @@
 	PyObject *result;
 	Py_ssize_t tuplesize = PySequence_Length(args);
 
-	if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("izip()", kwds))
+	if (type == &izip_type && !_PyArg_NoKeywords("izip()", kwds))
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* args must be a tuple */
@@ -2336,7 +2337,7 @@
 	PyObject *element;
 	Py_ssize_t cnt = -1;
 
-	if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("repeat()", kwds))
+	if (type == &repeat_type && !_PyArg_NoKeywords("repeat()", kwds))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|n:repeat", &element, &cnt))