diff --git a/lib/shoulda/matchers/rails_shim.rb b/lib/shoulda/matchers/rails_shim.rb
index b426b575a..6cecb4b0a 100644
--- a/lib/shoulda/matchers/rails_shim.rb
+++ b/lib/shoulda/matchers/rails_shim.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def make_controller_request(context, verb, action, request_params)
               request_params
             end
 
-          context.__send__(verb, action, params)
+          context.__send__(verb, action, **params)
         end
 
         def serialized_attributes_for(model)