diff --git a/tests/test_tree.py b/tests/test_tree.py
index fcb67ce..eb7cfd3 100644
--- a/tests/test_tree.py
+++ b/tests/test_tree.py
@@ -617,6 +617,25 @@ class SubTree(Tree):
         node = tree.create_node()
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(node, SubNode))
 
+    def test_subclassing_extra_kwargs(self):
+        class SubNode(Node):
+            def __init__(self, some_argument=None, **kwargs):
+                self.some_property = some_argument
+                super().__init__(**kwargs)
+
+        class SubTree(Tree):
+            node_class = SubNode
+
+        tree = SubTree()
+        node = tree.create_node(some_argument="some_value")
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(node, SubNode))
+        self.assertEqual(node.some_property, "some_value")
+
+        tree = Tree(node_class=SubNode)
+        node = tree.create_node(some_argument="some_value")
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(node, SubNode))
+        self.assertEqual(node.some_property, "some_value")
+
     def test_shallow_copy_hermetic_pointers(self):
         # tree 1
         # Hárry
diff --git a/treelib/tree.py b/treelib/tree.py
index 6ee18c9..42535fc 100644
--- a/treelib/tree.py
+++ b/treelib/tree.py
@@ -336,12 +336,12 @@ def contains(self, nid):
         """Check if the tree contains node of given id"""
         return True if nid in self._nodes else False
 
-    def create_node(self, tag=None, identifier=None, parent=None, data=None):
+    def create_node(self, tag=None, identifier=None, parent=None, data=None, **kwargs):
         """
         Create a child node for given @parent node. If ``identifier`` is absent,
         a UUID will be generated automatically.
         """
-        node = self.node_class(tag=tag, identifier=identifier, data=data)
+        node = self.node_class(tag=tag, identifier=identifier, data=data, **kwargs)
         self.add_node(node, parent)
         return node