diff --git a/src/filelock/_api.py b/src/filelock/_api.py
index a99d8a0a..2e9cdbad 100644
--- a/src/filelock/_api.py
+++ b/src/filelock/_api.py
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ def __new__(  # noqa: PLR0913
         thread_local: bool = True,  # noqa: ARG003, FBT001, FBT002
         *,
         is_singleton: bool = False,
+        **kwargs: dict[str, Any],  # capture remaining kwargs for subclasses  # noqa: ARG003
     ) -> Self:
         """Create a new lock object or if specified return the singleton instance for the lock file."""
         if not is_singleton:
diff --git a/tests/test_filelock.py b/tests/test_filelock.py
index a401a183..4bb40b87 100644
--- a/tests/test_filelock.py
+++ b/tests/test_filelock.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path, PurePath
 from stat import S_IWGRP, S_IWOTH, S_IWUSR, filemode
 from types import TracebackType
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, Iterator, Tuple, Type, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Iterator, Tuple, Type, Union
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 import pytest
@@ -613,6 +613,37 @@ def test_lock_can_be_non_thread_local(
     lock.release(force=True)
 
 
+def test_subclass_compatibility(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    class MyFileLock(FileLock):
+        def __init__(  # noqa: PLR0913 Too many arguments to function call (6 > 5)
+            self,
+            lock_file: str | os.PathLike[str],
+            timeout: float = -1,
+            mode: int = 0o644,
+            thread_local: bool = True,
+            my_param: int = 0,
+            **kwargs: dict[str, Any],
+        ) -> None:
+            pass
+
+    lock_path = tmp_path / "a"
+    MyFileLock(str(lock_path), my_param=1)
+
+    class MySoftFileLock(SoftFileLock):
+        def __init__(  # noqa: PLR0913 Too many arguments to function call (6 > 5)
+            self,
+            lock_file: str | os.PathLike[str],
+            timeout: float = -1,
+            mode: int = 0o644,
+            thread_local: bool = True,
+            my_param: int = 0,
+            **kwargs: dict[str, Any],
+        ) -> None:
+            pass
+
+    MySoftFileLock(str(lock_path), my_param=1)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("lock_type", [FileLock, SoftFileLock])
 def test_singleton_and_non_singleton_locks_are_distinct(lock_type: type[BaseFileLock], tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     lock_path = tmp_path / "a"