diff --git a/django_pgcli/__init__.py b/django_pgcli/__init__.py
index a517342..82b96e3 100755
--- a/django_pgcli/__init__.py
+++ b/django_pgcli/__init__.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 class PgCLIDatabaseClient(DatabaseClient):
     executable_name = 'pgcli'
     
-    def runshell(self):
-        PgCLIDatabaseClient.runshell_db(self.connection.get_connection_params())
+    def runshell(self, parameters=None):
+        PgCLIDatabaseClient.runshell_db(self.connection.get_connection_params(), parameters=parameters)
 
 base.DatabaseWrapper.__old_database_client_class = base.DatabaseClient
 base.DatabaseWrapper.client_class = PgCLIDatabaseClient