diff --git a/satpy/readers/yaml_reader.py b/satpy/readers/yaml_reader.py
index ef371a6284..5bbaba4a6c 100644
--- a/satpy/readers/yaml_reader.py
+++ b/satpy/readers/yaml_reader.py
@@ -474,7 +474,8 @@ class FileYAMLReader(GenericYAMLReader, DataDownloadMixin):
     def __init__(self,
                  config_dict,
                  filter_parameters=None,
-                 filter_filenames=True):
+                 filter_filenames=True,
+                 **kwargs):
         """Set up initial internal storage for loading file data."""
         super().__init__(config_dict, filter_parameters, filter_filenames)