diff --git a/stdlib/2.7/__builtin__.pyi b/stdlib/2.7/__builtin__.pyi
index 1abfaf00f..bc57a3c8b 100644
--- a/stdlib/2.7/__builtin__.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2.7/__builtin__.pyi
@@ -514,12 +514,14 @@ class list(MutableSequence[_T], Generic[_T]):
     def __le__(self, x: List[_T]) -> bool: ...
 
 class dict(MutableMapping[_KT, _VT], Generic[_KT, _VT]):
+    # NOTE: Keyword arguments are special. If they are used, _KT must include
+    #       str, but we have no way of enforcing it here.
     @overload
-    def __init__(self) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
     @overload
-    def __init__(self, map: Mapping[_KT, _VT]) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, map: Mapping[_KT, _VT], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
     @overload
-    def __init__(self, iterable: Iterable[Tuple[_KT, _VT]]) -> None: ...  # TODO keyword args
+    def __init__(self, iterable: Iterable[Tuple[_KT, _VT]], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
 
     def has_key(self, k: _KT) -> bool: ...
     def clear(self) -> None: ...