diff --git a/scrapy/http/response/__init__.py b/scrapy/http/response/__init__.py
index 1974259b5..99b04a26e 100644
--- a/scrapy/http/response/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/http/response/__init__.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class Response(object_ref):
 
     def follow(self, url, callback=None, method='GET', headers=None, body=None,
                cookies=None, meta=None, encoding='utf-8', priority=0,
-               dont_filter=False, errback=None):
+               dont_filter=False, errback=None, kwargs=None):
         # type: (...) -> Request
         """
         Return a :class:`~.Request` instance to follow a link ``url``.
@@ -132,4 +132,5 @@ class Response(object_ref):
                        encoding=encoding,
                        priority=priority,
                        dont_filter=dont_filter,
-                       errback=errback)
+                       errback=errback,
+                       kwargs=kwargs)
diff --git a/scrapy/http/response/text.py b/scrapy/http/response/text.py
index 74a042f2c..2039621b3 100644
--- a/scrapy/http/response/text.py
+++ b/scrapy/http/response/text.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class TextResponse(Response):
 
     def follow(self, url, callback=None, method='GET', headers=None, body=None,
                cookies=None, meta=None, encoding=None, priority=0,
-               dont_filter=False, errback=None):
+               dont_filter=False, errback=None, kwargs=None):
         # type: (...) -> Request
         """
         Return a :class:`~.Request` instance to follow a link ``url``.
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ class TextResponse(Response):
             encoding=encoding,
             priority=priority,
             dont_filter=dont_filter,
-            errback=errback
+            errback=errback,
+            kwargs=kwargs,
         )