diff --git a/docs/source/changelog.rst b/docs/source/changelog.rst
index ee364edd..677cfcc5 100644
--- a/docs/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/source/changelog.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Changelog
 0.1.7 / 2017-??-??
 ------------------
 
+- Resolve issue where the optional ``--noauth_local_webserver`` command line argument would not be propagated during the authentication process.
+
 0.1.6 / 2017-05-03
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/pandas_gbq/gbq.py b/pandas_gbq/gbq.py
index c4c6357d..e584bd8f 100644
--- a/pandas_gbq/gbq.py
+++ b/pandas_gbq/gbq.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def get_user_account_credentials(self):
         credentials = storage.get()
 
         if credentials is None or credentials.invalid or self.reauth:
-            credentials = run_flow(flow, storage, argparser.parse_args([]))
+            credentials = run_flow(flow, storage, argparser.parse_args())
 
         return credentials