diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
@@ -2098,6 +2098,19 @@
                 ERRORS.codes[ERRORS.XML_ERROR_SYNTAX])
 
 
+class KeywordArgsTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_issue14818(self):
+        x = ET.XML("<a>foo</a>")
+        self.assertEqual(x.find('a', None),
+                         x.find(path='a', namespaces=None))
+        self.assertEqual(x.findtext('a', None, None),
+                         x.findtext(path='a', default=None, namespaces=None))
+        self.assertEqual(x.findall('a', None),
+                         x.findall(path='a', namespaces=None))
+        self.assertEqual(list(x.iterfind('a', None)),
+                         list(x.iterfind(path='a', namespaces=None)))
+
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -2153,7 +2166,8 @@
         StringIOTest,
         ParseErrorTest,
         ElementTreeTest,
-        TreeBuilderTest]
+        TreeBuilderTest,
+        KeywordArgsTest]
     if module is pyET:
         # Run the tests specific to the Python implementation
         test_classes += [NoAcceleratorTest]
diff --git a/Modules/_elementtree.c b/Modules/_elementtree.c
--- a/Modules/_elementtree.c
+++ b/Modules/_elementtree.c
@@ -881,13 +881,15 @@
 }
 
 static PyObject*
-element_find(ElementObject* self, PyObject* args)
+element_find(ElementObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
     int i;
     PyObject* tag;
     PyObject* namespaces = Py_None;
-
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|O:find", &tag, &namespaces))
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"path", "namespaces", 0};
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O|O:find", kwlist,
+                                     &tag, &namespaces))
         return NULL;
 
     if (checkpath(tag) || namespaces != Py_None) {
@@ -913,15 +915,17 @@
 }
 
 static PyObject*
-element_findtext(ElementObject* self, PyObject* args)
+element_findtext(ElementObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
     int i;
     PyObject* tag;
     PyObject* default_value = Py_None;
     PyObject* namespaces = Py_None;
     _Py_IDENTIFIER(findtext);
-
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|OO:findtext", &tag, &default_value, &namespaces))
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"path", "default", "namespaces", 0};
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O|OO:findtext", kwlist,
+                                     &tag, &default_value, &namespaces))
         return NULL;
 
     if (checkpath(tag) || namespaces != Py_None)
@@ -951,14 +955,16 @@
 }
 
 static PyObject*
-element_findall(ElementObject* self, PyObject* args)
+element_findall(ElementObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
     int i;
     PyObject* out;
     PyObject* tag;
     PyObject* namespaces = Py_None;
-
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|O:findall", &tag, &namespaces))
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"path", "namespaces", 0};
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O|O:findall", kwlist,
+                                     &tag, &namespaces))
         return NULL;
 
     if (checkpath(tag) || namespaces != Py_None) {
@@ -990,13 +996,15 @@
 }
 
 static PyObject*
-element_iterfind(ElementObject* self, PyObject* args)
+element_iterfind(ElementObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
     PyObject* tag;
     PyObject* namespaces = Py_None;
     _Py_IDENTIFIER(iterfind);
-
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|O:iterfind", &tag, &namespaces))
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"path", "namespaces", 0};
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O|O:iterfind", kwlist,
+                                     &tag, &namespaces))
         return NULL;
 
     return _PyObject_CallMethodId(
@@ -1567,9 +1575,9 @@
     {"get", (PyCFunction) element_get, METH_VARARGS},
     {"set", (PyCFunction) element_set, METH_VARARGS},
 
-    {"find", (PyCFunction) element_find, METH_VARARGS},
-    {"findtext", (PyCFunction) element_findtext, METH_VARARGS},
-    {"findall", (PyCFunction) element_findall, METH_VARARGS},
+    {"find", (PyCFunction) element_find, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS},
+    {"findtext", (PyCFunction) element_findtext, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS},
+    {"findall", (PyCFunction) element_findall, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS},
 
     {"append", (PyCFunction) element_append, METH_VARARGS},
     {"extend", (PyCFunction) element_extend, METH_VARARGS},
@@ -1578,7 +1586,7 @@
 
     {"iter", (PyCFunction) element_iter, METH_VARARGS},
     {"itertext", (PyCFunction) element_itertext, METH_VARARGS},
-    {"iterfind", (PyCFunction) element_iterfind, METH_VARARGS},
+    {"iterfind", (PyCFunction) element_iterfind, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS},
 
     {"getiterator", (PyCFunction) element_iter, METH_VARARGS},
     {"getchildren", (PyCFunction) element_getchildren, METH_VARARGS},