diff -r 8036d819b7d0 -r 6b68c2835d6e Lib/packaging/command/cmd.py
--- a/Lib/packaging/command/cmd.py	Thu Jun 16 18:51:42 2011 -0500
+++ b/Lib/packaging/command/cmd.py	Fri Jun 17 09:16:39 2011 +0800
@@ -317,9 +317,12 @@
         cmd_obj.ensure_finalized()
         return cmd_obj
 
-    def get_reinitialized_command(self, command, reinit_subcommands=False):
-        return self.distribution.get_reinitialized_command(
-            command, reinit_subcommands)
+    def get_reinitialized_command(self, command, reinit_subcommands=False, **kw):
+        cmd_obj = self.distribution.get_reinitialized_command(command, 
+            reinit_subcommands)
+        for k,v in kw.items():
+            setattr(cmd_obj,k,v) #update command object with keywords
+        return cmd_obj
 
     def run_command(self, command):
         """Run some other command: uses the 'run_command()' method of