diff --git a/model_zoo/official/cv/vgg16/src/vgg.py b/model_zoo/official/cv/vgg16/src/vgg.py
index a2e4f13f3a..848a9dbcc8 100644
--- a/model_zoo/official/cv/vgg16/src/vgg.py
+++ b/model_zoo/official/cv/vgg16/src/vgg.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ cfg = {
 }
 
 
-def vgg16(num_classes=1000, args=None, phase="train"):
+def vgg16(num_classes=1000, args=None, phase="train", **kwargs):
     """
     Get Vgg16 neural network with batch normalization.
 
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@ def vgg16(num_classes=1000, args=None, phase="train"):
         Cell, cell instance of Vgg16 neural network with batch normalization.
 
     Examples:
-        >>> vgg16(num_classes=1000, args=args)
+        >>> vgg16(num_classes=1000, args=args, **kwargs)
     """
 
     if args is None:
         from .config import cifar_cfg
         args = cifar_cfg
-    net = Vgg(cfg['16'], num_classes=num_classes, args=args, batch_norm=args.batch_norm, phase=phase)
+    net = Vgg(cfg['16'], num_classes=num_classes, args=args, batch_norm=args.batch_norm, phase=phase, **kwargs)
     return net