diff --git a/rest_framework/views.py b/rest_framework/views.py
index 15d8c6cde..23d48962c 100644
--- a/rest_framework/views.py
+++ b/rest_framework/views.py
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ class APIView(View):
 
         view = super(APIView, cls).as_view(**initkwargs)
         view.cls = cls
+        view.initkwargs = initkwargs
 
         # Note: session based authentication is explicitly CSRF validated,
         # all other authentication is CSRF exempt.