diff --git a/awsrequests/__init__.py b/awsrequests/__init__.py
index 1ea3ce6..d9f2d63 100644
--- a/awsrequests/__init__.py
+++ b/awsrequests/__init__.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def __init__(self, region, access_key=None, secret_key=None, session_token=None,
         else:
             raise EnvironmentError("could not find AWS creds (don't have boto3, so didn't look anywhere fancy)")
 
-    def assume_role(self, role_arn):
+    def assume_role(self, role_arn, role_session_name="AwsBootstrapper", **kwargs):
         sts_client = boto3.client('sts',
                                   region_name=self.region,
                                   aws_access_key_id=self.access_key,
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ def assume_role(self, role_arn):
         try:
 
             temp_security_creds = sts_client.assume_role(RoleArn=role_arn,
-                                                         RoleSessionName="AwsBootstrapper"
+                                                         RoleSessionName=role_session_name,
+                                                         **kwargs
                                                          )
             self.access_key = temp_security_creds["Credentials"]["AccessKeyId"]
             self.secret_key = temp_security_creds["Credentials"]["SecretAccessKey"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9918340..3aa2ba9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='awsrequests',
-    version='0.0.11',
+    version='0.0.11+dtr.1',
     packages=['awsrequests'],
     url='https://github.com/djcrabhat/aws-requests',
     license='MIT License',