diff --git a/lib/guard/listener.rb b/lib/guard/listener.rb
index 6fba4e7..d03839e 100644
--- a/lib/guard/listener.rb
+++ b/lib/guard/listener.rb
@@ -10,23 +10,23 @@ module Guard
   class Listener
     attr_reader :last_event, :sha1_checksums_hash, :directory
 
-    def self.select_and_init
+    def self.select_and_init(*a)
       if mac? && Darwin.usable?
-        Darwin.new
+        Darwin.new(*a)
       elsif linux? && Linux.usable?
-        Linux.new
+        Linux.new(*a)
       elsif windows? && Windows.usable?
-        Windows.new
+        Windows.new(*a)
       else
         UI.info "Using polling (Please help us to support your system better than that.)"
-        Polling.new
+        Polling.new(*a)
       end
     end
 
-    def initialize(directory=Dir.pwd)
+    def initialize(directory=Dir.pwd, options={})
       @directory = directory.to_s
       @sha1_checksums_hash = {}
-      @relativate_paths = true
+      @relativate_paths = options.fetch(:relativate_paths, true)
       update_last_event
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/guard/listener_spec.rb b/spec/guard/listener_spec.rb
index a2cc1f7..b6aeb5c 100644
--- a/spec/guard/listener_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/guard/listener_spec.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ describe Guard::Listener do
       Guard::Linux.should_receive(:new)
       subject.select_and_init
     end
+
+    it "forwards its arguments to the constructor" do
+      subject.stub!(:mac?).and_return(true)
+      Guard::Darwin.stub!(:usable?).and_return(true)
+
+      path, opts = 'path', {:foo => 23}
+      Guard::Darwin.should_receive(:new).with(path, opts).and_return(true)
+      subject.select_and_init path, opts
+    end
   end
 
   describe "#all_files" do