diff --git a/lib/awful/wibar.lua b/lib/awful/wibar.lua
index c2c2757ab..912dcbe68 100644
--- a/lib/awful/wibar.lua
+++ b/lib/awful/wibar.lua
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ function awfulwibar.new(arg)
         end
     end
 
+    arg.screen = nil
+
     local w = wibox(arg)
 
     w.screen   = screen
diff --git a/lib/wibox/init.lua b/lib/wibox/init.lua
index 7e56f8c2f..3bbef695b 100644
--- a/lib/wibox/init.lua
+++ b/lib/wibox/init.lua
@@ -185,6 +185,19 @@ local function new(args)
         end
     })
 
+    -- Set other wibox specific arguments
+    if args.bgimage then
+        ret:set_bgimage( args.bgimage )
+    end
+
+    if args.widget then
+        ret:set_widget ( args.widget  )
+    end
+
+    if args.screen then
+        ret:set_screen ( args.screen  )
+    end
+
     return ret
 end