diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f2610e..1ccb67c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ sysrsync.run(source='/home/user/files',
 | sync_source_contents | bool | True | Abstracts the elusive trailing slash behaviour that `source` normally has when using rsync directly, i.e. when a trailing slash is present in `source`, the folder's content is synchronized with destination. When no trailing slash is present, the folder itself is synchronized with destination. |
 | options | Optional[Iterable[str]] | None | List of options to be used right after rsync call, e.g. `['-a', '-v']` translates to `rsync -a -v` |
 | private_key | Optional[str] | None | Configures an explicit key to be used with rsync --rsh command |
+| rsync_binary | Optional[str] | rsync | The rsync binary to call |
+| **kwargs | dict | Not Applicable | arguments that will be forwarded to call to `subprocess.Popen` |
 
 **returns**: `List[str]` -> the compiled list of commands to be used directly in `subprocess.run`
 
diff --git a/sysrsync/command_maker.py b/sysrsync/command_maker.py
index d60d300..e2f5db3 100644
--- a/sysrsync/command_maker.py
+++ b/sysrsync/command_maker.py
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ def get_rsync_command(source: str,
                       exclusions: Optional[Iterable[str]] = None,
                       sync_source_contents: bool = True,
                       options: Optional[Iterable[str]] = None,
-                      private_key: Optional[str] = None) -> List[str]:
+                      private_key: Optional[str] = None,
+                      rsync_binary: Optional[str] = 'rsync',
+                      **kwargs) -> List[str]:
     if source_ssh is not None and destination_ssh is not None:
         raise RemotesError()
 
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ def get_rsync_command(source: str,
     if options is None:
         options = []
 
-    return ['rsync',
+    return [rsync_cmd,
             *options,
             *rsh,
             source,
diff --git a/sysrsync/runner.py b/sysrsync/runner.py
index 8f5b141..017fc79 100644
--- a/sysrsync/runner.py
+++ b/sysrsync/runner.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
-
+import inspect
 from sysrsync.command_maker import get_rsync_command
 from sysrsync.exceptions import RsyncError
 
@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@
 def run(cwd=os.getcwd(), strict=True, verbose=False, **kwargs):
     rsync_command = get_rsync_command(**kwargs)
     rsync_string = ' '.join(rsync_command)
-
+    rsync_args = inspect.getfullargspec(get_rsync_command)[0]
+    subp_kwargs = {}
+    for k, v in kwargs.items():
+        if k not in rsync_args:
+            subp_kwargs[k] = v
     if verbose is True:
         print(f'[sysrsync runner] running command on "{cwd}":')
         print(rsync_string)
-    process = subprocess.run(rsync_string, cwd=cwd, shell=True)
+    process = subprocess.run(rsync_string, cwd=cwd, shell=True, **subp_kwargs)
 
     if strict is True:
         code = process.returncode