diff --git a/lib/capistrano/configuration/question.rb b/lib/capistrano/configuration/question.rb
index ba8aa4fd..84a48c30 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/configuration/question.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano/configuration/question.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module Capistrano
   class Configuration
     class Question
 
-      def initialize(env, key, default, options)
+      def initialize(env, key, default, options = {})
         @env, @key, @default, @options = env, key, default, options
       end