diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.15.2.txt b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.15.2.txt
index e6843f4a71f72..66b839ed01a29 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.15.2.txt
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.15.2.txt
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ Experimental
 
 Bug Fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
+- Bug in ``groupby`` signatures that didn't include *args or **kwargs (:issue:`8733`).
diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_groupby.py b/pandas/tests/test_groupby.py
index b0b521141c92c..ef3fc03fc8d22 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_groupby.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_groupby.py
@@ -4415,6 +4415,26 @@ def test_regression_whitelist_methods(self) :
                 expected = getattr(frame,op)(level=level,axis=axis)
                 assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
+    def test_regression_kwargs_whitelist_methods(self):
+        # GH8733
+
+        index = MultiIndex(levels=[['foo', 'bar', 'baz', 'qux'],
+                                   ['one', 'two', 'three']],
+                           labels=[[0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3],
+                                   [0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2]],
+                           names=['first', 'second'])
+        raw_frame = DataFrame(np.random.randn(10, 3), index=index,
+                               columns=Index(['A', 'B', 'C'], name='exp'))
+
+        grouped = raw_frame.groupby(level=0, axis=1)
+        grouped.all(test_kwargs='Test kwargs')
+        grouped.any(test_kwargs='Test kwargs')
+        grouped.cumcount(test_kwargs='Test kwargs')
+        grouped.mad(test_kwargs='Test kwargs')
+        grouped.cummin(test_kwargs='Test kwargs')
+        grouped.skew(test_kwargs='Test kwargs')
+        grouped.cumprod(test_kwargs='Test kwargs')
+
     def test_groupby_blacklist(self):
         from string import ascii_lowercase
         letters = np.array(list(ascii_lowercase))
@@ -4460,6 +4480,9 @@ def test_series_groupby_plotting_nominally_works(self):
         tm.close()
         height.groupby(gender).hist()
         tm.close()
+        #Regression test for GH8733
+        height.groupby(gender).plot(alpha=0.5)
+        tm.close()
 
     def test_plotting_with_float_index_works(self):
         _skip_if_mpl_not_installed()
diff --git a/pandas/util/decorators.py b/pandas/util/decorators.py
index e88bb906dc966..d839437a6fe33 100644
--- a/pandas/util/decorators.py
+++ b/pandas/util/decorators.py
@@ -282,5 +282,9 @@ def make_signature(func) :
     args = []
     for i, (var, default) in enumerate(zip(spec.args, defaults)) :
         args.append(var if default=='' else var+'='+repr(default))
+    if spec.varargs:
+        args.append('*' + spec.varargs)
+    if spec.keywords:
+        args.append('**' + spec.keywords)
     return args, spec.args