diff --git a/elasticsearch-api/lib/elasticsearch/api/actions/security/query_user.rb b/elasticsearch-api/lib/elasticsearch/api/actions/security/query_user.rb
index 4dd6e411f6..a4df6bb7ee 100644
--- a/elasticsearch-api/lib/elasticsearch/api/actions/security/query_user.rb
+++ b/elasticsearch-api/lib/elasticsearch/api/actions/security/query_user.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ module Security
       module Actions
         # Retrieves information for Users using a subset of query DSL
         #
+        # @option arguments [Boolean] :with_profile_uid flag to retrieve profile uid (if exists) associated with the user
         # @option arguments [Hash] :headers Custom HTTP headers
         # @option arguments [Hash] :body From, size, query, sort and search_after
         #
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ def query_user(arguments = {})
                    end
 
           path = '_security/_query/user'
-          params = {}
+          params = Utils.process_params(arguments)
 
           Elasticsearch::API::Response.new(
             perform_request(method, path, params, body, headers, request_opts)