How to make this merge function as class decorator? def merge(*arg, **kwarg): # get decorator args & kwargs def func(f): def tmp(*args, **kwargs): # get function args & kwargs kwargs.update(kwarg) # merge two dictionaries return f(*args, **kwargs) # return merged data return tmp return func Usage: @other_decorator # return *args and **kwarg @merge(list=['one','two','three']) # need to merge with @other_decorator def test(*a, **k): # get merged args and kwargs print 'args:', a print 'kwargs:', k