diff --git a/R/import_methods.R b/R/import_methods.R
index 51a52ab..66c8f79 100644
--- a/R/import_methods.R
+++ b/R/import_methods.R
@@ -367,7 +367,29 @@ function(file,
 #' @export
 .import.rio_ods <- function(file, which = 1, header = TRUE, ...) {
     requireNamespace("readODS")
-    readODS::read_ods(path = file, sheet = which, col_names = header, ...)
+    "read_ods" <- readODS::read_ods
+    a <- list(...)
+    if ("sheet" %in% names(a)) {
+        which <- a[["sheet"]]
+        a[["sheet"]] <- NULL
+    }
+    if ("col_names" %in% names(a)) {
+        header <- a[["col_names"]]
+        a[["col_names"]] <- NULL
+    }
+    frml <- formals(readODS::read_ods)
+    unused <- setdiff(names(a), names(frml))
+    if ("path" %in% names(a)) {
+        unused <- c(unused, 'path')
+        a[["path"]] <- NULL
+    }
+    if (length(unused)>0) {
+        warning("The following arguments were ignored for read_ods:\n",
+                paste(unused, collapse = ', '))
+    }
+    a <- a[intersect(names(a), names(frml))]
+    do.call("read_ods",
+            c(list(path = file, sheet = which, col_names = header),a))
 }
 
 #' @importFrom utils type.convert
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_format_ods.R b/tests/testthat/test_format_ods.R
index 3df758f..46f9fc9 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_format_ods.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_format_ods.R
@@ -3,10 +3,22 @@ require("datasets")
 
 test_that("Import from ODS", {
     skip_if_not_installed(pkg="readODS")
-    ods <- import(system.file("examples", "mtcars.ods", package = "rio"))
+    expect_message(ods0 <- import(system.file("examples", "mtcars.ods",
+                                              package = "rio")),
+                   'Parsed with column specification:',
+                   label = "ODS import with default arguments works")
+    expect_warning(ods <- import(system.file("examples", "mtcars.ods"
+                                             , package = "rio"),
+                                 sheet = 1, col_names = TRUE,
+                                 path = 'ignored value',
+                                 invalid_argument = 42),
+                   "The following arguments were ignored for read_ods:\ninvalid_argument, path",
+                   label = "ODS import ignores redundant and unknown arguments with a warning")
+    expect_identical(ods0,ods, label = "ODS import ignored arguments don't affect output")
     expect_true(is.data.frame(ods), label = "ODS import returns data.frame")
     expect_true(identical(names(mtcars), names(ods)), label = "ODS import returns correct names")
     expect_true(identical(dim(mtcars), dim(ods)), label = "ODS import returns correct dimensions")
+    expect_equivalent(ods,mtcars,label = "ODS import returns correct values")
 })
 
 test_that("Export to ODS", {