diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 708d631e20..3e0f0c7410 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@
   the `nbin` argument (@teunbrand, #5882, #5036)
 * `after_stat()` and `after_scale()` throw warnings when the computed aesthetics
   are not of the correct length (#5901).
+* `guide_colourbar()` now correctly hands off `position` and `available_aes`
+  parameters downstream (@teunbrand, #5930)
 * `geom_hline()` and `geom_vline()` now have `position` argument
   (@yutannihilation, #4285).
 * New function `get_strip_labels()` to retrieve facet labels (@teunbrand, #4979)
diff --git a/R/guide-colorsteps.R b/R/guide-colorsteps.R
index de10b51a04..52b6e1809d 100644
--- a/R/guide-colorsteps.R
+++ b/R/guide-colorsteps.R
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ guide_coloursteps <- function(
   even.steps  = TRUE,
   show.limits = NULL,
   direction = NULL,
+  position = NULL,
   reverse = FALSE,
   order = 0,
   available_aes = c("colour", "color", "fill"),
@@ -67,9 +68,11 @@ guide_coloursteps <- function(
     alpha = alpha,
     even.steps  = even.steps,
     show.limits = show.limits,
+    position = position,
     direction = direction,
     reverse = reverse,
     order = order,
+    available_aes = available_aes,
     super = GuideColoursteps
   )
 }
diff --git a/man/guide_coloursteps.Rd b/man/guide_coloursteps.Rd
index 97e66d6207..a2938df745 100644
--- a/man/guide_coloursteps.Rd
+++ b/man/guide_coloursteps.Rd
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ guide_coloursteps(
   even.steps = TRUE,
   show.limits = NULL,
   direction = NULL,
+  position = NULL,
   reverse = FALSE,
   order = 0,
   available_aes = c("colour", "color", "fill"),
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ guide_colorsteps(
   even.steps = TRUE,
   show.limits = NULL,
   direction = NULL,
+  position = NULL,
   reverse = FALSE,
   order = 0,
   available_aes = c("colour", "color", "fill"),
@@ -57,6 +59,9 @@ shown irrespective of the value of \code{show.limits}.}
 \item{direction}{A character string indicating the direction of the guide.
 One of "horizontal" or "vertical."}
 
+\item{position}{A character string indicating where the legend should be
+placed relative to the plot panels.}
+
 \item{reverse}{logical. If \code{TRUE} the colourbar is reversed. By default,
 the highest value is on the top and the lowest value is on the bottom}