diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index cd41f23c8f..43994931e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 git-annex (8.20200227) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
+  * Fix regression that prevented external special remotes from using
+    GETCONFIG to query values like "name". (Introduced in version 7.20200202.7.)
   * Improve behavior when a directory git-annex is writing to gets
     unmounted. Previously it could in some cases re-create the mount point
     and directory tree, and even write object contents to the wrong disk.
diff --git a/Remote/External.hs b/Remote/External.hs
index 0dfa449a8a..63740216fe 100644
--- a/Remote/External.hs
+++ b/Remote/External.hs
@@ -424,9 +424,9 @@ handleRequest' st external req mp responsehandler
 			modifyTVar' (externalConfigChanges st) $ \f ->
 				f . M.insert (Accepted setting) (Accepted value)
 	handleRemoteRequest (GETCONFIG setting) = do
-		value <- fromMaybe ""
+		value <- maybe "" fromProposedAccepted
 			. (M.lookup (Accepted setting))
-			. getRemoteConfigPassedThrough
+			. unparsedRemoteConfig
 			<$> liftIO (atomically $ readTVar $ externalConfig st)
 		send $ VALUE value
 	handleRemoteRequest (SETCREDS setting login password) = case (externalUUID external, externalGitConfig external) of
diff --git a/Types/RemoteConfig.hs b/Types/RemoteConfig.hs
index 073181e27d..7b9662c958 100644
--- a/Types/RemoteConfig.hs
+++ b/Types/RemoteConfig.hs
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ type RemoteConfig = M.Map RemoteConfigField (ProposedAccepted String)
 
 {- Before being used a RemoteConfig has to be parsed. -}
 data ParsedRemoteConfig = ParsedRemoteConfig
-	(M.Map RemoteConfigField RemoteConfigValue)
-	RemoteConfig
+	{ parsedRemoteConfigMap :: M.Map RemoteConfigField RemoteConfigValue
+	, unparsedRemoteConfig :: RemoteConfig
+	}
 
 {- Remotes can have configuration values of many types, so use Typeable
  - to let them all be stored in here. -}
diff --git a/doc/bugs/git-annex_no_longer_provides_remote_name_with_GETCONFIG_name.mdwn b/doc/bugs/git-annex_no_longer_provides_remote_name_with_GETCONFIG_name.mdwn
index 53005c9ae2..ef50c87a94 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/git-annex_no_longer_provides_remote_name_with_GETCONFIG_name.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/git-annex_no_longer_provides_remote_name_with_GETCONFIG_name.mdwn
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ There is no day that ends without me being grateful for git-annex ;-)
 [[!meta author=mih]]
 [[!tag projects/datalad]]
 
+> [[fixed|done]] --[[Joey]]