diff --git a/Remote/Directory.hs b/Remote/Directory.hs
index 16535070ee..e6deee4bf4 100644
--- a/Remote/Directory.hs
+++ b/Remote/Directory.hs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ gen r u c gc = do
 			whereisKey = Nothing,
 			remoteFsck = Nothing,
 			repairRepo = Nothing,
-			config = M.empty,
+			config = c,
 			repo = r,
 			gitconfig = gc,
 			localpath = Just dir,
diff --git a/Remote/Git.hs b/Remote/Git.hs
index ba247078b4..d4e5987dc5 100644
--- a/Remote/Git.hs
+++ b/Remote/Git.hs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ gen r u c gc
 			, repairRepo = if Git.repoIsUrl r
 				then Nothing
 				else Just $ repairRemote r
-			, config = M.empty
+			, config = c
 			, localpath = localpathCalc r
 			, repo = r
 			, gitconfig = gc
diff --git a/Remote/Hook.hs b/Remote/Hook.hs
index fdb24d0cb3..55ff785141 100644
--- a/Remote/Hook.hs
+++ b/Remote/Hook.hs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ gen r u c gc = do
 			whereisKey = Nothing,
 			remoteFsck = Nothing,
 			repairRepo = Nothing,
-			config = M.empty,
+			config = c,
 			localpath = Nothing,
 			repo = r,
 			gitconfig = gc,
diff --git a/Remote/Rsync.hs b/Remote/Rsync.hs
index 6bc5fd78f8..91638de98b 100644
--- a/Remote/Rsync.hs
+++ b/Remote/Rsync.hs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ gen r u c gc = do
 			, whereisKey = Nothing
 			, remoteFsck = Nothing
 			, repairRepo = Nothing
-			, config = M.empty
+			, config = c
 			, repo = r
 			, gitconfig = gc
 			, localpath = if islocal
diff --git a/Remote/Web.hs b/Remote/Web.hs
index 7c98dbf40a..9af80a7763 100644
--- a/Remote/Web.hs
+++ b/Remote/Web.hs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ gen r _ _ gc =
 		whereisKey = Just getUrls,
 		remoteFsck = Nothing,
 		repairRepo = Nothing,
-		config = M.empty,
+		config = c,
 		gitconfig = gc,
 		localpath = Nothing,
 		repo = r,
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3f37a4d371..927b2e00bb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ git-annex (4.20131102) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     the pairing process separately.
   * sync: Work even when the local git repository is new and empty,
     with no master branch.
+  * gcrypt, bup: Fix bug that prevented using these special remotes
+    with encryption=pubkey.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sat, 02 Nov 2013 14:54:36 -0400