diff --git a/Assistant/DaemonStatus.hs b/Assistant/DaemonStatus.hs
index af072d8aeb..a6893e5a28 100644
--- a/Assistant/DaemonStatus.hs
+++ b/Assistant/DaemonStatus.hs
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ calcSyncRemotes = do
 
 	return $ \dstatus -> dstatus
 		{ syncRemotes = syncable
-		, syncGitRemotes =
-			filter (not . Remote.specialRemote) syncable
+		, syncGitRemotes = filter Remote.syncableRemote syncable
 		, syncDataRemotes = syncdata
 		, syncingToCloudRemote = any iscloud syncdata
 		}
diff --git a/Command/Sync.hs b/Command/Sync.hs
index 567e3146bb..e7da229a0b 100644
--- a/Command/Sync.hs
+++ b/Command/Sync.hs
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ syncRemotes rs = ifM (Annex.getState Annex.fast) ( nub <$> pickfast , wanted )
 		| otherwise = listed
 	listed = do
 		l <- catMaybes <$> mapM (Remote.byName . Just) rs
-		let s = filter Remote.specialRemote l
+		let s = filter (not . Remote.syncableRemote) l
 		unless (null s) $
 			error $ "cannot sync special remotes: " ++
 				unwords (map Types.Remote.name s)
 		return l
-	available = filter (not . Remote.specialRemote)
+	available = filter Remote.syncableRemote
 		. filter (remoteAnnexSync . Types.Remote.gitconfig)
 		<$> Remote.remoteList
 	good = filterM $ Remote.Git.repoAvail . Types.Remote.repo
diff --git a/Remote.hs b/Remote.hs
index b524a9f9e2..25a46b1cb2 100644
--- a/Remote.hs
+++ b/Remote.hs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module Remote (
 
 	remoteTypes,
 	remoteList,
-	specialRemote,
+	syncableRemote,
 	remoteMap,
 	uuidDescriptions,
 	byName,
diff --git a/Remote/Git.hs b/Remote/Git.hs
index 1491466168..795823ca68 100644
--- a/Remote/Git.hs
+++ b/Remote/Git.hs
@@ -125,6 +125,14 @@ gen r u c gc
 repoAvail :: Git.Repo -> Annex Bool
 repoAvail r 
 	| Git.repoIsHttp r = return True
+	| Git.GCrypt.isEncrypted r = do
+		g <- gitRepo
+		liftIO $ do
+			er <- Git.GCrypt.encryptedRepo g r
+			if Git.repoIsLocal er || Git.repoIsLocalUnknown er
+				then catchBoolIO $
+					void (Git.Config.read er) >> return True
+				else return True
 	| Git.repoIsUrl r = return True
 	| Git.repoIsLocalUnknown r = return False
 	| otherwise = liftIO $ catchBoolIO $ onLocal r $ return True
diff --git a/Remote/List.hs b/Remote/List.hs
index c106e9ad92..f38c1daaaf 100644
--- a/Remote/List.hs
+++ b/Remote/List.hs
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ updateRemote remote = do
 			Remote.Git.configRead r
 		| otherwise = return r
 
-{- Checks if a remote is a special remote -}
-specialRemote :: Remote -> Bool
-specialRemote r = remotetype r /= Remote.Git.remote
+{- Checks if a remote is syncable using git. -}
+syncableRemote :: Remote -> Bool
+syncableRemote r = remotetype r `elem`
+	[ Remote.Git.remote, Remote.GCrypt.remote ]
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2e537c6dd2..c87d347c1c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-git-annex (4.20130828) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+git-annex (4.20130909) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * initremote: Syntax change when setting up an encrypted special remote.
     Now use keyid=$KEYID rather than the old encryption=$KEYID
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ git-annex (4.20130828) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     have been marked as dead from the git-annex branch.
   * sync, assistant: Force push of the git-annex branch. Necessary
     to ensure it gets pushed to remotes after being rewritten by forget.
+  * Added gcrypt support. This combines a fully encrypted git
+    repository (using git-remote-gcrypt) with an encrypted git-annex special
+    remote.
+  * sync: Support syncing with gcrypt remotes.
   * importfeed: Also ignore transient problems with downloading content
     from feeds.
   * Honor core.sharedrepository when receiving and adding files in direct
@@ -24,9 +28,6 @@ git-annex (4.20130828) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Remind user when annex-ignore is set for some remotes, if unable to
     get or drop a file, possibly because it's on an ignored remote.
   * gpg: Force --no-textmode in case the user has it turned on in config.
-  * Added gcrypt support. This combines a fully encrypted git
-    repository (using git-remote-gcrypt) with an encrypted git-annex special
-    remote.
   * webapp: Improve javascript's handling of longpolling connection
     failures, by reloading the current page in this case.
     Works around chromium behavior where ajax connections to urls
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ git-annex (4.20130828) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     a previous page.
   * Allow building without quvi support.
 
- -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:03:00 -0400
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Mon, 09 Sep 2013 09:47:02 -0400
 
 git-annex (4.20130827) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/git-annex.cabal b/git-annex.cabal
index 915f9aabe5..fad2f3d0b5 100644
--- a/git-annex.cabal
+++ b/git-annex.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: git-annex
-Version: 4.20130827
+Version: 4.20130909
 Cabal-Version: >= 1.8
 License: GPL-3
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>