diff --git a/Command/AddComputed.hs b/Command/AddComputed.hs
index 8af8e7c900..8b983a738c 100644
--- a/Command/AddComputed.hs
+++ b/Command/AddComputed.hs
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ perform o r program = do
 	repopath <- fromRepo Git.repoPath
 	subdir <- liftIO $ relPathDirToFile repopath (literalOsPath ".")
 	let state = Remote.Compute.ComputeState
-		-- TODO add inherited initremote parameters
-		{ Remote.Compute.computeParams = computeParams o
+		{ Remote.Compute.computeParams = computeParams o ++
+			Remote.Compute.defaultComputeParams r
 		, Remote.Compute.computeInputs = mempty
 		, Remote.Compute.computeOutputs = mempty
 		, Remote.Compute.computeSubdir = subdir
diff --git a/Remote/Compute.hs b/Remote/Compute.hs
index b6ba1dbf2e..09ab45687a 100644
--- a/Remote/Compute.hs
+++ b/Remote/Compute.hs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ module Remote.Compute (
 	getComputeProgram,
 	runComputeProgram,
 	ImmutableState(..),
+	defaultComputeParams,
 ) where
 
 import Annex.Common
@@ -127,6 +128,11 @@ computeConfigParser _ = return $ RemoteConfigParser
 		)
 	}
 
+defaultComputeParams :: Remote -> [String]
+defaultComputeParams = map mk . M.toList . getRemoteConfigPassedThrough . config
+  where
+	mk (f, v) = fromProposedAccepted f ++ '=' : v
+
 newtype ComputeProgram = ComputeProgram String
 	deriving (Show)
 
diff --git a/doc/git-annex-addcomputed.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-addcomputed.mdwn
index 1da287f0cf..245d4a04b0 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-addcomputed.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-addcomputed.mdwn
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ Some examples of how this might look:
     git-annex addcomputed --to=y -- compress foo --level=9
     git-annex addcomputed --to=z -- clip foo 2:01-3:00 combine with bar to baz
 
-
+Note that parameters that were passed to `git-annex initremote` 
+when setting up the compute special remote will be appended to the end of
+the parameters provided to `git-annex addcomputed`.
 
 # OPTIONS
 
@@ -88,6 +90,8 @@ Some examples of how this might look:
 
 [[git-annex-recompute]](1)
 
+[[git-annex-initremote]](1)
+
 # AUTHOR
 
 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
diff --git a/doc/special_remotes/compute.mdwn b/doc/special_remotes/compute.mdwn
index b840f5fcbe..c3f4186008 100644
--- a/doc/special_remotes/compute.mdwn
+++ b/doc/special_remotes/compute.mdwn
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ While other remotes store the contents of annexed files somewhere,
 this special remote uses a program to compute the contents of annexed
 files.
 
+To add a file to a compute special remote, use the [[git-annex-addcomputed]]
+command. Once a file has been added to a compute special remote, commands
+like `git-annex get` will use it to compute the content of the file.
+
 To enable an instance of this special remote:
 
     # git-annex initremote myremote type=compute program=git-annex-compute-foo
@@ -11,16 +15,11 @@ program to use to compute the contents of annexed files. It must start with
 "git-annex-compute-". The program needs to be installed somewhere in the
 `PATH`.
 
-To add a file to a compute special remote, use the [[git-annex-addcomputed]]
-command. Once a file has been added to a compute special remote, commands
-like `git-annex get` will use it to compute the content of the file.
+All other "field=value" parameters passed to `initremote` will be passed
+to the program when running [[git-annex-addcomputed]]. Note that when the
+program takes a dashed option, it can be provided after "--":
 
-You can provide other parameters to `initremote`, in order to provide
-default configuration values to use when adding files with
-[[git-annex-addcomputed]]. To see a list of all the configuration values
-supported by a given program, pass `--whatelse` to `initremote`:
-
-    # git-annex initremote myremote type=compute program=git-annex-compute-foo --whatelse
+    # git-annex initremote myremote type=compute program=git-annex-compute-foo -- --level=9
 
 ## compute programs