diff --git a/src/mu-config.c b/src/mu-config.c
index f681dbac..59626837 100644
--- a/src/mu-config.c
+++ b/src/mu-config.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ mu_config_options_group_mu (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 		{"log-append", 'a', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opts->log_append,
 		 "append to the current logfile (instead of overwriting it)", 
 		 NULL},
+		{ G_OPTION_REMAINING, 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY,
+		  &opts->params, "parameters", NULL },
 		{ NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL }
 	};
 	
@@ -138,4 +140,6 @@ mu_config_uninit (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 	 * for the 'outside world' */
 	g_free ((gchar*)opts->muhome);
 	g_free ((gchar*)opts->maildir);
+
+	g_strfreev (opts->params);
 }
diff --git a/src/mu-config.h b/src/mu-config.h
index dcd42bb6..23307247 100644
--- a/src/mu-config.h
+++ b/src/mu-config.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct _MuConfigOptions {
 	gboolean	version; /* request mu version */
 	gboolean	log_stderr; /*log to stderr (instead of logfile)*/
 	gboolean	log_append; /* append to log (instead of overwriting)*/
+	gchar**         params;    /* parameters (for querying) */
 	
 	
 	/* options for indexing */