diff --git a/lib/ui/stdcontext.inc b/lib/ui/stdcontext.inc
index d073006eb7..f440d98c43 100644
--- a/lib/ui/stdcontext.inc
+++ b/lib/ui/stdcontext.inc
@@ -630,6 +630,16 @@ Menuset
 
 	Menu "context-index"
 		IndicesContext
+		Separator
+		OptItem "Single Page (No Page Range)|P" "inset-modify changeparam range none"
+		OptItem "Start Page Range|t" "inset-modify changeparam range start"
+		OptItem "End Page Range|E" "inset-modify changeparam range end"
+		Separator
+		OptItem "No Page Formatting|N" "inset-modify changeparam pagefmt default"
+		OptItem "Bold Page Formatting|B" "inset-modify changeparam pagefmt textbf"
+		OptItem "Italic Page Formatting|I" "inset-modify changeparam pagefmt textit"
+		OptItem "Emphasized Page Formatting|z" "inset-modify changeparam pagefmt emph"
+		OptItem "Custom Page Formatting|C" "inset-modify changeparam pagefmt custom"
 	End
 	
 	Menu "context-edit-index"
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetIndex.cpp b/src/insets/InsetIndex.cpp
index d863ed2366..b5625e81be 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetIndex.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetIndex.cpp
@@ -582,6 +582,21 @@ void InsetIndex::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
 			params_.index = from_utf8(cmd.getArg(1));
 			break;
 		}
+		if (cmd.getArg(0) == "changeparam") {
+			string const p = cmd.getArg(1);
+			string const v = cmd.getArg(2);
+			cur.recordUndoInset(this);
+			if (p == "range")
+				params_.range = insetindexpagerangetranslator().find(v);
+			if (p == "pagefmt") {
+				if (v == "default" || v == "textbf"
+				    || v == "textit" || v == "emph")
+					params_.pagefmt = v;
+				else
+					lyx::dispatch(FuncRequest(LFUN_INSET_SETTINGS, "index"));
+			}
+			break;
+		}
 		InsetIndexParams params;
 		InsetIndex::string2params(to_utf8(cmd.argument()), params);
 		cur.recordUndoInset(this);
@@ -629,6 +644,23 @@ bool InsetIndex::getStatus(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd,
 				from_utf8(cmd.getArg(1)) == params_.index);
 			return true;
 		}
+		if (cmd.getArg(0) == "changeparam") {
+			string const p = cmd.getArg(1);
+			string const v = cmd.getArg(2);
+			if (p == "range") {
+				flag.setEnabled(v == "none" || v == "start" || v == "end");
+				flag.setOnOff(params_.range == insetindexpagerangetranslator().find(v));
+			}
+			if (p == "pagefmt") {
+				flag.setEnabled(!v.empty());
+				if (params_.pagefmt == "default" || params_.pagefmt == "textbf"
+				    || params_.pagefmt == "textit" || params_.pagefmt == "emph")
+					flag.setOnOff(params_.pagefmt == v);
+				else
+					flag.setOnOff(v == "custom");
+			}
+			return true;
+		}
 		return InsetCollapsible::getStatus(cur, cmd, flag);
 
 	case LFUN_INSET_DIALOG_UPDATE: {