diff --git a/src/frontends/controllers/ControlParagraph.cpp b/src/frontends/controllers/ControlParagraph.cpp
index 9480c9d112..290a4bc084 100644
--- a/src/frontends/controllers/ControlParagraph.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/controllers/ControlParagraph.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ ControlParagraph::ControlParagraph(Dialog & parent)
 
 ParagraphParameters & ControlParagraph::params()
 {
+	if (haveMulitParSelection()) {
+		multiparsel_ = ParagraphParameters();
+		// FIXME: It would be nice to initialise the parameters that
+		// are common to all paragraphs.
+		return multiparsel_;
+	}
+
 	return bufferview()->cursor().paragraph().params();
 }
 
@@ -49,6 +56,14 @@ ParagraphParameters const & ControlParagraph::params() const
 
 void ControlParagraph::dispatchParams()
 {
+	if (haveMulitParSelection()) {
+		ostringstream data;
+		multiparsel_.write(data);
+		FuncRequest const fr(LFUN_PARAGRAPH_PARAMS_APPLY, data.str());
+		dispatch(fr);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	bufferview()->updateMetrics(false);
 	bufferview()->buffer().changed();
 }
diff --git a/src/frontends/controllers/ControlParagraph.h b/src/frontends/controllers/ControlParagraph.h
index 1abf56f0e5..839187a9a7 100644
--- a/src/frontends/controllers/ControlParagraph.h
+++ b/src/frontends/controllers/ControlParagraph.h
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ public:
 	LyXAlignment alignPossible() const;
 	///
 	LyXAlignment alignDefault() const;
+
+private:
+	ParagraphParameters multiparsel_;
 };
 
 } // namespace frontend
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiParagraph.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiParagraph.cpp
index 11c4393477..0606fca896 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiParagraph.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiParagraph.cpp
@@ -166,11 +166,6 @@ LyXAlignment GuiParagraphDialog::getAlignmentFromDialog()
 
 void GuiParagraphDialog::applyView()
 {
-	// FIXME: We should not access params() at all!
-	// we should just pass the relevant GUI information
-	// and let the controller do the rest.
-	// With this architecture, only current parent paragraph will be
-	// modified when we have a multi-paragraph selection.
 	ParagraphParameters & params = controller().params();
 
 	params.align(getAlignmentFromDialog());