diff --git a/lib/doc/Customization.lyx b/lib/doc/Customization.lyx
index 851146e62c..abc8dbc90d 100644
--- a/lib/doc/Customization.lyx
+++ b/lib/doc/Customization.lyx
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ logicalmkup
 \html_math_output 0
 \html_css_as_file 0
 \html_be_strict true
+\author -712698321 "Jürgen Spitzmüller"
 \author 2089657418 "Usti"
 \end_header
 
@@ -11385,6 +11386,59 @@ status collapsed
 
 , this argument will be inserted with a copy of the co-text (either selected
  text or the whole paragraph) as content.
+\change_inserted -712698321 1477038290
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Itemize
+
+\change_inserted -712698321 1477038425
+\begin_inset Flex Code
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\change_inserted -712698321 1477038295
+PassThru
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ [
+\begin_inset Flex Code
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\change_inserted -712698321 1477038311
+
+\emph on
+inherited
+\emph default
+, true, false
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+] Whether the contents of this argument should be output in raw form, meaning
+ without special translations that \SpecialChar LaTeX
+ would require.
+ By default, the 
+\begin_inset Flex Code
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\change_inserted -712698321 1477038356
+PassThru
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ status is inherited by the inset or paragraph layout the argument belongs
+ to, true and false change the status for the given argument only.
+\change_unchanged
+
 \end_layout
 
 \begin_layout Itemize
diff --git a/lib/scripts/layout2layout.py b/lib/scripts/layout2layout.py
index 753ef5e0c4..c0829e6cd4 100644
--- a/lib/scripts/layout2layout.py
+++ b/lib/scripts/layout2layout.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # This script will update a .layout file to current format
 
 # The latest layout format is also defined in src/TextClass.cpp
-currentFormat = 61
+currentFormat = 62
 
 
 # Incremented to format 4, 6 April 2007, lasgouttes
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ currentFormat = 61
 # Incremented to format 61, 14 October 2016 by spitz
 # New Layout tags "ResumeCounter", "StepMasterCounter"
 
+# Incremented to format 62, 21 October 2016 by spitz
+# New Layout argument tag "PassThru"
+
 # Do not forget to document format change in Customization
 # Manual (section "Declaring a new text class").
 
@@ -448,7 +451,7 @@ def convert(lines, end_format):
                 i += 1
             continue
 
-        if format == 60:
+        if format >= 60 and format <= 61:
             # nothing to do.
             i += 1
             continue
diff --git a/src/Layout.cpp b/src/Layout.cpp
index 7893c5fe7e..b9674772e2 100644
--- a/src/Layout.cpp
+++ b/src/Layout.cpp
@@ -981,6 +981,7 @@ void Layout::readArgument(Lexer & lex)
 	arg.font = inherit_font;
 	arg.labelfont = inherit_font;
 	arg.is_toc_caption = false;
+	arg.passthru = PT_INHERITED;
 	string id;
 	lex >> id;
 	bool const itemarg = prefixIs(id, "item:");
@@ -1041,6 +1042,15 @@ void Layout::readArgument(Lexer & lex)
 		} else if (tok == "passthruchars") {
 			lex.next();
 			arg.pass_thru_chars = lex.getDocString();
+		} else if (tok == "passthru") {
+			lex.next();
+			docstring value = lex.getDocString();
+			if (value == "true" || value == "1")
+				arg.passthru = PT_TRUE;
+			else if (value == "false" || value == "0")
+				arg.passthru = PT_FALSE;
+			else
+				arg.passthru = PT_INHERITED;
 		} else if (tok == "istoccaption") {
 			lex.next();
 			arg.is_toc_caption = lex.getBool();
@@ -1095,6 +1105,17 @@ void writeArgument(ostream & os, string const & id, Layout::latexarg const & arg
 		lyxWrite(os, arg.font, "Font", 2);
 	if (arg.labelfont != inherit_font)
 		lyxWrite(os, arg.labelfont, "LabelFont", 2);
+	switch (arg.passthru) {
+		case PT_TRUE:
+			os << "\t\tPassThru true\n";
+			break;
+		case PT_FALSE:
+			os << "\t\tPassThru false\n";
+			break;
+		case PT_INHERITED:
+			os << "\t\tPassThru inherited\n";
+			break;
+	}
 	if (!arg.pass_thru_chars.empty())
 		os << "\t\tPassThruChars \"" << to_utf8(arg.pass_thru_chars) << "\"\n";
 	os << "\tEndArgument\n";
diff --git a/src/Layout.h b/src/Layout.h
index 5f964f80df..184711b3b4 100644
--- a/src/Layout.h
+++ b/src/Layout.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ public:
 		FontInfo labelfont;
 		bool autoinsert;
 		bool insertcotext;
+		ArgPassThru passthru;
 		docstring pass_thru_chars;
 		bool is_toc_caption;
 	};
diff --git a/src/LayoutEnums.h b/src/LayoutEnums.h
index 8bb206c6a9..969ad1dfff 100644
--- a/src/LayoutEnums.h
+++ b/src/LayoutEnums.h
@@ -150,6 +150,16 @@ enum EndLabelType {
 	END_LABEL_STATIC
 };
 
+///
+enum ArgPassThru {
+	///
+	PT_INHERITED,
+	///
+	PT_FALSE,
+	///
+	PT_TRUE
+};
+
 } // namespace lyx
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/TextClass.cpp b/src/TextClass.cpp
index 2db8ee2344..46a96e4815 100644
--- a/src/TextClass.cpp
+++ b/src/TextClass.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace lyx {
 // You should also run the development/tools/updatelayouts.py script,
 // to update the format of all of our layout files.
 //
-int const LAYOUT_FORMAT = 61; //spitz ResumeCounter, StepMasterCounter
+int const LAYOUT_FORMAT = 62; //spitz PassThru for arguments.
 
 
 // Layout format for the current lyx file format. Controls which format is
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetArgument.cpp b/src/insets/InsetArgument.cpp
index 821fbbc9a5..70dc995699 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetArgument.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetArgument.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ namespace lyx {
 InsetArgument::InsetArgument(Buffer * buf, string const & name)
     : InsetCollapsable(buf), name_(name), labelstring_(docstring()),
       font_(inherit_font), labelfont_(inherit_font), decoration_(string()),
-      pass_thru_(false), pass_thru_chars_(docstring())
+      pass_thru_context_(false), pass_thru_local_(false), pass_thru_(false),
+      pass_thru_chars_(docstring())
 {}
 
 
@@ -62,11 +63,11 @@ void InsetArgument::read(Lexer & lex)
 void InsetArgument::updateBuffer(ParIterator const & it, UpdateType utype)
 {
 	Layout::LaTeXArgMap args = it.paragraph().layout().args();
-	pass_thru_ = it.paragraph().layout().pass_thru;
+	pass_thru_context_ = it.paragraph().layout().pass_thru;
 	bool const insetlayout = args.empty();
 	if (insetlayout) {
 		args = it.inset().getLayout().args();
-		pass_thru_ = it.inset().getLayout().isPassThru();
+		pass_thru_context_ = it.inset().getLayout().isPassThru();
 	}
 
 	// Handle pre 2.1 ArgInsets (lyx2lyx cannot classify them)
@@ -115,6 +116,19 @@ void InsetArgument::updateBuffer(ParIterator const & it, UpdateType utype)
 		labelfont_ = (*lait).second.labelfont;
 		decoration_ = (*lait).second.decoration;
 		pass_thru_chars_ = (*lait).second.pass_thru_chars;
+		pass_thru_local_ = false;
+		switch ((*lait).second.passthru) {
+			case PT_INHERITED:
+				pass_thru_ = pass_thru_context_;
+				break;
+			case PT_TRUE:
+				pass_thru_ = true;
+				pass_thru_local_ = true;
+				break;
+			case PT_FALSE:
+				pass_thru_ = false;
+				break;
+		}
 	} else {
 		labelstring_ = _("Unknown Argument");
 		tooltip_ = _("Argument not known in this Layout. Will be supressed in the output.");
@@ -165,12 +179,7 @@ void InsetArgument::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
 		// with (inherited) pass_thru to avoid call for
 		// fixParagraphsFont(), which does not play nicely with
 		// inherited pass_thru (see #8471).
-		// FIXME: Once we have implemented genuine pass_thru
-		// option for InsetArgument (not inherited pass_thru),
-		// we should probably directly call
-		// InsetCollapsable::doDispatch(cur, cmd) for that
-		// case as well
-		if (pass_thru_)
+		if (pass_thru_ && !pass_thru_local_)
 			text().dispatch(cur, cmd);
 		else
 			InsetCollapsable::doDispatch(cur, cmd);
@@ -281,6 +290,7 @@ void InsetArgument::latexArgument(otexstream & os,
 	OutputParams runparams = runparams_in;
 	if (!pass_thru_chars_.empty())
 		runparams.pass_thru_chars += pass_thru_chars_;
+	runparams.pass_thru = isPassThru();
 	InsetText::latex(ots, runparams);
 	TexString ts = ots.release();
 	bool const add_braces = ldelim != "{" && support::contains(ts.str, rdelim);
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetArgument.h b/src/insets/InsetArgument.h
index 5c4701d8fc..0a5d000379 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetArgument.h
+++ b/src/insets/InsetArgument.h
@@ -97,7 +97,11 @@ private:
 	FontInfo labelfont_;
 	///
 	std::string decoration_;
-	///
+	/// Are we in a pass-thru context?
+	bool pass_thru_context_;
+	/// Is the argument itself have an explicitly pass-thru?
+	bool pass_thru_local_;
+	/// Effective pass-thru setting (inherited or local)
 	bool pass_thru_;
 	///
 	docstring pass_thru_chars_;
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetLayout.cpp b/src/insets/InsetLayout.cpp
index 3c4fc9bb9f..b27963d88e 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetLayout.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetLayout.cpp
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ void InsetLayout::readArgument(Lexer & lex)
 	arg.font = inherit_font;
 	arg.labelfont = inherit_font;
 	arg.is_toc_caption = false;
+	arg.passthru = PT_INHERITED;
 	string nr;
 	lex >> nr;
 	bool const postcmd = prefixIs(nr, "post:");
@@ -642,6 +643,15 @@ void InsetLayout::readArgument(Lexer & lex)
 		} else if (tok == "passthruchars") {
 			lex.next();
 			arg.pass_thru_chars = lex.getDocString();
+		} else if (tok == "passthru") {
+			lex.next();
+			docstring value = lex.getDocString();
+			if (value == "true" || value == "1")
+				arg.passthru = PT_TRUE;
+			else if (value == "false" || value == "0")
+				arg.passthru = PT_FALSE;
+			else
+				arg.passthru = PT_INHERITED;
 		} else if (tok == "istoccaption") {
 			lex.next();
 			arg.is_toc_caption = lex.getBool();
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetText.cpp b/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
index 41427ce7c3..1c3689f627 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ void InsetText::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
 	LYXERR(Debug::ACTION, "InsetText::doDispatch(): cmd: " << cmd);
 
 	// See bug #9042, for instance.
-	if (isPassThru() && lyxCode() != ARG_CODE) {
+	if (isPassThru()) {
 		// Force any new text to latex_language FIXME: This
 		// should only be necessary in constructor, but new
 		// paragraphs that are created by pressing enter at