Index: kernel/generic/include/config.h
===================================================================
--- kernel/generic/include/config.h	(revision cd529c4c5856298906f124a6f50c2619d97c48ad)
+++ kernel/generic/include/config.h	(revision 9a53e00d21d11ebcac23b5de1783fa861621d871)
@@ -47,4 +47,5 @@
 #define CONFIG_INIT_TASKS        32
 #define CONFIG_TASK_NAME_BUFLEN  32
+#define CONFIG_TASK_ARGUMENTS_BUFLEN 64
 
 #ifndef __ASM__
@@ -56,4 +57,5 @@
 	size_t size;
 	char name[CONFIG_TASK_NAME_BUFLEN];
+	char arguments[CONFIG_TASK_ARGUMENTS_BUFLEN];
 } init_task_t;
 
Index: kernel/generic/src/main/kinit.c
===================================================================
--- kernel/generic/src/main/kinit.c	(revision cd529c4c5856298906f124a6f50c2619d97c48ad)
+++ kernel/generic/src/main/kinit.c	(revision 9a53e00d21d11ebcac23b5de1783fa861621d871)
@@ -69,4 +69,5 @@
 #include <str.h>
 #include <sysinfo/stats.h>
+#include <sysinfo/sysinfo.h>
 #include <align.h>
 
@@ -179,4 +180,26 @@
 	program_t programs[CONFIG_INIT_TASKS];
 	
+	// FIXME: do not propagate arguments through sysinfo
+	// but pass them directly to the tasks
+	for (i = 0; i < init.cnt; i++) {
+		const char *arguments = init.tasks[i].arguments;
+		if (str_length(arguments) == 0)
+			continue;
+		if (str_length(init.tasks[i].name) == 0)
+			continue;
+		size_t arguments_size = str_size(arguments);
+
+		void *arguments_copy = malloc(arguments_size, 0);
+		if (arguments_copy == NULL)
+			continue;
+		memcpy(arguments_copy, arguments, arguments_size);
+
+		char item_name[CONFIG_TASK_NAME_BUFLEN + 15];
+		snprintf(item_name, CONFIG_TASK_NAME_BUFLEN + 15,
+		    "init_args.%s", init.tasks[i].name);
+
+		sysinfo_set_item_data(item_name, NULL, arguments_copy, arguments_size);
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < init.cnt; i++) {
 		if (init.tasks[i].paddr % FRAME_SIZE) {