Index: kernel/genarch/include/multiboot/multiboot.h
===================================================================
--- kernel/genarch/include/multiboot/multiboot.h	(revision 8cf482327e958c7a4c8e0c00e22a810941f375bd)
+++ kernel/genarch/include/multiboot/multiboot.h	(revision e0c836e8dbcbc601b10d1087e24e2eb6cbb6ca68)
@@ -99,4 +99,5 @@
 
 extern void multiboot_extract_command(char *, size_t, const char *);
+extern void multiboot_extract_argument(char *, size_t, const char *);
 extern void multiboot_info_parse(uint32_t, const multiboot_info_t *);
 
Index: kernel/genarch/src/multiboot/multiboot.c
===================================================================
--- kernel/genarch/src/multiboot/multiboot.c	(revision 8cf482327e958c7a4c8e0c00e22a810941f375bd)
+++ kernel/genarch/src/multiboot/multiboot.c	(revision e0c836e8dbcbc601b10d1087e24e2eb6cbb6ca68)
@@ -71,4 +71,33 @@
 }
 
+/** Extract arguments from the multiboot module command line.
+ *
+ * @param buf      Destination buffer (will be always NULL-terminated).
+ * @param size     Size of destination buffer (in bytes).
+ * @param cmd_line Input string (the command line).
+ *
+ */
+void multiboot_extract_argument(char *buf, size_t size, const char *cmd_line)
+{
+	/* Start after first space. */
+	const char *start = str_chr(cmd_line, ' ');
+	if (start == NULL) {
+		str_cpy(buf, size, "");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	const char *end = cmd_line + str_size(cmd_line);
+
+	/* Skip the space(s). */
+	while (start != end) {
+		if (start[0] == ' ')
+			start++;
+		else
+			break;
+	}
+
+	str_ncpy(buf, size, start, (size_t) (end - start));
+}
+
 static void multiboot_modules(uint32_t count, multiboot_module_t *mods)
 {
@@ -84,6 +113,10 @@
 			multiboot_extract_command(init.tasks[init.cnt].name,
 			    CONFIG_TASK_NAME_BUFLEN, MULTIBOOT_PTR(mods[i].string));
-		} else
+			multiboot_extract_argument(init.tasks[init.cnt].arguments,
+			    CONFIG_TASK_ARGUMENTS_BUFLEN, MULTIBOOT_PTR(mods[i].string));
+		} else {
 			init.tasks[init.cnt].name[0] = 0;
+			init.tasks[init.cnt].arguments[0] = 0;
+		}
 		
 		init.cnt++;
Index: kernel/genarch/src/multiboot/multiboot2.c
===================================================================
--- kernel/genarch/src/multiboot/multiboot2.c	(revision 8cf482327e958c7a4c8e0c00e22a810941f375bd)
+++ kernel/genarch/src/multiboot/multiboot2.c	(revision e0c836e8dbcbc601b10d1087e24e2eb6cbb6ca68)
@@ -49,4 +49,6 @@
 		multiboot_extract_command(init.tasks[init.cnt].name,
 		    CONFIG_TASK_NAME_BUFLEN, module->string);
+		multiboot_extract_argument(init.tasks[init.cnt].arguments,
+		    CONFIG_TASK_ARGUMENTS_BUFLEN, module->string);
 		
 		init.cnt++;
Index: kernel/generic/include/config.h
===================================================================
--- kernel/generic/include/config.h	(revision 8cf482327e958c7a4c8e0c00e22a810941f375bd)
+++ kernel/generic/include/config.h	(revision e0c836e8dbcbc601b10d1087e24e2eb6cbb6ca68)
@@ -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 8cf482327e958c7a4c8e0c00e22a810941f375bd)
+++ kernel/generic/src/main/kinit.c	(revision e0c836e8dbcbc601b10d1087e24e2eb6cbb6ca68)
@@ -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) {