diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index 2021b000d..7c3c9b920 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -2889,7 +2889,9 @@ sub get_params() {
 
 	progress_message2 "Processing $fn ...";
 
-	my @params = `$globals{SHAREDIRPL}/getparams $fn`;
+	my $command = "$globals{SHAREDIRPL}/getparams $fn " . join( ':', @config_path );
+
+	my @params = `$command`;
 
 	fatal_error "Processing of $fn failed" if $?;
 
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/getparams b/Shorewall/Perl/getparams
index 36d237082..7d064a7b4 100755
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/getparams
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/getparams
@@ -21,18 +21,19 @@
 #	along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 #	Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 
-exported=$(env | sed 's/=.*//');
+. /usr/share/shorewall/lib.base
+. /usr/share/shorewall/lib.cli
 
-#
-# Sigh -- POSIX shells don't support 'typeset +x' or 'declare +x'
-#
+exported=$(env | sed 's/=.*//');
 
 for v in $exported; do
     eval t=\"\$$v\"
-    eval $v=
+    eval unset $v
     eval $v=\"$t\"
 done
 
+CONFIG_PATH="$2"
+
 set -a
 
 . $1