=== lib/Catalyst/View/TT.pm
==================================================================
--- lib/Catalyst/View/TT.pm	(revision 25850)
+++ lib/Catalyst/View/TT.pm	(local)
@@ -119,6 +119,25 @@
     if ( $c->debug && $config->{DUMP_CONFIG} ) {
         $c->log->debug( "TT Config: ", dump($config) );
     }
+
+    my $self = $class->NEXT::new(
+        $c, { %$config }, 
+    );
+
+    # Set base include paths. Local'd in render if needed
+    $self->include_path($config->{INCLUDE_PATH});
+    
+    $self->config($config);
+
+    # Creation of template outside of call to new so that we can pass [ $self ]
+    # as INCLUDE_PATH config item, which then gets ->paths() called to get list
+    # of include paths to search for templates.
+   
+    # Use a weakend copy of self so we dont have loops preventing GC from working
+    my $copy = $self;
+    Scalar::Util::weaken($copy);
+    $config->{INCLUDE_PATH} = [ sub { $copy->paths } ];
+
     if ( $config->{PROVIDERS} ) {
         my @providers = ();
         if ( ref($config->{PROVIDERS}) eq 'ARRAY') {
@@ -138,6 +157,14 @@
                     {
                         $prov .= "::$pname";
                     }
+                    # We copy the args people want from the config
+                    # to the args
+                    $p->{args} ||= {};
+                    if ($p->{copy_config}) {
+                        map  { $p->{args}->{$_} = $config->{$_}  }
+                                   grep { exists $config->{$_} }
+                                   @{ $p->{copy_config} };
+                    }
                 }
                 eval "require $prov";
                 if(!$@) {
@@ -154,25 +181,7 @@
             $config->{LOAD_TEMPLATES} = \@providers;
         }
     }
-
-    my $self = $class->NEXT::new(
-        $c, { %$config }, 
-    );
-
-    # Set base include paths. Local'd in render if needed
-    $self->include_path($config->{INCLUDE_PATH});
     
-    $self->config($config);
-
-    # Creation of template outside of call to new so that we can pass [ $self ]
-    # as INCLUDE_PATH config item, which then gets ->paths() called to get list
-    # of include paths to search for templates.
-   
-    # Use a weakend copy of self so we dont have loops preventing GC from working
-    my $copy = $self;
-    Scalar::Util::weaken($copy);
-    $config->{INCLUDE_PATH} = [ sub { $copy->paths } ];
-    
     $self->{template} = 
         Template->new($config) || do {
             my $error = Template->error();
@@ -582,6 +591,20 @@
 
     name => '+MyApp::Provider::Foo'
 
+You can also specify the 'copy_config' key as an arrayref, to copy those keys
+from the general config, into the config for the provider:
+    
+    DEFAULT_ENCODING    => 'utf-8',
+    PROVIDERS => [
+        {
+            name    => 'Encoding',
+            copy_config => [qw(DEFAULT_ENCODING INCLUDE_PATH)]
+        }
+    ]
+    
+This can prove useful when you want to use the additional_template_paths hack
+in your own provider, or if you need to use Template::Provider::Encoding
+
 =head2 HELPERS
 
 The L<Catalyst::Helper::View::TT> and
=== t/09providers.t
==================================================================
--- t/09providers.t	(revision 25850)
+++ t/09providers.t	(local)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 3;
+use Test::More tests => 5;
 
 use FindBin;
 use lib "$FindBin::Bin/lib";
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@
 
 my $response;
 ok(($response = request("/test_includepath?view=Providerconfig&template=test.tt"))->is_success, 'provider request');
-cmp_ok($response->content, 'eq', 'Faux-tastic!', 'provider worked');
\ No newline at end of file
+cmp_ok($response->content, 'eq', 'Faux-tastic!', 'provider worked');
+
+
+ok(($response = request("/test_includepath?view=Providerconfig&template=testpath.tt&additionalpath=test_include_path"))->is_success, 'provider request');
+cmp_ok($response->content, 'eq', 'Faux-tastic!', 'provider worked');
=== t/lib/TestApp/View/TT/Encoding.pm
==================================================================
--- t/lib/TestApp/View/TT/Encoding.pm	(revision 25850)
+++ t/lib/TestApp/View/TT/Encoding.pm	(local)
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package TestApp::View::TT::Encoding;
+
+use strict;
+use base 'Catalyst::View::TT';
+
+__PACKAGE__->config(
+    PRE_CHOMP          => 1,
+    POST_CHOMP         => 1,
+    TEMPLATE_EXTENSION => '.tt',
+    'TEMPLATE_EXTENSION' => '.tt',
+    'DEFAULT_ENCODING'   => 'utf-8',
+    PROVIDERS            => [
+        {
+            name        => 'Encoding',
+            copy_config => [qw(INCLUDE_PATH DEFAULT_ENCODING PRE_CHOMP POST_CHOMP)]
+        }
+    ],
+);
+
+1;
=== t/10providers.encoding.t
==================================================================
--- t/10providers.encoding.t	(revision 25850)
+++ t/10providers.encoding.t	(local)
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More;
+
+eval "use Template::Provider::Encoding";
+if ($@) {
+    plan skip_all => 'Template::Provider::Encoding';
+} else {
+    plan tests => 3;
+}
+
+use FindBin;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/lib";
+
+use_ok('Catalyst::Test', 'TestApp');
+
+my $response;
+ok(($response = request("/test_includepath?view=Encoding&template=test.tt&additionalpath=test_include_path"))->is_success, 'provider request');
+cmp_ok($response->content, 'eq', 'hi', 'provider worked');
+