diff --git a/src/expr.h b/src/expr.h
index 67ab56db..60e1338c 100644
--- a/src/expr.h
+++ b/src/expr.h
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@
 /***************************************************************/
 
 /* Define the types of values */
-#define ERR_TYPE      0
-#define INT_TYPE      1
-#define TIME_TYPE     2
-#define DATE_TYPE     3
-#define STR_TYPE      4
-#define DATETIME_TYPE 5
-#define SPECIAL_TYPE  6 /* Only for system variables */
+#define ERR_TYPE       0
+#define INT_TYPE       1
+#define TIME_TYPE      2
+#define DATE_TYPE      3
+#define STR_TYPE       4
+#define DATETIME_TYPE  5
+#define SPECIAL_TYPE   6 /* Only for system variables */
+#define CONST_INT_TYPE 7 /* Only for system variables */
 
 /* Define stuff for parsing expressions */
 #define BEG_OF_EXPR '['
diff --git a/src/globals.h b/src/globals.h
index a159342b..b64b5975 100644
--- a/src/globals.h
+++ b/src/globals.h
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ EXTERN	INIT(	char	  *EndSentIg, "\"')]}>");
 EXTERN DynamicBuffer Banner;
 EXTERN DynamicBuffer LineBuffer;
 EXTERN DynamicBuffer ExprBuf;
+
+extern int NumFullOmits, NumPartialOmits;
+
 /* List of months */
 EXTERN  char    *EnglishMonthName[]
 #ifdef MK_GLOBALS
diff --git a/src/omit.c b/src/omit.c
index 2c48183e..74012504 100644
--- a/src/omit.c
+++ b/src/omit.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static int PartialOmitArray[MAX_PARTIAL_OMITS];
 /* WeekdayOmits is declared in global.h */
 
 /* How many of each omit types do we have? */
-static int NumFullOmits, NumPartialOmits;
+int NumFullOmits, NumPartialOmits;
 
 /* The structure for saving and restoring OMIT contexts */
 typedef struct omitcontext {
diff --git a/src/var.c b/src/var.c
index bce43c78..f8a804c3 100644
--- a/src/var.c
+++ b/src/var.c
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ typedef struct {
     char modifiable;
     int type;
     void *value;
-    int min;
+    int min; /* Or const-value */
     int max;
 } SysVar;
 
@@ -841,7 +841,9 @@ static SysVar SysVarArr[] = {
     {"LongMin",        1,  SPECIAL_TYPE, longmin_func,         0,      0 },
     {"LongSec",        1,  SPECIAL_TYPE, longsec_func,         0,      0 },
     {"March",          1,  STR_TYPE,     &DynamicMonthName[2], 0,      0 },
+    {"MaxFullOmits",   0,  CONST_INT_TYPE, NULL,        MAX_FULL_OMITS, 0},
     {"MaxLateMinutes", 1,  INT_TYPE,     &MaxLateMinutes,      0,      1440 },
+    {"MaxPartialOmits",0,  CONST_INT_TYPE, NULL,    MAX_PARTIAL_OMITS, 0},
     {"MaxSatIter",     1,  INT_TYPE,     &MaxSatIter,          10,     ANY },
     {"MaxStringLen",   1,  INT_TYPE,     &MaxStringLen,        -1,     ANY },
     {"May",            1,  STR_TYPE,     &DynamicMonthName[4], 0,      0 },
@@ -852,6 +854,8 @@ static SysVar SysVarArr[] = {
     {"NextMode",       0,  INT_TYPE,     &NextMode,            0,      0 },
     {"November",       1,  STR_TYPE,     &DynamicMonthName[10],0,      0 },
     {"Now",            1,  STR_TYPE,     &DynamicNow,          0,      0 },
+    {"NumFullOmits",   0,  INT_TYPE,     &NumFullOmits,        0,      0 },
+    {"NumPartialOmits",0,  INT_TYPE,     &NumPartialOmits,     0,      0 },
     {"NumQueued",      0,  INT_TYPE,     &NumQueued,           0,      0 },
     {"NumTrig",        0,  INT_TYPE,     &NumTriggered,        0,      0 },
     {"October",        1,  STR_TYPE,     &DynamicMonthName[9], 0,      0 },
@@ -911,13 +915,13 @@ int SetSysVar(char const *name, Value *value)
     int r;
     SysVar *v = FindSysVar(name);
     if (!v) return E_NOSUCH_VAR;
-    if (v->type != SPECIAL_TYPE &&
-	v->type != value->type) return E_BAD_TYPE;
     if (!v->modifiable) {
 	Eprint("%s: `$%s'", ErrMsg[E_CANT_MODIFY], name);
 	return E_CANT_MODIFY;
     }
 
+    if (v->type != SPECIAL_TYPE &&
+	v->type != value->type) return E_BAD_TYPE;
     if (v->type == SPECIAL_TYPE) {
 	SysVarFunc f = (SysVarFunc) v->value;
 	r = f(1, value);
@@ -958,6 +962,11 @@ int GetSysVar(char const *name, Value *val)
 
     val->type = ERR_TYPE;
     if (!v) return E_NOSUCH_VAR;
+    if (v->type == CONST_INT_TYPE) {
+        val->v.val = v->min;
+        val->type = INT_TYPE;
+        return OK;
+    }
     if (v->type == SPECIAL_TYPE) {
 	SysVarFunc f = (SysVarFunc) v->value;
 	return f(0, val);
@@ -1051,7 +1060,9 @@ static void DumpSysVar(char const *name, const SysVar *v)
     if (name) strcat(buffer, name); else strcat(buffer, v->name);
     fprintf(ErrFp, "%16s  ", buffer);
     if (v) {
-	if (v->type == SPECIAL_TYPE) {
+        if (v->type == CONST_INT_TYPE) {
+            fprintf(ErrFp, "%d\n", v->min);
+        } else if (v->type == SPECIAL_TYPE) {
 	    SysVarFunc f = (SysVarFunc) v->value;
 	    f(0, &vtmp);
 	    PrintValue(&vtmp, ErrFp);