diff --git a/bin/foamEtcFile b/bin/foamEtcFile
index ea1d1c3fbf..195b91bdbe 100755
--- a/bin/foamEtcFile
+++ b/bin/foamEtcFile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 printHelp() {
     cat<<USAGE
 
-Usage: foamEtcFile [OPTION] fileName
+Usage: foamEtcFile [OPTION] fileName [-- args]
        foamEtcFile [OPTION] [-list|-list-test] [fileName]
 
 options:
@@ -270,6 +270,31 @@ done
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+# Split arguments into filename (for searching) and trailing bits for shell eval
+# Silently remove leading ~OpenFOAM/ (as per Foam::findEtcFile)
+nArgs=$#
+fileName="${1#~OpenFOAM/}"
+unset evalArgs
+
+if [ "$nArgs" -eq 1 ]
+then
+    if [ "$1" = "--" ]
+    then
+        nArgs=0
+        unset fileName
+    fi
+elif [ "$nArgs" -ge 2 ]
+then
+    if [ "$2" = "--" ]
+    then
+        nArgs=1
+        shift 2
+        evalArgs="$@"
+    fi
+fi
+
+
+# Get version information
 if [ -n "$optVersion" ]
 then
     setVersion $optVersion
@@ -292,12 +317,6 @@ groupDir="${WM_PROJECT_SITE:-$prefixDir/site}"
 #     eval echo "$i=\$$i" 1>&2
 # done
 
-
-# Save the essential bits of information
-# silently remove leading ~OpenFOAM/ (used in Foam::findEtcFile)
-nArgs=$#
-fileName="${1#~OpenFOAM/}"
-
 # Define the various places to be searched:
 unset dirList
 case "$optMode" in (*u*) # (U)ser
@@ -435,7 +454,12 @@ else
                 echo "$verboseOutput$resolved" 1>&2
             fi
 
-            echo "$shellOutput$resolved"
+            if [ -n "$shellOutput" ]
+            then
+                echo "$shellOutput$resolved $evalArgs"
+            else
+                echo "$resolved"
+            fi
             [ -n "$optAll" ] || break
         fi
     done
diff --git a/etc/bashrc b/etc/bashrc
index c7f8b7eb77..f8d87bd4eb 100644
--- a/etc/bashrc
+++ b/etc/bashrc
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ _foamEtc -config  settings
 # Setup for third-party packages
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 _foamEtc -config  mpi
-_foamEtc -config  paraview
+_foamEtc -config  paraview -- $@        # Pass through for evaluation
 _foamEtc -config  vtk
 _foamEtc -config  ensight
 _foamEtc -config  gperftools
diff --git a/etc/cshrc b/etc/cshrc
index a678eda3c1..8545e9f098 100644
--- a/etc/cshrc
+++ b/etc/cshrc
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ _foamEtc -config  settings
 # Setup for third-party packages
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 _foamEtc -config  mpi
-_foamEtc -config  paraview
+_foamEtc -config  paraview -- "$FOAM_SETTINGS"  # Pass through for evaluation
 _foamEtc -config  vtk
 _foamEtc -config  ensight
 ## _foamEtc -config  ADIOS