diff --git a/loopy/kernel/creation.py b/loopy/kernel/creation.py
index 89cb5f26a4940656cca1ab09841311148e113275..aacd76c09d42717cbb2701ee63edae2ea728f568 100644
--- a/loopy/kernel/creation.py
+++ b/loopy/kernel/creation.py
@@ -1859,6 +1859,13 @@ def make_kernel(domains, instructions, kernel_data=["..."], **kwargs):
     :arg seq_dependencies: If *True*, dependencies that sequentially
         connect the given *instructions* will be added. Defaults to
         *False*.
+    :arg fixed_parameters: A dictionary of *name*/*value* pairs, where *name*
+        will be fixed to *value*. *name* may refer to :ref:`domain-parameters`
+        or :ref:`arguments`. See also :func:`loopy.fix_parameters`.
+
+    .. versionchanged:: 2017.2
+
+        *fixed_parameters* added.
 
     .. versionchanged:: 2016.3
 
@@ -1876,6 +1883,7 @@ def make_kernel(domains, instructions, kernel_data=["..."], **kwargs):
     flags = kwargs.pop("flags", None)
     target = kwargs.pop("target", None)
     seq_dependencies = kwargs.pop("seq_dependencies", False)
+    fixed_parameters = kwargs.pop("fixed_parameters", {})
 
     if defines:
         from warnings import warn
@@ -1996,11 +2004,14 @@ def make_kernel(domains, instructions, kernel_data=["..."], **kwargs):
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Must create temporaries before inferring inames (because those temporaries
     # mediate dependencies that are then used for iname propagation.)
+    # Must create temporaries before fixing parameters.
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     knl = add_used_inames(knl)
     # NOTE: add_inferred_inames will be phased out and throws warnings if it
     # does something.
     knl = add_inferred_inames(knl)
+    from loopy.transform.parameter import fix_parameters
+    knl = fix_parameters(knl, **fixed_parameters)
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Ordering dependency:
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/loopy/version.py b/loopy/version.py
index 2e86b974ba224e44cbeb557556a72b82e745525d..99e1b38ca93ece8996c456fb54d5e291a7710060 100644
--- a/loopy/version.py
+++ b/loopy/version.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 """
 
 
-VERSION = (2017, 1)
+VERSION = (2017, 2)
 VERSION_STATUS = ""
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS
 
diff --git a/test/test_loopy.py b/test/test_loopy.py
index 3593019ad2ca7e41f7db4c95616184e1e8972125..563964cf04dfbce5d8983b66010863ef36a74ce7 100644
--- a/test/test_loopy.py
+++ b/test/test_loopy.py
@@ -2416,6 +2416,21 @@ def test_kernel_var_name_generator():
     assert vng("b") != "b"
 
 
+def test_fixed_parameters(ctx_factory):
+    ctx = ctx_factory()
+    queue = cl.CommandQueue(ctx)
+
+    knl = lp.make_kernel(
+            "[n] -> {[i]: 0 <= i < n}",
+            """
+            <>tmp[i] = i
+            tmp[0] = 0
+            """,
+            fixed_parameters=dict(n=1))
+
+    knl(queue)
+
+
 def test_execution_backend_can_cache_dtypes(ctx_factory):
     # When the kernel is invoked, the execution backend uses it as a cache key
     # for the type inference and scheduling cache. This tests to make sure that