diff --git a/lib/chibi/config.scm b/lib/chibi/config.scm
index af0f1d15..10193e06 100644
--- a/lib/chibi/config.scm
+++ b/lib/chibi/config.scm
@@ -241,7 +241,17 @@
         (if (or (pair? res) (null? res)) res (list res))
         (if (pair? opt) (car opt) '()))))
 
+;;> Equivalent to \scheme{conf-get} but always returns the
+;;> \scheme{cdr} as-is without possibly taking its \scheme{car}.
+
+(define (conf-get-cdr config key . opt)
+  (let ((cell (conf-get-cell config key)))
+    (if (not cell)
+        (and (pair? opt) (car opt))
+        (cdr cell))))
+
 ;;> Equivalent to \scheme{conf-get-list} but returns a list of all
+;;> cascaded configs appended together.
 
 (define (conf-get-multi config key)
   (if (not config)
diff --git a/lib/chibi/config.sld b/lib/chibi/config.sld
index 08bf1243..387bfe4e 100644
--- a/lib/chibi/config.sld
+++ b/lib/chibi/config.sld
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 (define-library (chibi config)
   (export make-conf conf? conf-load conf-load-in-path conf-load-cascaded
           conf-verify conf-extend conf-append conf-set conf-unfold-key
-          conf-get conf-get-list conf-get-multi
-          conf-specialize read-from-file conf-source)
+          conf-get conf-get-list conf-get-cdr conf-get-multi
+          conf-specialize read-from-file conf-source conf-head conf-parent)
   (import (scheme base) (scheme read) (scheme write) (scheme file)
           (scheme time) (srfi 1))
   ;; This is only used for config verification, it's acceptable to