diff --git a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_apollo.c b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_apollo.c
index c84a7e0864b7..d2fbb3f57221 100644
--- a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_apollo.c
+++ b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_apollo.c
@@ -24,15 +24,28 @@
 
 static void do_catch_up(struct spk_synth *synth);
 
-static struct var_t vars[] = {
-	{ CAPS_START, .u.s = {"cap, " } },
-	{ CAPS_STOP, .u.s = {"" } },
-	{ RATE, .u.n = {"@W%d", 6, 1, 9, 0, 0, NULL } },
-	{ PITCH, .u.n = {"@F%x", 10, 0, 15, 0, 0, NULL } },
-	{ VOL, .u.n = {"@A%x", 10, 0, 15, 0, 0, NULL } },
-	{ VOICE, .u.n = {"@V%d", 1, 1, 6, 0, 0, NULL } },
-	{ LANG, .u.n = {"@=%d,", 1, 1, 4, 0, 0, NULL } },
-	{ DIRECT, .u.n = {NULL, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, NULL } },
+
+
+enum default_vars_id {
+	CAPS_START_ID = 0, CAPS_STOP_ID,
+	RATE_ID, PITCH_ID,
+	VOL_ID, VOICE_ID, LANG_ID,
+	DIRECT_ID, V_LAST_VAR_ID,
+	NB_ID
+};
+
+
+
+
+static struct var_t vars[NB_ID] = {
+	[CAPS_START_ID] = { CAPS_START, .u.s = {"cap, " } },
+	[CAPS_STOP_ID] = { CAPS_STOP, .u.s = {"" } },
+	[RATE_ID] = { RATE, .u.n = {"@W%d", 6, 1, 9, 0, 0, NULL } },
+	[PITCH_ID] = { PITCH, .u.n = {"@F%x", 10, 0, 15, 0, 0, NULL } },
+	[VOL_ID] = { VOL, .u.n = {"@A%x", 10, 0, 15, 0, 0, NULL } },
+	[VOICE_ID] = { VOICE, .u.n = {"@V%d", 1, 1, 6, 0, 0, NULL } },
+	[LANG_ID] = { LANG, .u.n = {"@=%d,", 1, 1, 4, 0, 0, NULL } },
+	[DIRECT_ID] = { DIRECT, .u.n = {NULL, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, NULL } },
 	V_LAST_VAR
 };
 
@@ -193,10 +206,25 @@ static void do_catch_up(struct spk_synth *synth)
 module_param_named(ser, synth_apollo.ser, int, 0444);
 module_param_named(dev, synth_apollo.dev_name, charp, 0444);
 module_param_named(start, synth_apollo.startup, short, 0444);
+module_param_named(rate, vars[RATE_ID].u.n.default_val, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(pitch, vars[PITCH_ID].u.n.default_val, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(vol, vars[VOL_ID].u.n.default_val, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(voice, vars[VOICE_ID].u.n.default_val, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(lang, vars[LANG_ID].u.n.default_val, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(direct, vars[DIRECT_ID].u.n.default_val, int, 0444);
+
 
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ser, "Set the serial port for the synthesizer (0-based).");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dev, "Set the device e.g. ttyUSB0, for the synthesizer.");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(start, "Start the synthesizer once it is loaded.");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(rate, "Set the rate variable on load.");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(pitch, "Set the pitch variable on load.");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(vol, "Set the vol variable on load.");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(voice, "Set the voice variable on load.");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(lang, "Set the lang variable on load.");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(direct, "Set the direct variable on load.");
+
+
 
 module_spk_synth(synth_apollo);