diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 021276329c..f4d7166275 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -68,11 +68,12 @@ This option may be specified multiple times.
 	Invoke a text editor (see GIT_EDITOR in linkgit:git-var[1])
 	to edit an introductory message for the patch series.
 +
-When `--compose` is used, git send-email will use the From, Subject,
-Reply-To, and In-Reply-To headers specified in the message. If the body
-of the message (what you type after the headers and a blank line) only
-contains blank (or Git: prefixed) lines, the summary won't be sent, but
-the headers mentioned above will be used unless they are removed.
+When `--compose` is used, git send-email will use the From, To, Cc, Bcc,
+Subject, Reply-To, and In-Reply-To headers specified in the message. If
+the body of the message (what you type after the headers and a blank
+line) only contains blank (or Git: prefixed) lines, the summary won't be
+sent, but the headers mentioned above will be used unless they are
+removed.
 +
 Missing From or In-Reply-To headers will be prompted for.
 +
diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index 2adaa35938..526f2dd712 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -861,6 +861,9 @@ if ($compose) {
 	my $tpl_subject = $initial_subject || '';
 	my $tpl_in_reply_to = $initial_in_reply_to || '';
 	my $tpl_reply_to = $reply_to || '';
+	my $tpl_to = join(',', @initial_to);
+	my $tpl_cc = join(',', @initial_cc);
+	my $tpl_bcc = join(', ', @initial_bcc);
 
 	print $c <<EOT1, Git::prefix_lines("GIT: ", __(<<EOT2)), <<EOT3;
 From $tpl_sender # This line is ignored.
@@ -872,6 +875,9 @@ for the patch you are writing.
 Clear the body content if you don't wish to send a summary.
 EOT2
 From: $tpl_sender
+To: $tpl_to
+Cc: $tpl_cc
+Bcc: $tpl_bcc
 Reply-To: $tpl_reply_to
 Subject: $tpl_subject
 In-Reply-To: $tpl_in_reply_to
@@ -928,8 +934,14 @@ EOT3
 		} elsif (/^From:\s*(.+)\s*$/i) {
 			$sender = $1;
 			next;
-		} elsif (/^(?:To|Cc|Bcc):/i) {
-			print __("To/Cc/Bcc fields are not interpreted yet, they have been ignored\n");
+		} elsif (/^To:\s*(.+)\s*$/i) {
+			@initial_to = parse_address_line($1);
+			next;
+		} elsif (/^Cc:\s*(.+)\s*$/i) {
+			@initial_cc = parse_address_line($1);
+			next;
+		} elsif (/^Bcc:/i) {
+			@initial_bcc = parse_address_line($1);
 			next;
 		}
 		print $c2 $_;
diff --git a/t/t9001-send-email.sh b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
index c62f032056..4052b28e73 100755
--- a/t/t9001-send-email.sh
+++ b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
@@ -2522,7 +2522,7 @@ test_expect_success $PREREQ '--compose handles lowercase headers' '
 
 test_expect_success $PREREQ '--compose handles to headers' '
 	write_script fake-editor <<-\EOF &&
-	sed "s/^$/To: edited-to@example.com\n/" <"$1" >"$1.tmp" &&
+	sed "s/^To: .*/&, edited-to@example.com/" <"$1" >"$1.tmp" &&
 	echo this is the body >>"$1.tmp" &&
 	mv "$1.tmp" "$1"
 	EOF
@@ -2534,10 +2534,16 @@ test_expect_success $PREREQ '--compose handles to headers' '
 		--to=nobody@example.com \
 		--smtp-server="$(pwd)/fake.sendmail" \
 		HEAD^ &&
-	# Ideally the "to" header we specified would be used,
-	# but the program explicitly warns that these are
-	# ignored. For now, just make sure we did not abort.
-	grep "To:" msgtxt1
+	# Check both that the cover letter used our modified "to" line,
+	# but also that it was picked up for the patch.
+	q_to_tab >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	To: nobody@example.com,
+	Qedited-to@example.com
+	EOF
+	grep -A1 "^To:" msgtxt1 >msgtxt1.to &&
+	test_cmp expect msgtxt1.to &&
+	grep -A1 "^To:" msgtxt2 >msgtxt2.to &&
+	test_cmp expect msgtxt2.to
 '
 
 test_done