diff --git a/lib/jsduck/process/inherit_members.rb b/lib/jsduck/process/inherit_members.rb
index 00a832534bac01bbba2ee78c7a6ed1ade689d828..4110732ac19bd56753e9a81aa8eaa69069c1edd7 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/process/inherit_members.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/process/inherit_members.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ module JsDuck
       # - :params
       # - :return
       # - :throws
+      # - :properties
       #
       # In case of auto-detected members that inherit from a public
       # member in parent class, we inherit all fields that aren't
diff --git a/spec/aggregator_inheritdoc_spec.rb b/spec/aggregator_inheritdoc_spec.rb
index a52bab2cc2ccdba87f714c96e217aed8a378b402..367241221621af1b22784a6c3fbaf355902854d9 100644
--- a/spec/aggregator_inheritdoc_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/aggregator_inheritdoc_spec.rb
@@ -164,6 +164,30 @@ describe JsDuck::Aggregator do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "@inheritdoc in @cfg with subproperties" do
+    before do
+      @docs = parse(<<-EOF)
+        /** @class Foo */
+          /**
+           * @cfg {Object} foo Original comment.
+           * @cfg {String} foo.name Some name
+           * @cfg {Number} foo.value Some value
+           */
+
+        /** @class Inh1 */
+          /**
+           * @cfg foo
+           * @inheritdoc Foo#foo
+           */
+      EOF
+      @inh1 = @docs["Inh1"][:members][0]
+    end
+
+    it "inherits subproperties" do
+      @inh1[:properties].length.should == 2
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "@inheritdoc with type info" do
     before do
       @docs = parse(<<-EOF)