diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 252b76f67..4e5f63679 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 - Added 'history.weekly', 'history.daily', 'ghistory.weekly', 'ghistory.daily'
   report variations, with code refactoring.
           (thanks to Lukas Barth).
+- New DOM references: annotations.count, tw.syncneeded.
 
 ------ current release ---------------------------
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4d193142a..34281c357 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ New Features in Taskwarrior 2.6.0
 
   - The 'QUARTER' virtual tag was added.
   - Improved compatibility with SmartOS, OmniOS and OpenIndiana.
-  - New DOM reference: annotations.count.
+  - New DOM references: annotations.count, tw.syncneeded, tw.program, tw.args,
+    tw.width, tw.height.
   - Renovated 'timesheet' command with a more compact report that accepts a
     filter, and has a default filter showing the last four weeks of completed
     and started tasks.
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ Newly Deprecated Features in Taskwarrior 2.6.0
     "0" for off, and "1" for on.  Avoid used of "on", "off", "true", "t",
     "false", "f", "yes", "y", "no", "n".
   - The 'PARENT' and 'CHILD' virtual tags are replaced by 'TEMPLATE' and 'INSTANCE'.
+  - The 'context.program', 'context.args', 'context.width' and 'context.height'
+    DOM references are deprecated, replaced by similarly-named 'tw.xxx'
+    references.
 
 Removed Features in 2.6.0
 
diff --git a/src/DOM.cpp b/src/DOM.cpp
index bcca43e9c..c4f1acd88 100644
--- a/src/DOM.cpp
+++ b/src/DOM.cpp
@@ -47,11 +47,18 @@ extern Context context;
 // Configuration:
 //   rc.<name>
 //
+// Taskwarrior:
+//   tw.syncneeded
+//   tw.program
+//   tw.args
+//   tw.width
+//   tw.height
+//
 // System:
-//   context.program
-//   context.args
-//   context.width
-//   context.height
+//   context.program         // 2017-02-25 Deprecated in 2.6.0
+//   context.args            // 2017-02-25 Deprecated in 2.6.0
+//   context.width           // 2017-02-25 Deprecated in 2.6.0
+//   context.height          // 2017-02-25 Deprecated in 2.6.0
 //   system.version
 //   system.os
 //
@@ -78,6 +85,61 @@ bool getDOM (const std::string& name, Variant& value)
     return false;
   }
 
+  // tw.*
+  if (len > 3 &&
+      ! name.compare (0, 3, "tw.", 3))
+  {
+    if (name == "tw.syncneeded")
+    {
+      value = Variant (false);
+      for (const auto& line : context.tdb2.backlog.get_lines ())
+      {
+        if (line[0] == '{')
+        {
+          value = Variant (true);
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+
+      return true;
+    }
+    else if (name == "tw.program")
+    {
+      value = Variant (context.cli2.getBinary ());
+      return true;
+    }
+    else if (name == "tw.args")
+    {
+      std::string commandLine;
+      for (auto& arg : context.cli2._original_args)
+      {
+        if (commandLine != "")
+           commandLine += ' ';
+
+        commandLine += arg.attribute("raw");
+      }
+
+      value = Variant (commandLine);
+      return true;
+    }
+    else if (name == "tw.width")
+    {
+      value = Variant (static_cast<int> (context.terminal_width
+                                           ? context.terminal_width
+                                           : context.getWidth ()));
+      return true;
+    }
+    else if (name == "tw.height")
+    {
+      value = Variant (static_cast<int> (context.terminal_height
+                                           ? context.terminal_height
+                                           : context.getHeight ()));
+      return true;
+    }
+    else
+      throw format (STRING_DOM_UNREC, name);
+  }
+
   // context.*
   if (len > 8 &&
       ! name.compare (0, 8, "context.", 8))
diff --git a/src/Lexer.cpp b/src/Lexer.cpp
index 486229499..376f40fc7 100644
--- a/src/Lexer.cpp
+++ b/src/Lexer.cpp
@@ -1132,10 +1132,15 @@ bool Lexer::isOperator (std::string& token, Lexer::Type& type)
 //   rc.<name>
 //
 // System:
-//   context.program
-//   context.args
-//   context.width
-//   context.height
+//   tw.syncneeded
+//   tw.program
+//   tw.args
+//   tw.width
+//   tw.height
+//   context.program      // 2017-02-25 Deprecated in 2.6.0
+//   context.args         // 2017-02-25 Deprecated in 2.6.0
+//   context.width        // 2017-02-25 Deprecated in 2.6.0
+//   context.height       // 2017-02-25 Deprecated in 2.6.0
 //   system.version
 //   system.os
 //
@@ -1179,7 +1184,12 @@ bool Lexer::isDOM (std::string& token, Lexer::Type& type)
   else
     _cursor = marker;
 
-  if (isOneOf ({"context.program",
+  if (isOneOf ({"tw.syncneeded",
+                "tw.program",
+                "tw.args",
+                "tw.width",
+                "tw.height",
+                "context.program",
                 "context.args",
                 "context.width",
                 "context.height",