diff --git a/chunkie/chunkermat.m b/chunkie/chunkermat.m
index 4b3b0b3..1d02ed0 100644
--- a/chunkie/chunkermat.m
+++ b/chunkie/chunkermat.m
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@
 %           opts.adaptive_correction = (false) flag for whether to use
 %                    adaptive quadrature for near touching panels on
 %                    different chunkers
+%           opts.rcip_adaptive_correction = (false) flag for whether to use
+%                    adaptive quadrature for near touching panels on
+%                    different chunkers within rcip
 %           opts.eps = (1e-14) tolerance for adaptive quadrature
 %  ilist - cell array of integer arrays ([]), list of panel interactions that 
 %          should be ignored when constructing matrix entries or quadrature
@@ -142,6 +145,7 @@
 nsub = 40;
 rcip_savedepth = 10;
 adaptive_correction = false;
+rcip_adaptive_correction = false;
 sing = 'log';
 
 % get opts from struct if available
@@ -191,6 +195,9 @@
 if (isfield(opts,'adaptive_correction'))
     adaptive_correction = opts.adaptive_correction;
 end
+if (isfield(opts,'rcip_adaptive_correction'))
+    rcip_adaptive_correction = opts.rcip_adaptive_correction;
+end
 
 nchunkers = length(chnkrs);
 
@@ -533,6 +540,7 @@
         optsrcip.nonsmoothonly = false;
         optsrcip.corrections = false;
         optsrcip.rcip_savedepth = rcip_savedepth;
+        optsrcip.adaptive_correction = rcip_adaptive_correction;
 
         [R,rcipsav{ivert}] = chnk.rcip.Rcompchunk(chnkrs,iedgechunks,kern,ndim, ...
             Pbc,PWbc,nsub,starL,circL,starS,circS,ilist,starL1,circL1,...