diff --git a/protected/gatk-protected/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/GenotypeGVCFs.java b/protected/gatk-protected/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/GenotypeGVCFs.java
index a6d151df8..09c291955 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-protected/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/GenotypeGVCFs.java
+++ b/protected/gatk-protected/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/GenotypeGVCFs.java
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ public class GenotypeGVCFs extends RodWalker<VariantContext, VariantContextWrite
     @Output(doc="File to which variants should be written")
     protected VariantContextWriter vcfWriter = null;
 
-    // TODO -- currently this option doesn't actually work; must fix
-    @Argument(fullName="includeNonVariants", shortName="inv", doc="Include loci found to be non-variant after the combining procedure", required=false)
+    @Argument(fullName="includeNonVariantSites", shortName="allSites", doc="Include loci found to be non-variant after genotyping", required=false)
     public boolean INCLUDE_NON_VARIANTS = false;
 
     /**
@@ -216,41 +215,68 @@ public class GenotypeGVCFs extends RodWalker<VariantContext, VariantContextWrite
             result = new VariantContextBuilder(regenotypedVC).attributes(attrs).make();
         }
 
-        // if it turned monomorphic and we don't want such sites, quit
-        if ( !INCLUDE_NON_VARIANTS && result.isMonomorphicInSamples() )
-            return null;
+        // if it turned monomorphic then we either need to ignore or fix such sites
+        boolean createRefGTs = false;
+        if ( result.isMonomorphicInSamples() ) {
+            if ( !INCLUDE_NON_VARIANTS )
+                return null;
+            createRefGTs = true;
+        }
 
         // re-annotate it
         result = annotationEngine.annotateContext(tracker, ref, null, result);
 
         // fix some of the annotations
-        return new VariantContextBuilder(result).genotypes(cleanupGenotypeAnnotations(result.getGenotypes())).make();
+        return new VariantContextBuilder(result).genotypes(cleanupGenotypeAnnotations(result, createRefGTs)).make();
     }
 
     /**
      * Cleans up genotype-level annotations that need to be updated.
      * 1. move MIN_DP to DP if present
-     * 2. remove SB is present
+     * 2. propagate DP to AD if not present
+     * 3. remove SB if present
      *
-     * @param newGs the new Genotypes to fix
+     * @param VC            the VariantContext with the Genotypes to fix
+     * @param createRefGTs  if true we will also create proper hom ref genotypes since we assume the site is monomorphic
      * @return a new set of Genotypes
      */
-    private List<Genotype> cleanupGenotypeAnnotations(final GenotypesContext newGs) {
-        final List<Genotype> recoveredGs = new ArrayList<>(newGs.size());
-        for ( final Genotype newG : newGs ) {
-            final Map<String, Object> attrs = new HashMap<>(newG.getExtendedAttributes());
+    private List<Genotype> cleanupGenotypeAnnotations(final VariantContext VC, final boolean createRefGTs) {
+        final GenotypesContext oldGTs = VC.getGenotypes();
+        final List<Genotype> recoveredGs = new ArrayList<>(oldGTs.size());
+        for ( final Genotype oldGT : oldGTs ) {
+            final Map<String, Object> attrs = new HashMap<>(oldGT.getExtendedAttributes());
 
-            final GenotypeBuilder builder = new GenotypeBuilder(newG);
+            final GenotypeBuilder builder = new GenotypeBuilder(oldGT);
+            int depth = oldGT.hasDP() ? oldGT.getDP() : 0;
 
             // move the MIN_DP to DP
-            if ( newG.hasExtendedAttribute("MIN_DP") ) {
-                builder.DP(newG.getAttributeAsInt("MIN_DP", 0));
+            if ( oldGT.hasExtendedAttribute("MIN_DP") ) {
+                depth = oldGT.getAttributeAsInt("MIN_DP", 0);
+                builder.DP(depth);
                 attrs.remove("MIN_DP");
             }
 
             // remove SB
             attrs.remove("SB");
 
+            // create AD if it's not there
+            if ( !oldGT.hasAD() && VC.isVariant() ) {
+                final int[] AD = new int[VC.getNAlleles()];
+                AD[0] = depth;
+                builder.AD(AD);
+            }
+
+            if ( createRefGTs ) {
+                final int ploidy = oldGT.getPloidy();
+                final List<Allele> refAlleles = new ArrayList<>(ploidy);
+                for ( int i = 0; i < ploidy; i++ )
+                    refAlleles.add(VC.getReference());
+                builder.alleles(refAlleles);
+
+                // also, the PLs are technically no longer usable
+                builder.noPL();
+            }
+
             recoveredGs.add(builder.noAttributes().attributes(attrs).make());
         }
         return recoveredGs;
diff --git a/protected/gatk-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/GenotypeGVCFsIntegrationTest.java b/protected/gatk-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/GenotypeGVCFsIntegrationTest.java
index 1ca23caba..1e2b30fee 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/GenotypeGVCFsIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/protected/gatk-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/GenotypeGVCFsIntegrationTest.java
@@ -65,19 +65,19 @@ public class GenotypeGVCFsIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
                         " -V:sample3 " + privateTestDir + "combine.single.sample.pipeline.3.vcf" +
                         " -L 20:10,000,000-20,000,000", b37KGReference),
                 1,
-                Arrays.asList("2be5f6f7e7f79841108906555d548683"));
+                Arrays.asList("af58920a965229526aa6961f0d30b035"));
         executeTest("combineSingleSamplePipelineGVCF", spec);
     }
 
-    @Test(enabled = false)  // TODO -- reenable when this option works
+    @Test(enabled = true)
     public void combineSingleSamplePipelineGVCF_includeNonVariants() {
         WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(
                 baseTestString(" -V:sample1 " + privateTestDir + "combine.single.sample.pipeline.1.vcf" +
                         " -V:sample2 " + privateTestDir + "combine.single.sample.pipeline.2.vcf" +
                         " -V:sample3 " + privateTestDir + "combine.single.sample.pipeline.3.vcf" +
-                        " -inv -L 20:10,000,000-10,010,000", b37KGReference),
+                        " --includeNonVariantSites -L 20:10,030,000-10,033,000 -L 20:10,386,000-10,386,500", b37KGReference),
                 1,
-                Arrays.asList("de957075796512cb9f333f77515e97d5"));
+                Arrays.asList("764c8d62b4128496471f49cda029b5da"));
         executeTest("combineSingleSamplePipelineGVCF_includeNonVariants", spec);
     }
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class GenotypeGVCFsIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
                         " -V:sample3 " + privateTestDir + "combine.single.sample.pipeline.3.vcf" +
                         " -L 20:10,000,000-11,000,000 --dbsnp " + b37dbSNP132, b37KGReference),
                 1,
-                Arrays.asList("e3c7452277898fece54bf60af9588666"));
+                Arrays.asList("67120b6784e91e737c37a1d0b3d53bc4"));
         executeTest("combineSingleSamplePipelineGVCF_addDbsnp", spec);
     }
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class GenotypeGVCFsIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
                         " -V " + privateTestDir + "gvcfExample1.vcf" +
                         " -V " + privateTestDir + "gvcfExample2.vcf",
                 1,
-                Arrays.asList("67410d8ac490e3c9d19ba7a4cceaf8fb"));
+                Arrays.asList("24401bb1011bf6cd452e428c6ad5852d"));
         executeTest("testSamplesWithDifferentLs", spec);
     }
 }
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