diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
index 17b2b2d25b99..c5fc149bb7e8 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ use ast::{Block, Crate, Ident, Mac_, PatKind};
 use ast::{MacStmtStyle, StmtKind, ItemKind};
 use ast;
 use ext::hygiene::Mark;
+use ext::placeholders;
 use attr::{self, HasAttrs};
-use codemap::{dummy_spanned, ExpnInfo, NameAndSpan, MacroBang, MacroAttribute};
+use codemap::{ExpnInfo, NameAndSpan, MacroBang, MacroAttribute};
 use syntax_pos::{self, Span, ExpnId};
 use config::StripUnconfigured;
 use ext::base::*;
@@ -35,8 +36,8 @@ macro_rules! expansions {
             $(.$fold:ident)*  $(lift .$fold_elt:ident)*,
             $(.$visit:ident)* $(lift .$visit_elt:ident)*;)*) => {
         #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
-        enum ExpansionKind { OptExpr, $( $kind, )*  }
-        enum Expansion { OptExpr(Option<P<ast::Expr>>), $( $kind($ty), )* }
+        pub enum ExpansionKind { OptExpr, $( $kind, )*  }
+        pub enum Expansion { OptExpr(Option<P<ast::Expr>>), $( $kind($ty), )* }
 
         impl ExpansionKind {
             fn name(self) -> &'static str {
@@ -55,20 +56,20 @@ macro_rules! expansions {
         }
 
         impl Expansion {
-            fn make_opt_expr(self) -> Option<P<ast::Expr>> {
+            pub fn make_opt_expr(self) -> Option<P<ast::Expr>> {
                 match self {
                     Expansion::OptExpr(expr) => expr,
                     _ => panic!("Expansion::make_* called on the wrong kind of expansion"),
                 }
             }
-            $( fn $make(self) -> $ty {
+            $( pub fn $make(self) -> $ty {
                 match self {
                     Expansion::$kind(ast) => ast,
                     _ => panic!("Expansion::make_* called on the wrong kind of expansion"),
                 }
             } )*
 
-            fn fold_with<F: Folder>(self, folder: &mut F) -> Self {
+            pub fn fold_with<F: Folder>(self, folder: &mut F) -> Self {
                 use self::Expansion::*;
                 match self {
                     OptExpr(expr) => OptExpr(expr.and_then(|expr| folder.fold_opt_expr(expr))),
@@ -434,9 +435,9 @@ impl<'a, 'b> MacroExpander<'a, 'b> {
 
                 // If keep_macs is true, expands to a MacEager::items instead.
                 if self.keep_macs {
-                    Some(reconstruct_macro_rules(&def, &path))
+                    Some(placeholders::reconstructed_macro_rules(&def, &path))
                 } else {
-                    Some(macro_scope_placeholder())
+                    Some(placeholders::macro_scope_placeholder())
                 }
             }
 
@@ -650,37 +651,6 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Folder for MacroExpander<'a, 'b> {
     }
 }
 
-fn macro_scope_placeholder() -> Expansion {
-    Expansion::Items(SmallVector::one(P(ast::Item {
-        ident: keywords::Invalid.ident(),
-        attrs: Vec::new(),
-        id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
-        node: ast::ItemKind::Mac(dummy_spanned(ast::Mac_ {
-            path: ast::Path { span: syntax_pos::DUMMY_SP, global: false, segments: Vec::new() },
-            tts: Vec::new(),
-        })),
-        vis: ast::Visibility::Inherited,
-        span: syntax_pos::DUMMY_SP,
-    })))
-}
-
-fn reconstruct_macro_rules(def: &ast::MacroDef, path: &ast::Path) -> Expansion {
-    Expansion::Items(SmallVector::one(P(ast::Item {
-        ident: def.ident,
-        attrs: def.attrs.clone(),
-        id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
-        node: ast::ItemKind::Mac(ast::Mac {
-            span: def.span,
-            node: ast::Mac_ {
-                path: path.clone(),
-                tts: def.body.clone(),
-            }
-        }),
-        vis: ast::Visibility::Inherited,
-        span: def.span,
-    })))
-}
-
 pub struct ExpansionConfig<'feat> {
     pub crate_name: String,
     pub features: Option<&'feat Features>,
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/placeholders.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/placeholders.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f1665bdde751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/placeholders.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+use ast;
+use codemap::{DUMMY_SP, dummy_spanned};
+use ext::expand::{Expansion, ExpansionKind};
+use fold::*;
+use parse::token::keywords;
+use ptr::P;
+use util::small_vector::SmallVector;
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+pub fn placeholder(kind: ExpansionKind, id: ast::NodeId) -> Expansion {
+    fn mac_placeholder() -> ast::Mac {
+        dummy_spanned(ast::Mac_ {
+            path: ast::Path { span: DUMMY_SP, global: false, segments: Vec::new() },
+            tts: Vec::new(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    let ident = keywords::Invalid.ident();
+    let attrs = Vec::new();
+    let vis = ast::Visibility::Inherited;
+    let span = DUMMY_SP;
+    let expr_placeholder = || P(ast::Expr {
+        id: id, span: span,
+        attrs: ast::ThinVec::new(),
+        node: ast::ExprKind::Mac(mac_placeholder()),
+    });
+
+    match kind {
+        ExpansionKind::Expr => Expansion::Expr(expr_placeholder()),
+        ExpansionKind::OptExpr => Expansion::OptExpr(Some(expr_placeholder())),
+        ExpansionKind::Items => Expansion::Items(SmallVector::one(P(ast::Item {
+            id: id, span: span, ident: ident, vis: vis, attrs: attrs,
+            node: ast::ItemKind::Mac(mac_placeholder()),
+        }))),
+        ExpansionKind::TraitItems => Expansion::TraitItems(SmallVector::one(ast::TraitItem {
+            id: id, span: span, ident: ident, attrs: attrs,
+            node: ast::TraitItemKind::Macro(mac_placeholder()),
+        })),
+        ExpansionKind::ImplItems => Expansion::ImplItems(SmallVector::one(ast::ImplItem {
+            id: id, span: span, ident: ident, vis: vis, attrs: attrs,
+            node: ast::ImplItemKind::Macro(mac_placeholder()),
+            defaultness: ast::Defaultness::Final,
+        })),
+        ExpansionKind::Pat => Expansion::Pat(P(ast::Pat {
+            id: id, span: span, node: ast::PatKind::Mac(mac_placeholder()),
+        })),
+        ExpansionKind::Ty => Expansion::Ty(P(ast::Ty {
+            id: id, span: span, node: ast::TyKind::Mac(mac_placeholder()),
+        })),
+        ExpansionKind::Stmts => Expansion::Stmts(SmallVector::one({
+            let mac = P((mac_placeholder(), ast::MacStmtStyle::Braces, ast::ThinVec::new()));
+            ast::Stmt { id: id, span: span, node: ast::StmtKind::Mac(mac) }
+        })),
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn macro_scope_placeholder() -> Expansion {
+    placeholder(ExpansionKind::Items, ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID)
+}
+
+pub struct PlaceholderExpander {
+    expansions: HashMap<ast::NodeId, Expansion>,
+}
+
+impl PlaceholderExpander {
+    pub fn new(expansions: HashMap<ast::NodeId, Expansion>) -> Self {
+        PlaceholderExpander {
+            expansions: expansions,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn remove(&mut self, id: ast::NodeId) -> Expansion {
+        let expansion = self.expansions.remove(&id).unwrap();
+        expansion.fold_with(self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Folder for PlaceholderExpander {
+    fn fold_item(&mut self, item: P<ast::Item>) -> SmallVector<P<ast::Item>> {
+        match item.node {
+            // Scope placeholder
+            ast::ItemKind::Mac(_) if item.id == ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID => SmallVector::one(item),
+            ast::ItemKind::Mac(_) => self.remove(item.id).make_items(),
+            _ => noop_fold_item(item, self),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn fold_trait_item(&mut self, item: ast::TraitItem) -> SmallVector<ast::TraitItem> {
+        match item.node {
+            ast::TraitItemKind::Macro(_) => self.remove(item.id).make_trait_items(),
+            _ => noop_fold_trait_item(item, self),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn fold_impl_item(&mut self, item: ast::ImplItem) -> SmallVector<ast::ImplItem> {
+        match item.node {
+            ast::ImplItemKind::Macro(_) => self.remove(item.id).make_impl_items(),
+            _ => noop_fold_impl_item(item, self),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn fold_expr(&mut self, expr: P<ast::Expr>) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        match expr.node {
+            ast::ExprKind::Mac(_) => self.remove(expr.id).make_expr(),
+            _ => expr.map(|expr| noop_fold_expr(expr, self)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn fold_opt_expr(&mut self, expr: P<ast::Expr>) -> Option<P<ast::Expr>> {
+        match expr.node {
+            ast::ExprKind::Mac(_) => self.remove(expr.id).make_opt_expr(),
+            _ => noop_fold_opt_expr(expr, self),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn fold_stmt(&mut self, stmt: ast::Stmt) -> SmallVector<ast::Stmt> {
+        let (style, mut expansion) = match stmt.node {
+            ast::StmtKind::Mac(mac) => (mac.1, self.remove(stmt.id).make_stmts()),
+            _ => return noop_fold_stmt(stmt, self),
+        };
+
+        if style == ast::MacStmtStyle::Semicolon {
+            if let Some(stmt) = expansion.pop() {
+                expansion.push(stmt.add_trailing_semicolon());
+            }
+        }
+
+        expansion
+    }
+
+    fn fold_pat(&mut self, pat: P<ast::Pat>) -> P<ast::Pat> {
+        match pat.node {
+            ast::PatKind::Mac(_) => self.remove(pat.id).make_pat(),
+            _ => noop_fold_pat(pat, self),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn fold_ty(&mut self, ty: P<ast::Ty>) -> P<ast::Ty> {
+        match ty.node {
+            ast::TyKind::Mac(_) => self.remove(ty.id).make_ty(),
+            _ => noop_fold_ty(ty, self),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn reconstructed_macro_rules(def: &ast::MacroDef, path: &ast::Path) -> Expansion {
+    Expansion::Items(SmallVector::one(P(ast::Item {
+        ident: def.ident,
+        attrs: def.attrs.clone(),
+        id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+        node: ast::ItemKind::Mac(ast::Mac {
+            span: def.span,
+            node: ast::Mac_ {
+                path: path.clone(),
+                tts: def.body.clone(),
+            }
+        }),
+        vis: ast::Visibility::Inherited,
+        span: def.span,
+    })))
+}
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/lib.rs b/src/libsyntax/lib.rs
index 65bc9f34c906..42201231247a 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/lib.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/lib.rs
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ pub mod ext {
     pub mod base;
     pub mod build;
     pub mod expand;
+    pub mod placeholders;
     pub mod hygiene;
     pub mod proc_macro_shim;
     pub mod quote;