diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs
index 13b5d9cbc18a..63a4d3d4043f 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ fn mk_uniq_vec_e(cx: ext_ctxt, sp: span, exprs: [@ast::expr]/~) ->
    @ast::expr {
     mk_vstore_e(cx, sp, mk_vec_e(cx, sp, exprs), ast::vstore_uniq)
 }
+fn mk_fixed_vec_e(cx: ext_ctxt, sp: span, exprs: [@ast::expr]/~) ->
+   @ast::expr {
+    mk_vstore_e(cx, sp, mk_vec_e(cx, sp, exprs), ast::vstore_fixed(none))
+}
 
 fn mk_rec_e(cx: ext_ctxt, sp: span,
             fields: [{ident: ast::ident, ex: @ast::expr}]/~) ->
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/fmt.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/fmt.rs
index c324455e6cc6..09ebc0b79cd6 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/fmt.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/fmt.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ fn pieces_to_expr(cx: ext_ctxt, sp: span,
         let args = [cnv_expr, arg]/~;
         ret mk_call(cx, arg.span, path, args);
     }
+
     fn make_new_conv(cx: ext_ctxt, sp: span, cnv: conv, arg: @ast::expr) ->
        @ast::expr {
         // FIXME: Move validation code into core::extfmt (Issue #2249)
@@ -243,13 +244,12 @@ fn pieces_to_expr(cx: ext_ctxt, sp: span,
     }
     let fmt_sp = args[0].span;
     let mut n = 0u;
-    let mut tmp_expr = mk_str(cx, sp, "");
-    let nargs = vec::len::<@ast::expr>(args);
+    let mut piece_exprs = []/~;
+    let nargs = args.len();
     for pieces.each {|pc|
         alt pc {
           piece_string(s) {
-            let s_expr = mk_str(cx, fmt_sp, s);
-            tmp_expr = mk_binary(cx, fmt_sp, ast::add, tmp_expr, s_expr);
+            vec::push(piece_exprs, mk_str(cx, fmt_sp, s));
           }
           piece_conv(conv) {
             n += 1u;
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ fn pieces_to_expr(cx: ext_ctxt, sp: span,
             log_conv(conv);
             let arg_expr = args[n];
             let c_expr = make_new_conv(cx, fmt_sp, conv, arg_expr);
-            tmp_expr = mk_binary(cx, fmt_sp, ast::add, tmp_expr, c_expr);
+            vec::push(piece_exprs, c_expr);
           }
         }
     }
@@ -273,7 +273,9 @@ fn pieces_to_expr(cx: ext_ctxt, sp: span,
             (sp, #fmt["too many arguments to #fmt. found %u, expected %u",
                            nargs, expected_nargs]);
     }
-    ret tmp_expr;
+
+    let arg_vec = mk_fixed_vec_e(cx, fmt_sp, piece_exprs);
+    ret mk_call(cx, fmt_sp, [@"str", @"concat"]/~, [arg_vec]/~);
 }
 //
 // Local Variables: