diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index cad19543608..e87a0474a55 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -4548,9 +4548,6 @@ impl Parser {
                     || self.look_ahead(2, |t| *t == token::LPAREN)
                     || self.look_ahead(2, |t| *t == token::LBRACE)) {
             // MACRO INVOCATION ITEM
-            if attrs.len() > 0 {
-                self.fatal("attrs on macros are not yet supported");
-            }
 
             // item macro.
             let pth = self.parse_path(NoTypesAllowed).path;
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/macro-with-attrs1.rs b/src/test/run-pass/macro-with-attrs1.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e49e4a35cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/macro-with-attrs1.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright 2013 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.
+
+// xfail-fast windows doesn't like compile-flags
+// compile-flags: --cfg foo
+
+#[feature(macro_rules)];
+
+#[cfg(foo)]
+macro_rules! foo( () => (1) )
+
+#[cfg(not(foo))]
+macro_rules! foo( () => (2) )
+
+fn main() {
+    assert_eq!(foo!(), 1);
+}
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/ext-after-attrib.rs b/src/test/run-pass/macro-with-attrs2.rs
similarity index 58%
rename from src/test/compile-fail/ext-after-attrib.rs
rename to src/test/run-pass/macro-with-attrs2.rs
index eacad50b92f..742769fa376 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/ext-after-attrib.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/macro-with-attrs2.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2012 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// Copyright 2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
 //
@@ -8,10 +8,15 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
-// error-pattern:attrs on macros are not yet supported
+#[feature(macro_rules)];
+
+#[cfg(foo)]
+macro_rules! foo( () => (1) )
+
+#[cfg(not(foo))]
+macro_rules! foo( () => (2) )
+
+pub fn main() {
+    assert_eq!(foo!(), 2);
+}
 
-// Don't know how to deal with a syntax extension appearing after an
-// item attribute. Probably could use a better error message.
-#[foo = "bar"]
-fmt!("baz")
-fn main() { }