diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index c965f7b6689..f41ea356943 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ TEST_XFAILS_SELF := $(filter-out \
                         item-name-overload.rs \
                         lazy-init.rs \
                         multiline-comment.rs \
+                        rec.rs \
                         return-nil.rs \
                         tup.rs \
                         u32-decr.rs \
diff --git a/src/comp/middle/trans.rs b/src/comp/middle/trans.rs
index 8caaf5f7309..d5b738264f0 100644
--- a/src/comp/middle/trans.rs
+++ b/src/comp/middle/trans.rs
@@ -280,6 +280,13 @@ fn type_of_inner(@crate_ctxt cx, @typeck.ty t) -> TypeRef {
             }
             ret T_struct(tys);
         }
+        case (typeck.ty_rec(?fields)) {
+            let vec[TypeRef] tys = vec();
+            for (typeck.field f in fields) {
+                tys += type_of(cx, f.ty);
+            }
+            ret T_struct(tys);
+        }
         case (typeck.ty_fn(?args, ?out)) {
             let vec[TypeRef] atys = vec(T_taskptr());
             for (typeck.arg arg in args) {
@@ -1106,6 +1113,12 @@ fn trans_field(@block_ctxt cx, &ast.span sp, @ast.expr base,
             auto v = r.bcx.build.GEP(r.val, vec(C_int(0), C_int(ix as int)));
             ret tup(res(r.bcx, v), lv._1);
         }
+        case (typeck.ty_rec(?fields)) {
+            let uint ix = typeck.field_idx(cx.fcx.ccx.sess, sp,
+                                           field, fields);
+            auto v = r.bcx.build.GEP(r.val, vec(C_int(0), C_int(ix as int)));
+            ret tup(res(r.bcx, v), lv._1);
+        }
     }
     cx.fcx.ccx.sess.unimpl("field variant in trans_field");
     fail;
@@ -1201,6 +1214,23 @@ impure fn trans_tup(@block_ctxt cx, vec[tup(ast.mutability, @ast.expr)] args,
     ret res(r.bcx, tup_val);
 }
 
+impure fn trans_rec(@block_ctxt cx, vec[tup(ast.ident, @ast.expr)] args,
+                    &ast.ann ann) -> result {
+    auto ty = node_type(cx.fcx.ccx, ann);
+    auto tup_val = cx.build.Alloca(ty);
+    let int i = 0;
+    auto r = res(cx, C_nil());
+    for (tup(ast.ident, @ast.expr) arg in args) {
+        auto t = typeck.expr_ty(arg._1);
+        auto src_res = trans_expr(r.bcx, arg._1);
+        auto dst_elt = r.bcx.build.GEP(tup_val, vec(C_int(0), C_int(i)));
+        // FIXME: calculate copy init-ness in typestate.
+        r = copy_ty(src_res.bcx, true, dst_elt, src_res.val, t);
+        i += 1;
+    }
+    ret res(r.bcx, tup_val);
+}
+
 
 
 impure fn trans_expr(@block_ctxt cx, @ast.expr e) -> result {
@@ -1261,6 +1291,10 @@ impure fn trans_expr(@block_ctxt cx, @ast.expr e) -> result {
             ret trans_tup(cx, args, ann);
         }
 
+        case (ast.expr_rec(?args, ?ann)) {
+            ret trans_rec(cx, args, ann);
+        }
+
         // lval cases fall through to trans_lval and then
         // possibly load the result (if it's non-structural).
 
diff --git a/src/comp/middle/typeck.rs b/src/comp/middle/typeck.rs
index 25a42e9a6bb..78dff420ab7 100644
--- a/src/comp/middle/typeck.rs
+++ b/src/comp/middle/typeck.rs
@@ -474,6 +474,19 @@ fn field_num(session.session sess, &span sp, &ast.ident id) -> uint {
     ret accum;
 }
 
+fn field_idx(session.session sess, &span sp,
+             &ast.ident id, vec[field] fields) -> uint {
+    let uint i = 0u;
+    for (field f in fields) {
+        if (_str.eq(f.label, id)) {
+            ret i;
+        }
+        i += 1u;
+    }
+    sess.span_err(sp, "unknown field '" + id + "' of record");
+    fail;
+}
+
 // Type utilities
 
 // FIXME: remove me when == works on these tags.
@@ -1346,6 +1359,22 @@ fn check_expr(&fn_ctxt fcx, @ast.expr expr) -> @ast.expr {
                                         ast.expr_tup(args_1, ann));
         }
 
+        case (ast.expr_rec(?args, _)) {
+            let vec[tup(ast.ident, @ast.expr)] args_1 = vec();
+            let vec[field] args_t = vec();
+
+            for (tup(ast.ident, @ast.expr) arg in args) {
+                auto expr_1 = check_expr(fcx, arg._1);
+                args_1 += tup(arg._0, expr_1);
+                append[field](args_t,rec(label=arg._0,
+                                         ty=expr_ty(expr_1)));
+            }
+
+            auto ann = ast.ann_type(plain_ty(ty_rec(args_t)));
+            ret @fold.respan[ast.expr_](expr.span,
+                                        ast.expr_rec(args_1, ann));
+        }
+
         case (ast.expr_field(?base, ?field, _)) {
             auto base_1 = check_expr(fcx, base);
             auto base_t = expr_ty(base_1);
@@ -1363,6 +1392,21 @@ fn check_expr(&fn_ctxt fcx, @ast.expr expr) -> @ast.expr {
                                                                field,
                                                                ann));
                 }
+
+                case (ty_rec(?fields)) {
+                    let uint ix = field_idx(fcx.ccx.sess,
+                                            expr.span, field, fields);
+                    if (ix >= _vec.len[typeck.field](fields)) {
+                        fcx.ccx.sess.span_err(expr.span,
+                                              "bad index on record");
+                    }
+                    auto ann = ast.ann_type(fields.(ix).ty);
+                    ret @fold.respan[ast.expr_](expr.span,
+                                                ast.expr_field(base_1,
+                                                               field,
+                                                               ann));
+                }
+
                 case (_) {
                     fcx.ccx.sess.unimpl("base type for expr_field "
                                         + "in typeck.check_expr: "