diff --git a/src/rustc/metadata/astencode.rs b/src/rustc/metadata/astencode.rs
index f0106953211..ac0b07cef4b 100644
--- a/src/rustc/metadata/astencode.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/metadata/astencode.rs
@@ -844,6 +844,12 @@ fn encode_side_tables_for_id(ecx: @e::encode_ctxt,
             }
         }
     }
+
+    option::iter(tcx.borrowings.find(id)) {|_i|
+        ebml_w.tag(c::tag_table_borrowings) {||
+            ebml_w.id(id);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl decoder for ebml::doc {
@@ -914,6 +920,8 @@ fn decode_side_tables(xcx: extended_decode_ctxt,
             dcx.maps.copy_map.insert(id, ());
         } else if tag == (c::tag_table_spill as uint) {
             dcx.maps.spill_map.insert(id, ());
+        } else if tag == (c::tag_table_borrowings as uint) {
+            dcx.tcx.borrowings.insert(id, ());
         } else {
             let val_doc = entry_doc[c::tag_table_val];
             let val_dsr = ebml::ebml_deserializer(val_doc);
diff --git a/src/rustc/metadata/common.rs b/src/rustc/metadata/common.rs
index 33ae58d3a05..4262266a0d9 100644
--- a/src/rustc/metadata/common.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/metadata/common.rs
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ enum astencode_tag { // Reserves 0x50 -- 0x6f
     tag_table_last_use,
     tag_table_spill,
     tag_table_method_map,
-    tag_table_vtable_map
+    tag_table_vtable_map,
+    tag_table_borrowings
 }
 
 // djb's cdb hashes.
diff --git a/src/rustc/metadata/tydecode.rs b/src/rustc/metadata/tydecode.rs
index 0aaf79d3e8f..872dfa8b8d4 100644
--- a/src/rustc/metadata/tydecode.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/metadata/tydecode.rs
@@ -307,6 +307,11 @@ fn parse_ty(st: @pstate, conv: conv_did) -> ty::t {
       '@' { ret ty::mk_box(st.tcx, parse_mt(st, conv)); }
       '~' { ret ty::mk_uniq(st.tcx, parse_mt(st, conv)); }
       '*' { ret ty::mk_ptr(st.tcx, parse_mt(st, conv)); }
+      '&' {
+        let r = parse_region(st);
+        let mt = parse_mt(st, conv);
+        ret ty::mk_rptr(st.tcx, r, mt);
+      }
       'I' { ret ty::mk_vec(st.tcx, parse_mt(st, conv)); }
       'V' {
         let mt = parse_mt(st, conv);
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/cci_borrow_lib.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/cci_borrow_lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..80c1817746f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/cci_borrow_lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn foo(x: &uint) -> uint {
+    *x
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/cci_borrow.rs b/src/test/run-pass/cci_borrow.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f15481d64fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/cci_borrow.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// xfail-fast - check-fast doesn't understand aux-build
+// aux-build:cci_borrow_lib.rs
+
+use cci_borrow_lib;
+import cci_borrow_lib::foo;
+
+fn main() {
+    let p = @22u;
+    let r = foo(p);
+    #debug["r=%u", r];
+    assert r == 22u;
+}