diff --git a/serde_derive/src/bound.rs b/serde_derive/src/bound.rs
index 0e7c6edd..ec2eafe8 100644
--- a/serde_derive/src/bound.rs
+++ b/serde_derive/src/bound.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use syn::punctuated::{Pair, Punctuated};
 use syn::visit::{self, Visit};
 
 use internals::ast::{Container, Data};
-use internals::attr;
+use internals::{attr, ungroup};
 
 use proc_macro2::Span;
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ pub fn with_bound(
     }
     impl<'ast> Visit<'ast> for FindTyParams<'ast> {
         fn visit_field(&mut self, field: &'ast syn::Field) {
-            if let syn::Type::Path(ty) = &field.ty {
+            if let syn::Type::Path(ty) = ungroup(&field.ty) {
                 if let Some(Pair::Punctuated(t, _)) = ty.path.segments.pairs().next() {
                     if self.all_type_params.contains(&t.ident) {
                         self.associated_type_usage.push(ty);
diff --git a/serde_derive/src/de.rs b/serde_derive/src/de.rs
index aafde818..1f5733a6 100644
--- a/serde_derive/src/de.rs
+++ b/serde_derive/src/de.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use bound;
 use dummy;
 use fragment::{Expr, Fragment, Match, Stmts};
 use internals::ast::{Container, Data, Field, Style, Variant};
-use internals::{attr, Ctxt, Derive};
+use internals::{attr, ungroup, Ctxt, Derive};
 use pretend;
 
 use std::collections::BTreeSet;
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ fn precondition(cx: &Ctxt, cont: &Container) {
 fn precondition_sized(cx: &Ctxt, cont: &Container) {
     if let Data::Struct(_, fields) = &cont.data {
         if let Some(last) = fields.last() {
-            if let syn::Type::Slice(_) = *last.ty {
+            if let syn::Type::Slice(_) = ungroup(last.ty) {
                 cx.error_spanned_by(
                     cont.original,
                     "cannot deserialize a dynamically sized struct",
diff --git a/serde_derive/src/internals/attr.rs b/serde_derive/src/internals/attr.rs
index 44f75702..190e4d14 100644
--- a/serde_derive/src/internals/attr.rs
+++ b/serde_derive/src/internals/attr.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use internals::symbol::*;
-use internals::Ctxt;
+use internals::{ungroup, Ctxt};
 use proc_macro2::{Group, Span, TokenStream, TokenTree};
 use quote::ToTokens;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@ fn is_implicitly_borrowed_reference(ty: &syn::Type) -> bool {
 //         cow: Cow<'a, str>,
 //     }
 fn is_cow(ty: &syn::Type, elem: fn(&syn::Type) -> bool) -> bool {
-    let path = match ty {
+    let path = match ungroup(ty) {
         syn::Type::Path(ty) => &ty.path,
         _ => {
             return false;
@@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ fn is_cow(ty: &syn::Type, elem: fn(&syn::Type) -> bool) -> bool {
 }
 
 fn is_option(ty: &syn::Type, elem: fn(&syn::Type) -> bool) -> bool {
-    let path = match ty {
+    let path = match ungroup(ty) {
         syn::Type::Path(ty) => &ty.path,
         _ => {
             return false;
@@ -1811,7 +1811,7 @@ fn is_option(ty: &syn::Type, elem: fn(&syn::Type) -> bool) -> bool {
 //         r: &'a str,
 //     }
 fn is_reference(ty: &syn::Type, elem: fn(&syn::Type) -> bool) -> bool {
-    match ty {
+    match ungroup(ty) {
         syn::Type::Reference(ty) => ty.mutability.is_none() && elem(&ty.elem),
         _ => false,
     }
@@ -1822,14 +1822,14 @@ fn is_str(ty: &syn::Type) -> bool {
 }
 
 fn is_slice_u8(ty: &syn::Type) -> bool {
-    match ty {
+    match ungroup(ty) {
         syn::Type::Slice(ty) => is_primitive_type(&ty.elem, "u8"),
         _ => false,
     }
 }
 
 fn is_primitive_type(ty: &syn::Type, primitive: &str) -> bool {
-    match ty {
+    match ungroup(ty) {
         syn::Type::Path(ty) => ty.qself.is_none() && is_primitive_path(&ty.path, primitive),
         _ => false,
     }
diff --git a/serde_derive/src/internals/check.rs b/serde_derive/src/internals/check.rs
index bf4cb170..30ede1ce 100644
--- a/serde_derive/src/internals/check.rs
+++ b/serde_derive/src/internals/check.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use internals::ast::{Container, Data, Field, Style};
 use internals::attr::{Identifier, TagType};
-use internals::{Ctxt, Derive};
+use internals::{ungroup, Ctxt, Derive};
 use syn::{Member, Type};
 
 /// Cross-cutting checks that require looking at more than a single attrs
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ fn member_message(member: &Member) -> String {
 }
 
 fn allow_transparent(field: &Field, derive: Derive) -> bool {
-    if let Type::Path(ty) = field.ty {
+    if let Type::Path(ty) = ungroup(&field.ty) {
         if let Some(seg) = ty.path.segments.last() {
             if seg.ident == "PhantomData" {
                 return false;
diff --git a/serde_derive/src/internals/mod.rs b/serde_derive/src/internals/mod.rs
index 688588e2..d36b6e45 100644
--- a/serde_derive/src/internals/mod.rs
+++ b/serde_derive/src/internals/mod.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,17 @@ mod case;
 mod check;
 mod symbol;
 
+use syn::Type;
+
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 pub enum Derive {
     Serialize,
     Deserialize,
 }
+
+pub fn ungroup(mut ty: &Type) -> &Type {
+    while let Type::Group(group) = ty {
+        ty = &group.elem;
+    }
+    ty
+}
diff --git a/test_suite/tests/test_gen.rs b/test_suite/tests/test_gen.rs
index 288ba594..dc382b80 100644
--- a/test_suite/tests/test_gen.rs
+++ b/test_suite/tests/test_gen.rs
@@ -708,6 +708,17 @@ fn test_gen() {
         x: u8,
         y: u16,
     }
+
+    macro_rules! deriving {
+        ($field:ty) => {
+            #[derive(Deserialize)]
+            struct MacroRules<'a> {
+                field: $field,
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    deriving!(&'a str);
 }
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////