diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5132f77e578..02717c85ccf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3696,6 +3696,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "smallvec 1.0.0",
  "syntax",
  "syntax_pos",
+ "unicode-normalization",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4913,9 +4914,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-normalization"
-version = "0.1.7"
+version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6a0180bc61fc5a987082bfa111f4cc95c4caff7f9799f3e46df09163a937aa25"
+checksum = "b561e267b2326bb4cebfc0ef9e68355c7abe6c6f522aeac2f5bf95d56c59bdcf"
+dependencies = [
+ "smallvec 1.0.0",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-segmentation"
diff --git a/src/librustc_parse/Cargo.toml b/src/librustc_parse/Cargo.toml
index fb5cb742ab6..73458a444f4 100644
--- a/src/librustc_parse/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/librustc_parse/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ rustc_error_codes = { path = "../librustc_error_codes" }
 smallvec = { version = "1.0", features = ["union", "may_dangle"] }
 syntax_pos = { path = "../libsyntax_pos" }
 syntax = { path = "../libsyntax" }
+unicode-normalization = "0.1.11"
diff --git a/src/librustc_parse/lexer/mod.rs b/src/librustc_parse/lexer/mod.rs
index e5d3927af86..d69cd14d544 100644
--- a/src/librustc_parse/lexer/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_parse/lexer/mod.rs
@@ -220,8 +220,7 @@ impl<'a> StringReader<'a> {
                 if is_raw_ident {
                     ident_start = ident_start + BytePos(2);
                 }
-                // FIXME: perform NFKC normalization here. (Issue #2253)
-                let sym = self.symbol_from(ident_start);
+                let sym = self.nfc_symbol_from(ident_start);
                 if is_raw_ident {
                     let span = self.mk_sp(start, self.pos);
                     if !sym.can_be_raw() {
@@ -470,6 +469,20 @@ impl<'a> StringReader<'a> {
         Symbol::intern(self.str_from_to(start, end))
     }
 
+    /// As symbol_from, with the text normalized into Unicode NFC form.
+    fn nfc_symbol_from(&self, start: BytePos) -> Symbol {
+        use unicode_normalization::{is_nfc_quick, IsNormalized, UnicodeNormalization};
+        debug!("taking an normalized ident from {:?} to {:?}", start, self.pos);
+        let sym = self.str_from(start);
+        match is_nfc_quick(sym.chars()) {
+            IsNormalized::Yes => Symbol::intern(sym),
+            _ => {
+                let sym_str: String = sym.chars().nfc().collect();
+                Symbol::intern(&sym_str)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Slice of the source text spanning from `start` up to but excluding `end`.
     fn str_from_to(&self, start: BytePos, end: BytePos) -> &str {
         &self.src[self.src_index(start)..self.src_index(end)]