diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs
index 6af4d95e888..2147e8ec2eb 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs
@@ -228,10 +228,18 @@ pub fn filemap_to_parser<'a>(sess: &'a ParseSess,
 // compiler expands into it
 pub fn new_parser_from_tts<'a>(sess: &'a ParseSess,
                                cfg: ast::CrateConfig,
-                               tts: Vec<tokenstream::TokenTree>) -> Parser<'a> {
+                               tts: Vec<tokenstream::TokenTree>)
+                               -> Parser<'a> {
     tts_to_parser(sess, tts, cfg)
 }
 
+pub fn new_parser_from_ts<'a>(sess: &'a ParseSess,
+                              cfg: ast::CrateConfig,
+                              ts: tokenstream::TokenStream)
+                              -> Parser<'a> {
+    tts_to_parser(sess, ts.tts, cfg)
+}
+
 
 // base abstractions