diff --git a/collects/tests/racket/macro.rktl b/collects/tests/racket/macro.rktl
index 27fb9effc4..493f57ce86 100644
--- a/collects/tests/racket/macro.rktl
+++ b/collects/tests/racket/macro.rktl
@@ -803,6 +803,31 @@
   (test (list #t #t) map syntax-original? r/ls)
   (test (list #t #t) map number? (map syntax-position r/ls)))
 
+;; ----------------------------------------
+
+(module check-shadower-in-submodule racket/base
+  (require (for-syntax racket/base))
+  
+  (define-syntax (define-2 stx)
+    (syntax-case stx () 
+      [(_ id)
+       (with-syntax ([new-id
+                      ((make-syntax-introducer)
+                       (datum->syntax #f
+                                      (string->symbol
+                                       (format "~a2" (syntax-e #'id)))))])
+         #'(begin
+             (define new-id 5)
+             (define-syntax (id stx)
+               (syntax-local-get-shadower #'new-id))))]))
+  
+  (module* main #f
+    (provide out)
+    (define-2 f)
+    (define f2 6)
+    (define out f)))
+
+(test 5 dynamic-require '(submod 'check-shadower-in-submodule main) 'out)
 
 ;; ----------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/racket/src/env.c b/src/racket/src/env.c
index 795975b758..dd4b12a6c5 100644
--- a/src/racket/src/env.c
+++ b/src/racket/src/env.c
@@ -2278,13 +2278,19 @@ local_get_shadower(int argc, Scheme_Object *argv[])
   uid = scheme_find_local_shadower(sym, sym_marks, env);
 
   if (!uid) {
-    /* No lexical shadower, but strip module context, if any */
-    sym = scheme_stx_strip_module_context(sym);
-    /* Add current module context, if any */
-    sym = local_module_introduce(1, &sym);
+    uid = scheme_tl_id_sym(env->genv, sym, NULL, 0, 
+                           scheme_make_integer(env->genv->phase), NULL);
+    if (!SAME_OBJ(uid, SCHEME_STX_VAL(sym))) {
+      /* has a toplevel biding via marks or context; keep it */
+    } else {
+      /* No lexical shadower, but strip module context, if any */
+      sym = scheme_stx_strip_module_context(sym);
+      /* Add current module context, if any */
+      sym = local_module_introduce(1, &sym);
 
-    if (!scheme_stx_is_clean(orig_sym))
-      sym = scheme_stx_taint(sym);
+      if (!scheme_stx_is_clean(orig_sym))
+        sym = scheme_stx_taint(sym);
+    }
 
     return sym;
   }