diff --git a/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt b/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt
index 4ac102cc19..e0ca3c8d98 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt
@@ -120,6 +120,13 @@
           (loop (cons parsed used)
                 unparsed))))))
 
+(define parsed-property (gensym 'honu-parsed))
+(define (parsed-syntax syntax)
+  (syntax-property syntax parsed-property #t))
+
+(define (parsed-syntax? syntax)
+  (syntax-property syntax parsed-property))
+
 (define (stopper? what)
   (define-literal-set check (honu-comma semicolon colon))
   (define is (and (identifier? what)
@@ -178,6 +185,8 @@
                           #'rest)
                   (do-parse #'rest precedence
                             left #'parsed)))))]
+         [(parsed-syntax? #'head)
+          (do-parse #'(rest ...) precedence left #'head)]
          [(honu-operator? #'head)
           (define new-precedence (transformer:honu-operator-ref (syntax-local-value #'head) 0))
           (define association (transformer:honu-operator-ref (syntax-local-value #'head) 1))
@@ -283,7 +292,10 @@
                       (error 'parse "function call")]
                      [else (error 'what "dont know how to parse ~a" #'head)])])])]))
 
-  (do-parse input 0 (lambda (x) x) #f))
+  (define-values (parsed unparsed)
+                 (do-parse input 0 (lambda (x) x) #f))
+  (values (parsed-syntax parsed)
+          unparsed))
 
 (define (empty-syntax? what)
   (syntax-parse what
diff --git a/collects/honu/core/private/util.rkt b/collects/honu/core/private/util.rkt
index d6e45b9e05..c26b441106 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/private/util.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/private/util.rkt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 (provide (except-out (all-defined-out) test-delimiter))
 (require "debug.rkt"
-         tests/eli-tester
          racket/match
          (for-syntax racket/base)
          syntax/stx
diff --git a/collects/tests/honu/macros.rkt b/collects/tests/honu/macros.rkt
index f21c32b7e5..cc9255503a 100644
--- a/collects/tests/honu/macros.rkt
+++ b/collects/tests/honu/macros.rkt
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
 macro testx () {x:expression} {syntax(x_result + 1)}
 
 testx 5 * 2;
+
+for z = 1 to testx 5 * 2 do
+  printf("z is ~a\n", z)