diff --git a/src/libstd/macros.rs b/src/libstd/macros.rs
index 85e614ab47e3d..2d4a47d3ca802 100644
--- a/src/libstd/macros.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/macros.rs
@@ -582,6 +582,34 @@ pub mod builtin {
     #[macro_export]
     macro_rules! stringify( ($t:tt) => ({ /* compiler built-in */ }) )
 
+    /// A macro which converts its argument to a lowercase string at compile time
+    /// Useful for lowercasing stringified idents in macros
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// let lower1 = to_lower!(stringify!(FooBar))
+    /// let lower2 = to_lower!("FooBar")
+    /// assert_eq!(lower1, "foobar");
+    /// assert_eq!(lower2, "foobar");
+    /// ```
+    #[macro_export]
+    macro_rules! to_lower( ($t:tt) => ({ /* compiler built-in */ }) )
+
+    /// A macro which converts its argument to an uppercase string at compile time
+    /// Useful for lowercasing stringified idents in macros
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// let upper1 = to_upper!(stringify!(FooBar))
+    /// let upper2 = to_upper!("FooBar")
+    /// assert_eq!(upper1, "FOOBAR");
+    /// assert_eq!(upper2, "FOOBAR");
+    /// ```
+    #[macro_export]
+    macro_rules! to_upper( ($t:tt) => ({ /* compiler built-in */ }) )
+
     /// Includes a utf8-encoded file as a string.
     ///
     /// This macro will yield an expression of type `&'static str` which is the
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/base.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/base.rs
index 01d3920a25463..3e678142b7fb2 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/base.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/base.rs
@@ -401,6 +401,12 @@ fn initial_syntax_expander_table() -> SyntaxEnv {
     syntax_expanders.insert(intern("stringify"),
                             builtin_normal_expander(
                                     ext::source_util::expand_stringify));
+    syntax_expanders.insert(intern("to_lower"),
+                            builtin_normal_expander(
+                                    ext::source_util::expand_lower));
+    syntax_expanders.insert(intern("to_upper"),
+                            builtin_normal_expander(
+                                    ext::source_util::expand_upper));
     syntax_expanders.insert(intern("include"),
                             builtin_normal_expander(
                                     ext::source_util::expand_include));
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/source_util.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/source_util.rs
index 703adcbd33552..82c0cf07dd458 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/source_util.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/source_util.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,58 @@ pub fn expand_stringify(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tts: &[ast::TokenTree])
                                    token::intern_and_get_ident(s.as_slice())))
 }
 
+pub fn expand_lower(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tts: &[ast::TokenTree])
+                        -> Box<base::MacResult> {
+    expand_cased(cx, sp, tts, |c| { c.to_lowercase() })
+}
+
+pub fn expand_upper(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tts: &[ast::TokenTree])
+                        -> Box<base::MacResult> {
+    expand_cased(cx, sp, tts, |c| { c.to_uppercase() })
+}
+
+fn expand_cased(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tts: &[ast::TokenTree], transform: |char| -> char)
+                        -> Box<base::MacResult> {
+    let es = match base::get_exprs_from_tts(cx, sp, tts) {
+        Some(e) => e,
+        None => return base::DummyResult::expr(sp)
+    };
+
+    let mut it = es.iter();
+    let res = match it.next() {
+        // FIXME (#13910): nested matches are necessary to get through Gc<>
+        Some(expr) => match expr.node {
+            ast::ExprLit(ref lit) => match lit.node {
+                ast::LitStr(ref s, _) => Some((s, lit.span)),
+                _ => {
+                    cx.span_err(expr.span, "expected a string literal");
+                    None
+                }
+            },
+            _ => {
+                cx.span_err(expr.span, "expected a string literal");
+                None
+            }
+        },
+        None => {
+            cx.span_err(sp, "expected 1 argument, found 0");
+            None
+        }
+    };
+    match (res, it.count()) {
+        (Some((s, span)), 0) => {
+            let new_s = s.get().chars().map(transform).collect::<String>();
+            base::MacExpr::new(cx.expr_str(span, token::intern_and_get_ident(new_s.as_slice())))
+        }
+        (_, rest) => {
+            if rest > 0 {
+                cx.span_err(sp, format!("expected 1 argument, found {}", rest+1).as_slice());
+            }
+            base::DummyResult::expr(sp)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn expand_mod(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tts: &[ast::TokenTree])
                   -> Box<base::MacResult> {
     base::check_zero_tts(cx, sp, tts, "module_path!");