diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 94408df6..c1e82cfd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 *.exe
 
 # Generated by Cargo
-/target/
+target/
 Cargo.lock
diff --git a/decimal-macros/Cargo.toml b/decimal-macros/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94cb0abb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/decimal-macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[package]
+name = "decimal-macros"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Callum Tolley <cgtrolley@gmail.com>"]
+
+[lib]
+name = "decimal_macros"
+plugin = true
+
+[dependencies]
+decimal = { path = "../" }
+libc = "~0.2"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+gcc = "~0.3"
diff --git a/decimal-macros/examples/test.rs b/decimal-macros/examples/test.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2430e8be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/decimal-macros/examples/test.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#![feature(plugin)]
+#![plugin(decimal_macros)]
+extern crate decimal;
+
+fn main() {
+    let a = d128!(0.1);
+    let b = d128!(0.2);
+    let c = d128!(0.3);
+    let res = a + b;
+    let eq = res == c;
+    if eq {
+        println!("{} + {} = {}", a, b, res);
+    } else {
+        println!("{} + {} = {} (expected {})", a, b, res, c);
+    }
+    assert!(eq);
+    
+    assert_eq!(d128!(0.1), d128!(1) / d128!(10));
+}
diff --git a/decimal-macros/src/lib.rs b/decimal-macros/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81f3d2a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/decimal-macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#![feature(plugin_registrar, rustc_private)]
+
+extern crate libc;
+extern crate decimal;
+
+extern crate rustc_plugin;
+extern crate syntax;
+
+use rustc_plugin::Registry;
+use syntax::ext::base::{DummyResult, MacEager, ExtCtxt, MacResult};
+use syntax::ext::build::AstBuilder;
+use syntax::ext::source_util;
+use syntax::codemap::Span;
+use syntax::ast::{ExprKind, TokenTree, LitKind, StrStyle};
+
+use decimal::d128;
+
+fn d128_lit<'cx>(cx: &'cx mut ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tts: &[TokenTree]) -> Box<MacResult + 'cx> {
+    // Turn input into a string literal
+    // e.g. d128!(0.1) -> "0.1", d128!(NaN) -> "NaN"
+    let mac_res = source_util::expand_stringify(cx, sp, tts);
+    
+    let ex = match mac_res.make_expr() {
+        Some(ex) => ex,
+        None => {
+            // I don't know when this occurs
+            cx.span_err(sp, "one argument needed");
+            return DummyResult::any(sp);
+        }
+    };
+    
+    match &ex.node {
+        &ExprKind::Lit(ref lit) => match &lit.node {
+            &LitKind::Str(ref s, StrStyle::Cooked) => {
+                // Check for empty argument
+                if (*s).len() == 0 {
+                    cx.span_err(sp, "one argument needed");
+                    return DummyResult::any(sp);
+                }
+                let num = match from_str(&*s) {
+                    Ok(num) => num,
+                    Err(s) => {
+                        cx.span_err(lit.span, s);
+                        return DummyResult::any(sp);
+                    }
+                };
+                let num = unsafe { ::std::mem::transmute::<d128, [u8; 16]>(num) };
+                
+                // Create array literal
+                let mut vec = Vec::new();
+                for i in 0..16 {
+                    vec.push(cx.expr_u8(lit.span, num[i]));
+                }
+                let vec = cx.expr_vec(lit.span, vec);
+                let ids = vec![cx.ident_of("decimal"), cx.ident_of("d128"), cx.ident_of("from_bytes")];
+                let ex = cx.expr_call_global(lit.span, ids, vec![vec]);
+                
+                return MacEager::expr(ex);
+            },
+            _ => {}
+        },
+        _ => {}
+    }
+    // This should never happen.
+    cx.span_err(sp, "not a valid d128 number");
+    DummyResult::any(sp)
+}
+
+#[plugin_registrar]
+pub fn plugin_registrar(reg: &mut Registry) {
+    reg.register_macro("d128", d128_lit)
+}
+
+fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<d128, &'static str> {
+    use std::str::FromStr;
+    d128::set_status(decimal::Status::empty());
+    let res = d128::from_str(s);
+    
+    let status = d128::get_status();
+    if status.contains(decimal::CONVERSION_SYNTAX) {
+        Err("not a valid d128 number")
+    } else if status.contains(decimal::OVERFLOW) {
+        Err("too large for a d128 number")
+    } else if status.contains(decimal::UNDERFLOW) {
+        Err("too small for a d128 number")
+    } else if !status.is_empty() {
+        Err("not a valid d128 number")
+    } else {
+        Ok(res.unwrap())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/dec128.rs b/src/dec128.rs
index 946e9a36..51e63b15 100644
--- a/src/dec128.rs
+++ b/src/dec128.rs
@@ -436,6 +436,15 @@ impl d128 {
             }
         }
     }
+    
+    /// Hidden function for initializing a d128 from an array of bytes. When using this function
+    /// you should be careful about endianness issues.
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub fn from_bytes(bytes: [u8; 16]) -> d128 {
+        d128 {
+            bytes: unsafe { ::std::mem::transmute(bytes) }
+        }
+    }
 
     // Utilities and conversions, extractors, etc.