diff --git a/src/librustc/lint/mod.rs b/src/librustc/lint/mod.rs
index dd003e44bea09..496ff568b31b4 100644
--- a/src/librustc/lint/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/lint/mod.rs
@@ -132,14 +132,22 @@ macro_rules! declare_lint {
 
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! declare_tool_lint {
-    ($vis: vis $tool: ident ::$NAME: ident, $Level: ident, $desc: expr) => (
-        declare_tool_lint!{$vis $tool::$NAME, $Level, $desc, false}
+    (
+        $(#[$attr:meta])* $vis:vis $tool:ident ::$NAME:ident, $Level: ident, $desc: expr
+    ) => (
+        declare_tool_lint!{$(#[$attr])* $vis $tool::$NAME, $Level, $desc, false}
     );
-    ($vis: vis $tool: ident ::$NAME: ident, $Level: ident, $desc: expr,
-     report_in_external_macro: $rep: expr) => (
-         declare_tool_lint!{$vis $tool::$NAME, $Level, $desc, $rep}
+    (
+        $(#[$attr:meta])* $vis:vis $tool:ident ::$NAME:ident, $Level:ident, $desc:expr,
+        report_in_external_macro: $rep:expr
+    ) => (
+         declare_tool_lint!{$(#[$attr])* $vis $tool::$NAME, $Level, $desc, $rep}
     );
-    ($vis: vis $tool: ident ::$NAME: ident, $Level: ident, $desc: expr, $external: expr) => (
+    (
+        $(#[$attr:meta])* $vis:vis $tool:ident ::$NAME:ident, $Level:ident, $desc:expr,
+        $external:expr
+    ) => (
+        $(#[$attr])*
         $vis static $NAME: &$crate::lint::Lint = &$crate::lint::Lint {
             name: &concat!(stringify!($tool), "::", stringify!($NAME)),
             default_level: $crate::lint::$Level,
diff --git a/src/test/ui-fulldeps/auxiliary/lint_tool_test.rs b/src/test/ui-fulldeps/auxiliary/lint_tool_test.rs
index 1a9bd9e66dbac..d25a5ea374627 100644
--- a/src/test/ui-fulldeps/auxiliary/lint_tool_test.rs
+++ b/src/test/ui-fulldeps/auxiliary/lint_tool_test.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ use rustc::lint::{EarlyContext, LintContext, LintPass, EarlyLintPass,
 use rustc_plugin::Registry;
 use syntax::ast;
 declare_tool_lint!(pub clippy::TEST_LINT, Warn, "Warn about stuff");
-declare_tool_lint!(pub clippy::TEST_GROUP, Warn, "Warn about other stuff");
+declare_tool_lint!(
+    /// Some docs
+    pub clippy::TEST_GROUP,
+    Warn, "Warn about other stuff"
+);
 
 struct Pass;