diff --git a/src/libstd/thread/local.rs b/src/libstd/thread/local.rs
index ccbead7cc2f77..4df4751117244 100644
--- a/src/libstd/thread/local.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/thread/local.rs
@@ -146,13 +146,13 @@ macro_rules! thread_local {
 
     // process multiple declarations
     ($(#[$attr:meta])* $vis:vis static $name:ident: $t:ty = $init:expr; $($rest:tt)*) => (
-        __thread_local_inner!($(#[$attr])* $vis $name, $t, $init);
-        thread_local!($($rest)*);
+        $crate::__thread_local_inner!($(#[$attr])* $vis $name, $t, $init);
+        $crate::thread_local!($($rest)*);
     );
 
     // handle a single declaration
     ($(#[$attr:meta])* $vis:vis static $name:ident: $t:ty = $init:expr) => (
-        __thread_local_inner!($(#[$attr])* $vis $name, $t, $init);
+        $crate::__thread_local_inner!($(#[$attr])* $vis $name, $t, $init);
     );
 }
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ macro_rules! __thread_local_inner {
     };
     ($(#[$attr:meta])* $vis:vis $name:ident, $t:ty, $init:expr) => {
         $(#[$attr])* $vis const $name: $crate::thread::LocalKey<$t> =
-            __thread_local_inner!(@key $(#[$attr])* $vis $name, $t, $init);
+            $crate::__thread_local_inner!(@key $(#[$attr])* $vis $name, $t, $init);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/thread-local-not-in-prelude.rs b/src/test/run-pass/thread-local-not-in-prelude.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0c365597b82a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/thread-local-not-in-prelude.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+#![no_std]
+
+extern crate std;
+
+std::thread_local!(static A: usize = 30);
+
+fn main() {
+}