diff --git a/macros/Cargo.toml b/macros/Cargo.toml
index 748637c16971..0173f7c48565 100644
--- a/macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 [dependencies]
 error-chain = "0.10.0"
 quote = "0.3.15"
-rtfm-syntax = "0.2.0"
+# rtfm-syntax = "0.2.0"
+rtfm-syntax = { git = "https://github.com/japaric/rtfm-syntax", branch = "root" }
 syn = "0.11.11"
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/macros/src/check.rs b/macros/src/check.rs
index 3cd112acfd17..3f6c74388fed 100644
--- a/macros/src/check.rs
+++ b/macros/src/check.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub struct App {
     pub idle: Idle,
     pub init: Init,
     pub resources: Statics,
+    pub root: Option<Path>,
     pub tasks: Tasks,
 }
 
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ pub fn app(app: check::App) -> Result<App> {
         idle: app.idle,
         init: app.init,
         resources: app.resources,
+        root: app.root,
         tasks: app.tasks
             .into_iter()
             .map(|(k, v)| {
diff --git a/macros/src/trans.rs b/macros/src/trans.rs
index 96ff770b64f2..0e886d80e3a8 100644
--- a/macros/src/trans.rs
+++ b/macros/src/trans.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub fn app(app: &App, ownerships: &Ownerships) -> Tokens {
     let mut root = vec![];
     let mut main = vec![];
 
+    ::trans::root(app, &mut main);
     ::trans::init(app, &mut main, &mut root);
     ::trans::idle(app, ownerships, &mut main, &mut root);
     ::trans::resources(app, ownerships, &mut root);
@@ -309,18 +310,34 @@ fn init(app: &App, main: &mut Vec<Tokens>, root: &mut Vec<Tokens>) {
     }
 
     let init = &app.init.path;
-    main.push(quote! {
-        // type check
-        let init: fn(#(#tys,)*) #ret = #init;
+    // TODO DRY
+    if app.root.is_some() {
+        main.push(quote! {
+            // type check
+            let init: fn(#(#tys,)* &'static mut _) #ret = #init;
+
+            #krate::atomic(unsafe { &mut #krate::Threshold::new(0) }, |_t| unsafe {
+                let _late_resources = init(#(#exprs,)* &mut *(&mut root as *mut _));
+                #(#late_resource_init)*
+
+                #(#exceptions)*
+                #(#interrupts)*
+            });
+        });
+    } else {
+        main.push(quote! {
+            // type check
+            let init: fn(#(#tys,)*) #ret = #init;
 
-        #krate::atomic(unsafe { &mut #krate::Threshold::new(0) }, |_t| unsafe {
-            let _late_resources = init(#(#exprs,)*);
-            #(#late_resource_init)*
+            #krate::atomic(unsafe { &mut #krate::Threshold::new(0) }, |_t| unsafe {
+                let _late_resources = init(#(#exprs,)*);
+                #(#late_resource_init)*
 
-            #(#exceptions)*
-            #(#interrupts)*
+                #(#exceptions)*
+                #(#interrupts)*
+            });
         });
-    });
+    }
 }
 
 fn resources(app: &App, ownerships: &Ownerships, root: &mut Vec<Tokens>) {
@@ -539,6 +556,15 @@ fn resources(app: &App, ownerships: &Ownerships, root: &mut Vec<Tokens>) {
     });
 }
 
+fn root(app: &App, main: &mut Vec<Tokens>) {
+    if let Some(root) = app.root.as_ref() {
+        main.push(quote! {
+            let root: fn() -> _ = #root;
+            let mut root = root();
+        });
+    }
+}
+
 fn tasks(app: &App, ownerships: &Ownerships, root: &mut Vec<Tokens>) {
     let device = &app.device;
     let krate = krate();