diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/Notation.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/Notation.lean
index 5260ff91c2..2a0402c9e9 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Elab/Notation.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/Notation.lean
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Authors: Leonardo de Moura
 -/
 import Lean.Elab.Syntax
 import Lean.Elab.AuxDef
+import Lean.Elab.BuiltinNotation
 
 namespace Lean.Elab.Command
 open Lean.Syntax
@@ -43,15 +44,55 @@ def expandNotationItemIntoPattern (stx : Syntax) : MacroM Syntax :=
   else
     Macro.throwUnsupported
 
+def removeParenthesesAux (parens body : Syntax) : Syntax :=
+  match parens.getHeadInfo, body.getHeadInfo, body.getTailInfo, parens.getTailInfo with
+  | .original lead _ _ _, .original _ pos trail pos',
+    .original endLead endPos _ endPos', .original _ _ endTrail _ =>
+      body.setHeadInfo (.original lead pos trail pos') |>.setTailInfo (.original endLead endPos endTrail endPos')
+  | _, _, _, _ => body
+
+partial def removeParentheses (stx : Syntax) : MacroM Syntax := do
+  match stx with
+  | `(($e)) => pure $ removeParenthesesAux stx (←removeParentheses $ (←Term.expandCDot? e).getD e)
+  | _ =>
+    match stx with
+    | .node info kind args => pure $ .node info kind (←args.mapM removeParentheses)
+    | _ => pure stx
+
+partial def hasDuplicateAntiquot (stxs : Array Syntax) : Bool := Id.run do
+  let mut seen := NameSet.empty
+  for stx in stxs do
+    for node in Syntax.topDown stx true do
+      if node.isAntiquot then
+        let ident := node.getAntiquotTerm.getId
+        if seen.contains ident then
+          return true
+        else
+          seen := seen.insert ident
+  pure false
+
 /-- Try to derive a `SimpleDelab` from a notation.
-    The notation must be of the form `notation ... => c var_1 ... var_n`
-    where `c` is a declaration in the current scope and the `var_i` are a permutation of the LHS vars. -/
+    The notation must be of the form `notation ... => c body`
+    where `c` is a declaration in the current scope and `body` any syntax
+    that contains each variable from the LHS at most once. -/
 def mkSimpleDelab (attrKind : Syntax) (pat qrhs : Syntax) : OptionT MacroM Syntax := do
   match qrhs with
   | `($c:ident $args*) =>
     let [(c, [])] ← Macro.resolveGlobalName c.getId | failure
-    guard <| args.all (Syntax.isIdent ∘ getAntiquotTerm)
-    guard <| args.allDiff
+    /-
+    Try to remove all non semantic parenthesis. Since the parenthesizer
+    runs after appUnexpanders we should not match on parenthesis that the user
+    syntax inserted here for example the right hand side of:
+    notation "{" x "|" p "}" => setOf (fun x => p)
+    Should be matched as: setOf fun x => p
+    -/
+    let args ← args.mapM (liftM ∘ removeParentheses)
+    /-
+    The user could mention the same antiquotation from the lhs multiple
+    times on the rhs, this heuristic does not support this.
+    -/
+    let dup := hasDuplicateAntiquot args
+    guard !dup
     -- replace head constant with (unused) antiquotation so we're not dependent on the exact pretty printing of the head
     -- The reference is attached to the syntactic representation of the called function itself, not the entire function application
     `(@[$attrKind:attrKind appUnexpander $(mkIdent c):ident]
@@ -106,5 +147,4 @@ private def expandNotationAux (ref : Syntax)
     expandNotationAux stx (← Macro.getCurrNamespace) attrKind prec? name? prio? items rhs
   | _ => Macro.throwUnsupported
 
-
 end Lean.Elab.Command
diff --git a/tests/lean/255.lean.expected.out b/tests/lean/255.lean.expected.out
index 907805e394..b163a7dcb8 100644
--- a/tests/lean/255.lean.expected.out
+++ b/tests/lean/255.lean.expected.out
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-id x : α
+A : α
 id x✝ : α
 255.lean:16:7-16:8: error: unknown constant 'x✝'
 id (sorryAx ?m true) : ?m
diff --git a/tests/lean/notationDelab.lean b/tests/lean/notationDelab.lean
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3476d0d155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lean/notationDelab.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+notation "unitTest " x => Prod.mk x ()
+
+#check unitTest 42
+
+notation "parenthesisTest " x => Nat.sub (x)
+#check parenthesisTest 12
+
+def Set (α : Type u) := α → Prop
+def setOf {α : Type} (p : α → Prop) : Set α := p
+notation "{ " x " | " p " }" => setOf (fun x => p)
+
+#check { (x : Nat) | x ≤ 1 }
+
+notation "cdotTest " "(" x ", " y ")" => Prod.map (· + 1) (1 + ·) (x, y)
+
+#check cdotTest (13, 12)
+
+notation "tupleFunctionTest " "(" x ", " y ")"=> Prod.map (Nat.add 1) (Nat.add 2) (x, y)
+
+#check tupleFunctionTest (15, 12)
+
+notation "doubleRhsTest " x => Prod.mk x x
+
+#check doubleRhsTest 12
diff --git a/tests/lean/notationDelab.lean.expected.out b/tests/lean/notationDelab.lean.expected.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6de7670b0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lean/notationDelab.lean.expected.out
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+unitTest 42 : Nat × Unit
+parenthesisTest 12 : Nat → Nat
+{ x | x ≤ 1 } : Set Nat
+cdotTest (13, 12) : Nat × Nat
+tupleFunctionTest (15, 12) : Nat × Nat
+(12, 12) : Nat × Nat