diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/App.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/App.lean
index 02724a99f6..3b2c8ecff9 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Elab/App.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/App.lean
@@ -925,6 +925,30 @@ private def elabAtom : TermElab := fun stx expectedType? =>
 @[builtinTermElab proj] def elabProj : TermElab := elabAtom
 @[builtinTermElab arrayRef] def elabArrayRef : TermElab := elabAtom
 
+@[builtinTermElab binrel] def elabBinRel : TermElab :=  fun stx expectedType? => do
+  match (← resolveId? stx[1]) with
+  | some f =>
+    let (lhs, rhs) ← withSynthesize (mayPostpone := true) do
+      let mut lhs ← elabTerm stx[2] none
+      let mut rhs ← elabTerm stx[3] none
+      if lhs.isAppOfArity `OfNat.ofNat 3 then
+        lhs ← ensureHasType (← inferType rhs) lhs
+      else if rhs.isAppOfArity `OfNat.ofNat 3 then
+        rhs ← ensureHasType (← inferType lhs) rhs
+      return (lhs, rhs)
+    let lhsType ← inferType lhs
+    let rhsType ← inferType rhs
+    let (lhs, rhs) ←
+      try
+        pure (lhs, ← withRef stx[3] do ensureHasType lhsType rhs)
+      catch ex =>
+        try
+          pure (← withRef stx[2] do ensureHasType rhsType lhs, rhs)
+        catch _ =>
+          throw ex
+    elabAppArgs f #[] #[Arg.expr lhs, Arg.expr rhs] expectedType? (explicit := false) (ellipsis := false)
+  | none   => throwUnknownConstant stx[1].getId
+
 builtin_initialize
   registerTraceClass `Elab.app
 
diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/Match.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/Match.lean
index 1803cbfe5b..bd4d44b85c 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Elab/Match.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/Match.lean
@@ -210,21 +210,6 @@ private def getNumExplicitCtorParams (ctorVal : ConstructorVal) : TermElabM Nat
         result := result+1
     pure result
 
-private def throwAmbiguous {α} (fs : List Expr) : M α :=
-  throwError! "ambiguous pattern, use fully qualified name, possible interpretations {fs}"
-
-def resolveId? (stx : Syntax) : M (Option Expr) :=
-  match stx with
-  | Syntax.ident _ _ val preresolved => do
-    let rs ← try resolveName val preresolved [] catch _ => pure []
-    let rs := rs.filter fun ⟨f, projs⟩ => projs.isEmpty
-    let fs := rs.map fun (f, _) => f
-    match fs with
-    | []  => pure none
-    | [f] => pure (some f)
-    | _   => throwAmbiguous fs
-  | _ => throwError "identifier expected"
-
 private def throwInvalidPattern {α} : M α :=
   throwError "invalid pattern"
 
@@ -330,7 +315,7 @@ def processCtorApp (collect : Syntax → M Syntax) (f : Syntax) (namedArgs : Arr
     | `($fId:ident)  => pure (fId, false)
     | `(@$fId:ident) => pure (fId, true)
     | _              => throwError "identifier expected"
-  let some (Expr.const fName _ _) ← resolveId? fId | throwCtorExpected
+  let some (Expr.const fName _ _) ← resolveId? fId "pattern" | throwCtorExpected
   let fInfo ← getConstInfo fName
   forallTelescopeReducing fInfo.type fun xs _ => do
     let paramDecls ← xs.mapM (getFVarLocalDecl ·)
@@ -368,7 +353,7 @@ private def processVar (idStx : Syntax) : M Syntax := do
 /- Check whether `stx` is a pattern variable or constructor-like (i.e., constructor or constant tagged with `[matchPattern]` attribute) -/
 private def processId (collect : Syntax → M Syntax) (stx : Syntax) : M Syntax := do
   let env ← getEnv
-  match (← resolveId? stx) with
+  match (← resolveId? stx "pattern") with
   | none   => processVar stx
   | some f => match f with
     | Expr.const fName _ _ =>
diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/Term.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/Term.lean
index e14951869b..2b5bd4288f 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Elab/Term.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/Term.lean
@@ -1243,6 +1243,18 @@ def resolveName (n : Name) (preresolved : List (Name × List String)) (explicitL
     else
       process preresolved
 
+def resolveId? (stx : Syntax) (kind := "term") : TermElabM (Option Expr) :=
+  match stx with
+  | Syntax.ident _ _ val preresolved => do
+    let rs ← try resolveName val preresolved [] catch _ => pure []
+    let rs := rs.filter fun ⟨f, projs⟩ => projs.isEmpty
+    let fs := rs.map fun (f, _) => f
+    match fs with
+    | []  => pure none
+    | [f] => pure (some f)
+    | _   =>   throwError! "ambiguous {kind}, use fully qualified name, possible interpretations {fs}"
+  | _ => throwError "identifier expected"
+
 @[builtinTermElab cdot] def elabBadCDot : TermElab := fun stx _ =>
   throwError "invalid occurrence of `·` notation, it must be surrounded by parentheses (e.g. `(· + 1)`)"
 
diff --git a/tests/lean/run/binrel.lean b/tests/lean/run/binrel.lean
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34a9768bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lean/run/binrel.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+def ex1 (x y : Nat) (i j : Int) :=
+  binrel! Less x i
+
+def ex2 (x y : Nat) (i j : Int) :=
+  binrel! Less i x
+
+def ex3 (x y : Nat) (i j : Int) :=
+  binrel! Less (i + 1) x
+
+def ex4 (x y : Nat) (i j : Int) :=
+  binrel! Less i (x + 1)
+
+def ex5 (x y : Nat) (i j : Int) :=
+  binrel! Less i (x + y)
+
+def ex6 (x y : Nat) (i j : Int) :=
+  binrel! Less (i + j) (x + 0)
+
+def ex7 (x y : Nat) (i j : Int) :=
+  binrel! Less (i + j) (x + i)
+
+def ex8 (x y : Nat) (i j : Int) :=
+  binrel! Less (i + 0) (x + i)
+
+def ex9 (n : UInt32) :=
+  binrel! Less n 0xd800
+
+def ex10 (x : Lean.Syntax) : Bool :=
+  x.getArgs.all (binrel! BEq.beq ·.getKind `foo)
+
+def ex11 (xs : Array (Nat × Nat)) :=
+  let f a b := binrel! Less a.1 b.1
+  f xs[1] xs[2]