diff --git a/src/Init/Notation.lean b/src/Init/Notation.lean
index c3a21c6e2b..b9c4282f5e 100644
--- a/src/Init/Notation.lean
+++ b/src/Init/Notation.lean
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Notation for operators defined at Prelude.lean
 -/
 prelude
 import Init.Prelude
+import Init.Coe
 
 -- DSL for specifying parser precedences and priorities
 
@@ -20,6 +21,11 @@ syntax:65 (name := subPrio) prio " - " prio:66 : prio
 
 end Lean.Parser.Syntax
 
+namespace Lean
+instance : Coe (TSyntax k) Syntax where
+  coe stx := stx.raw
+end Lean
+
 macro "max"  : prec => `(1024) -- maximum precedence used in term parsers, in particular for terms in function position (`ident`, `paren`, ...)
 macro "arg"  : prec => `(1023) -- precedence used for application arguments (`do`, `by`, ...)
 macro "lead" : prec => `(1022) -- precedence used for terms not supposed to be used as arguments (`let`, `have`, ...)