diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/Do.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/Do.lean
index 58ed842f82..b8a657dd6c 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Elab/Do.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/Do.lean
@@ -481,8 +481,19 @@ else
   throwError "unexpected kind of let declaration"
 
 def getDoLetVars (doLet : Syntax) : TermElabM (Array Name) :=
+-- parser! "let " >> letDecl
 getLetDeclVars (doLet.getArg 1)
 
+def getDoLetRecVars (doLetRec : Syntax) : TermElabM (Array Name) := do
+-- letRecDecls is an array of `(group (optional attributes >> letDecl))`
+let letRecDecls := (doLetRec.getArg 1).getArgs.getSepElems;
+let letDecls := letRecDecls.map fun p => p.getArg 1;
+letDecls.foldlM
+  (fun allVars letDecl => do
+    vars ← getLetDeclVars letDecl;
+    pure (allVars ++ vars))
+  #[]
+
 -- ident >> optType >> leftArrow >> termParser
 def getDoIdDeclVar (doIdDecl : Syntax) : Name :=
 (doIdDecl.getArg 0).getId
@@ -682,7 +693,9 @@ if kind == `Lean.Parser.Term.doLet then
   let letDecl := decl.getArg 1;
   `(let $letDecl:letDecl; $k)
 else if kind == `Lean.Parser.Term.doLetRec then
-  liftM $ Macro.throwError decl "WIP"
+  let letRecToken := decl.getArg 0;
+  let letRecDecls := decl.getArg 1;
+  pure $ mkNode `Lean.Parser.Term.letrec #[letRecToken, letRecDecls, mkNullNode, k]
 else if kind == `Lean.Parser.Term.doLetArrow then
   let arg := decl.getArg 1;
   let ref := arg;
@@ -887,7 +900,8 @@ partial def doSeqToCode : List Syntax → M CodeBlock
       vars ← liftM $ getDoLetVars doElem;
       mkVarDeclCore vars doElem <$> withNewVars vars (doSeqToCode doElems)
     else if k == `Lean.Parser.Term.doLetRec then do
-      throwError "WIP"
+      vars ← liftM $ getDoLetRecVars doElem;
+      mkVarDeclCore vars doElem <$> withNewVars vars (doSeqToCode doElems)
     else if k == `Lean.Parser.Term.doLetArrow then do
       vars ← liftM $ getDoLetArrowVars doElem;
       mkVarDeclCore vars doElem <$> withNewVars vars (doSeqToCode doElems)
diff --git a/tests/lean/run/doNotation2.lean b/tests/lean/run/doNotation2.lean
index 854e625536..44cff136dd 100644
--- a/tests/lean/run/doNotation2.lean
+++ b/tests/lean/run/doNotation2.lean
@@ -90,3 +90,24 @@ return sum
 
 theorem ex7 : sumDiff [(2, 1), (10, 5)] = 6 :=
 rfl
+
+def f1 (x : Nat) : IO Unit := do
+let rec loop : Nat → IO Unit
+  | 0   => pure ()
+  | x+1 => do IO.println x; loop x
+loop x
+
+#eval f1 10
+
+partial def f2 (x : Nat) : IO Unit := do
+let rec
+  isEven : Nat → Bool
+    | 0   => true
+    | x+1 => isOdd x,
+  isOdd : Nat → Bool
+    | 0   => false
+    | x+1 => isEven x
+IO.println ("isOdd(" ++ toString x ++ "): " ++ toString (isOdd x))
+
+#eval f2 11
+#eval f2 10