diff --git a/src/macro_expansion.jl b/src/macro_expansion.jl
index d662055..6ea642e 100644
--- a/src/macro_expansion.jl
+++ b/src/macro_expansion.jl
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ struct MacroContext <: AbstractLoweringContext
     graph::SyntaxGraph
     macrocall::Union{SyntaxTree,LineNumberNode,SourceRef}
     scope_layer::ScopeLayer
+    expr_compat_mode::Bool
 end
 
 function adopt_scope(ex, ctx::MacroContext)
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ function expand_macro(ctx, ex)
     @assert kind(ex) == K"macrocall"
 
     macname = ex[1]
-    mctx = MacroContext(ctx.graph, ex, current_layer(ctx))
+    mctx = MacroContext(ctx.graph, ex, current_layer(ctx), ctx.expr_compat_mode)
     macfunc = eval_macro_name(ctx, mctx, macname)
     raw_args = ex[2:end]
     macro_loc = let loc = source_location(LineNumberNode, ex)
diff --git a/src/runtime.jl b/src/runtime.jl
index d5a908a..c98b716 100644
--- a/src/runtime.jl
+++ b/src/runtime.jl
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ function (g::GeneratedFunctionStub)(world::UInt, source::Method, @nospecialize a
 
     # Run code generator - this acts like a macro expander and like a macro
     # expander it gets a MacroContext.
-    mctx = MacroContext(syntax_graph(ctx1), g.srcref, layer)
+    mctx = MacroContext(syntax_graph(ctx1), g.srcref, layer, false)
     ex0 = g.gen(mctx, args...)
     if ex0 isa SyntaxTree
         if !is_compatible_graph(ctx1, ex0)
diff --git a/src/syntax_macros.jl b/src/syntax_macros.jl
index e7e5a1c..a08ddde 100644
--- a/src/syntax_macros.jl
+++ b/src/syntax_macros.jl
@@ -282,6 +282,12 @@ function _at_eval_code(ctx, srcref, mod, ex)
                     JuliaLowering.eval::K"Value"
                     mod
                     [K"quote" ex]
+                    [K"parameters"
+                        [K"="
+                            "expr_compat_mode"::K"Identifier"
+                            ctx.expr_compat_mode::K"Bool"
+                        ]
+                    ]
                 ]
             ]
         ]
diff --git a/test/misc.jl b/test/misc.jl
index a0c9dba..6249654 100644
--- a/test/misc.jl
+++ b/test/misc.jl
@@ -180,4 +180,11 @@ end
 
 end
 
+# SyntaxTree @eval should pass along expr_compat_mode
+@test JuliaLowering.include_string(test_mod, raw"""
+    let T = :foo
+        @eval @doc $"This is a $T" $T = 1
+    end
+"""; expr_compat_mode=true) === 1
+
 end
diff --git a/test/misc_ir.jl b/test/misc_ir.jl
index 775960b..a6941cf 100644
--- a/test/misc_ir.jl
+++ b/test/misc_ir.jl
@@ -298,26 +298,36 @@ end
 # @eval without module
 @eval $f(x, y)
 #---------------------
-1   TestMod.f
-2   (call core.tuple %₁)
-3   (call JuliaLowering.interpolate_ast SyntaxTree (inert (call ($ f) x y)) %₂)
-4   (= slot₁/eval_result (call JuliaLowering.eval TestMod %₃))
-5   latestworld
-6   slot₁/eval_result
-7   (return %₆)
+1   JuliaLowering.eval
+2   (call core.tuple :expr_compat_mode)
+3   (call core.apply_type core.NamedTuple %₂)
+4   (call core.tuple false)
+5   (call %₃ %₄)
+6   TestMod.f
+7   (call core.tuple %₆)
+8   (call JuliaLowering.interpolate_ast SyntaxTree (inert (call ($ f) x y)) %₇)
+9   (= slot₁/eval_result (call core.kwcall %₅ %₁ TestMod %₈))
+10  latestworld
+11  slot₁/eval_result
+12  (return %₁₁)
 
 ########################################
 # @eval with module
 @eval mod $f(x, y)
 #---------------------
-1   TestMod.mod
-2   TestMod.f
-3   (call core.tuple %₂)
-4   (call JuliaLowering.interpolate_ast SyntaxTree (inert (call ($ f) x y)) %₃)
-5   (= slot₁/eval_result (call JuliaLowering.eval %₁ %₄))
-6   latestworld
-7   slot₁/eval_result
-8   (return %₇)
+1   JuliaLowering.eval
+2   (call core.tuple :expr_compat_mode)
+3   (call core.apply_type core.NamedTuple %₂)
+4   (call core.tuple false)
+5   (call %₃ %₄)
+6   TestMod.mod
+7   TestMod.f
+8   (call core.tuple %₇)
+9   (call JuliaLowering.interpolate_ast SyntaxTree (inert (call ($ f) x y)) %₈)
+10  (= slot₁/eval_result (call core.kwcall %₅ %₁ %₆ %₉))
+11  latestworld
+12  slot₁/eval_result
+13  (return %₁₂)
 
 ########################################
 # Juxtaposition