diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d567a94e..22c3b6b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ members = [
   "examples/content_types",
   "examples/hello_ranks",
   "examples/testing",
+  "examples/from_request",
 ]
diff --git a/examples/from_request/Cargo.toml b/examples/from_request/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..820493f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/from_request/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "from_request"
+version = "0.0.1"
+authors = ["Sergio Benitez <sb@sergio.bz>"]
+workspace = "../../"
+
+[dependencies]
+rocket = { path = "../../lib" }
+rocket_macros = { path = "../../macros" }
diff --git a/examples/from_request/src/main.rs b/examples/from_request/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad2cf3e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/from_request/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#![feature(plugin)]
+#![plugin(rocket_macros)]
+
+extern crate rocket;
+
+use std::fmt;
+use rocket::Rocket;
+use rocket::request::{Request, FromRequest};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct HeaderCount(usize);
+
+impl fmt::Display for HeaderCount {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}", self.0)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'r, 'c> FromRequest<'r, 'c> for HeaderCount {
+    type Error = ();
+    fn from_request(request: &'r Request<'c>) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        Ok(HeaderCount(request.headers().len()))
+    }
+}
+
+#[get("/")]
+fn header_count(header_count: HeaderCount) -> String {
+    format!("Your request contained {} headers!", header_count)
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    Rocket::new("localhost", 8000).mount_and_launch("/", routes![header_count]);
+}
diff --git a/macros/src/decorators/route.rs b/macros/src/decorators/route.rs
index bf116336..faba22da 100644
--- a/macros/src/decorators/route.rs
+++ b/macros/src/decorators/route.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 
-use ::{ROUTE_STRUCT_PREFIX, ROUTE_FN_PREFIX};
+use ::{ROUTE_STRUCT_PREFIX, ROUTE_FN_PREFIX, PARAM_PREFIX};
 use utils::{emit_item, span, sep_by_tok, SpanExt, IdentExt, ArgExt, option_as_expr};
 use parser::RouteParams;
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl RouteGenerateExt for RouteParams {
         }
 
         let arg = arg.unwrap();
-        let (name, ty) = (arg.ident().unwrap(), &arg.ty);
+        let (name, ty) = (arg.ident().unwrap().prepend(PARAM_PREFIX), &arg.ty);
         Some(quote_stmt!(ecx,
             let $name: $ty =
                 if let Ok(s) = ::std::str::from_utf8(_req.data.as_slice()) {
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ impl RouteGenerateExt for RouteParams {
 
         // Generate code for each user declared parameter.
         for (i, arg) in all.iter().filter(declared).enumerate() {
-            let (ident, ty) = (arg.ident().unwrap(), &arg.ty);
+            let (ident, ty) = (arg.ident().unwrap().prepend(PARAM_PREFIX), &arg.ty);
             fn_param_statements.push(quote_stmt!(ecx,
                 let $ident: $ty = match _req.get_param($i) {
                     Ok(v) => v,
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ impl RouteGenerateExt for RouteParams {
 
         // Generate the code for `form_request` parameters.
         for arg in all.iter().filter(from_request) {
-            let (ident, ty) = (arg.ident().unwrap(), &arg.ty);
+            let (ident, ty) = (arg.ident().unwrap().prepend(PARAM_PREFIX), &arg.ty);
             fn_param_statements.push(quote_stmt!(ecx,
                 let $ident: $ty = match
                 <$ty as ::rocket::request::FromRequest>::from_request(&_req) {
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ impl RouteGenerateExt for RouteParams {
 
     fn generate_fn_arguments(&self, ecx: &ExtCtxt) -> Vec<TokenTree> {
         let args = self.annotated_fn.decl().inputs.iter().map(|a| {
-            a.ident().expect("function decl pat -> ident").clone()
+            a.ident().expect("function decl pat -> ident").prepend(PARAM_PREFIX)
         }).collect::<Vec<Ident>>();
 
         sep_by_tok(ecx, &args, token::Comma)
diff --git a/macros/src/lib.rs b/macros/src/lib.rs
index a5461c82..e573e8a1 100644
--- a/macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use rustc_plugin::Registry;
 use syntax::ext::base::SyntaxExtension;
 use syntax::parse::token::intern;
 
+const PARAM_PREFIX: &'static str = "rocket_param_";
 const ROUTE_STRUCT_PREFIX: &'static str = "static_rocket_route_info_for_";
 const CATCH_STRUCT_PREFIX: &'static str = "static_rocket_catch_info_for_";
 const ROUTE_FN_PREFIX: &'static str = "rocket_route_fn_";