diff --git a/src/librustc/mir/mod.rs b/src/librustc/mir/mod.rs
index 0cbd945095a95..b04297539df97 100644
--- a/src/librustc/mir/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/mir/mod.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use std::ascii;
 use std::borrow::{Cow};
 use std::cell::Ref;
 use std::fmt::{self, Debug, Formatter, Write};
-use std::{iter, u32};
+use std::{iter, mem, u32};
 use std::ops::{Index, IndexMut};
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::vec::IntoIter;
@@ -998,6 +998,10 @@ impl<'tcx> Statement<'tcx> {
     pub fn make_nop(&mut self) {
         self.kind = StatementKind::Nop
     }
+
+    pub fn replace_nop(&mut self) -> StatementKind<'tcx> {
+        mem::replace(&mut self.kind, StatementKind::Nop)
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable)]
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/transform/mod.rs b/src/librustc_mir/transform/mod.rs
index 418d3d220581e..3e7df1f209de5 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/transform/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/transform/mod.rs
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ fn optimized_mir<'a, 'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'a, 'tcx, 'tcx>, def_id: DefId) -> &'tcx
     run_passes![tcx, mir, def_id, 2;
         no_landing_pads::NoLandingPads,
         simplify_branches::SimplifyBranches::new("initial"),
+        simplify::SimplifyTempMoves,
 
         // These next passes must be executed together
         add_call_guards::CriticalCallEdges,
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/transform/simplify.rs b/src/librustc_mir/transform/simplify.rs
index 2e7c3714ffe12..b9790b0122113 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/transform/simplify.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/transform/simplify.rs
@@ -10,13 +10,19 @@
 
 //! A number of passes which remove various redundancies in the CFG.
 //!
-//! The `SimplifyCfg` pass gets rid of unnecessary blocks in the CFG, whereas the `SimplifyLocals`
-//! gets rid of all the unnecessary local variable declarations.
+//! The `SimplifyCfg` pass gets rid of unnecessary blocks in the CFG, the `SimplifyTempMoves` pass
+//! eliminates copies/moves into temporaries out of which the value is immediately moved, whereas
+//! the `SimplifyLocals`the gets rid of all the unnecessary local variable declarations.
 //!
 //! The `SimplifyLocals` pass is kinda expensive and therefore not very suitable to be run often.
 //! Most of the passes should not care or be impacted in meaningful ways due to extra locals
 //! either, so running the pass once, right before translation, should suffice.
 //!
+//! The `SimplifyTempMoves` pass is is a simple peephole optimization there only to clean up a
+//! common foible of the HIR->MIR building algorithm, reducing the number of interesting statemnts
+//! that other passes need to consider.  It's probably not ever worth running a second time.
+//! Instead, run the smarter but more expensive passes like lvalue reuse and copy propagation.
+//!
 //! On the other side of the spectrum, the `SimplifyCfg` pass is considerably cheap to run, thus
 //! one should run it after every pass which may modify CFG in significant ways. This pass must
 //! also be run before any analysis passes because it removes dead blocks, and some of these can be
@@ -311,6 +317,64 @@ pub fn remove_dead_blocks(mir: &mut Mir) {
 }
 
 
+pub struct SimplifyTempMoves;
+
+impl MirPass for SimplifyTempMoves {
+    fn run_pass<'a, 'tcx>(&self,
+                          _tcx: TyCtxt<'a, 'tcx, 'tcx>,
+                          _src: MirSource,
+                          mir: &mut Mir<'tcx>) {
+        let last_arg = Local::new(mir.arg_count);
+        let (basic_blocks, local_decls) = mir.basic_blocks_and_local_decls_mut();
+        for block in basic_blocks {
+            for j in 1..block.statements.len() {
+                let i = j - 1;
+
+                if block.statements[i].source_info.span !=
+                    block.statements[j].source_info.span
+                { continue }
+
+                let temp_local;
+                match block.statements[i].kind {
+                    StatementKind::Assign(
+                        Place::Local(local),
+                        Rvalue::Use(_)
+                    ) if local > last_arg && !local_decls[local].is_user_variable => {
+                        temp_local = local;
+                    }
+                    _ => { continue }
+                }
+
+                match block.statements[j].kind {
+                    StatementKind::Assign(
+                        _,
+                        Rvalue::Use(Operand::Move(Place::Local(local)))
+                    ) if local == temp_local => {
+                        // yay
+                    }
+                    _ => { continue }
+                }
+
+                debug!("simplifying {:?}; {:?} // {:?}",
+                    block.statements[i], block.statements[j],
+                    block.statements[j].source_info.span);
+                let rvalue =
+                    match block.statements[i].replace_nop() {
+                        StatementKind::Assign(_, rvalue) => rvalue,
+                        _ => bug!("No longer an assignment?"),
+                    };
+                let place =
+                    match block.statements[j].replace_nop() {
+                        StatementKind::Assign(place, _) => place,
+                        _ => bug!("No longer an assignment?"),
+                    };
+                block.statements[j].kind = StatementKind::Assign(place, rvalue);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
 pub struct SimplifyLocals;
 
 impl MirPass for SimplifyLocals {
diff --git a/src/test/mir-opt/copy_propagation.rs b/src/test/mir-opt/copy_propagation.rs
index 50d8a5154c449..067a937b0b30c 100644
--- a/src/test/mir-opt/copy_propagation.rs
+++ b/src/test/mir-opt/copy_propagation.rs
@@ -22,12 +22,9 @@ fn main() {
 // START rustc.test.CopyPropagation.before.mir
 //  bb0: {
 //      ...
-//      _3 = _1;
+//      _2 = _1;
 //      ...
-//      _2 = move _3;
-//      ...
-//      _4 = _2;
-//      _0 = move _4;
+//      _0 = _2;
 //      ...
 //      return;
 //  }
@@ -35,7 +32,7 @@ fn main() {
 // START rustc.test.CopyPropagation.after.mir
 //  bb0: {
 //      ...
-//      _0 = move _1;
+//      _0 = _1;
 //      ...
 //      return;
 //  }
diff --git a/src/test/mir-opt/inline-closure-borrows-arg.rs b/src/test/mir-opt/inline-closure-borrows-arg.rs
index 3fb54f90984dd..6ce51be3ec5db 100644
--- a/src/test/mir-opt/inline-closure-borrows-arg.rs
+++ b/src/test/mir-opt/inline-closure-borrows-arg.rs
@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ fn foo<T: Copy>(_t: T, q: &i32) -> i32 {
 //     ...
 //     _7 = &(*_2);
 //     _5 = (move _6, move _7);
-//     _9 = move (_5.0: &i32);
-//     _10 = move (_5.1: &i32);
-//     StorageLive(_8);
-//     _8 = (*_9);
-//     _0 = move _8;
+//     _8 = move (_5.0: &i32);
+//     _9 = move (_5.1: &i32);
+//     _0 = (*_8);
 //     ...
 //     return;
 // }
diff --git a/src/test/mir-opt/inline-closure.rs b/src/test/mir-opt/inline-closure.rs
index dc8ff13c03a88..22e7de31e90cf 100644
--- a/src/test/mir-opt/inline-closure.rs
+++ b/src/test/mir-opt/inline-closure.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ fn foo<T: Copy>(_t: T, q: i32) -> i32 {
 //     _5 = (move _6, move _7);
 //     _8 = move (_5.0: i32);
 //     _9 = move (_5.1: i32);
-//     _0 = move _8;
+//     _0 = _8;
 //     ...
 //     return;
 // }
diff --git a/src/test/mir-opt/simplify_temp_moves.rs b/src/test/mir-opt/simplify_temp_moves.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..37b2ce16ebdaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/mir-opt/simplify_temp_moves.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+#[inline(never)]
+fn nop<T>(_: T) {}
+
+fn test_return_move_local() -> String {
+    let x = String::new();
+    x
+}
+
+fn test_return_copy_local() -> i32 {
+    let x = 4;
+    x
+}
+
+fn test_shadow_arg_mut(x: String) {
+    let mut x = x;
+    nop(&mut x);
+}
+
+fn test_return_field(x: &(i32, u32)) -> i32 {
+    x.0
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    // Make sure the functions actually get instantiated.
+    test_return_move_local();
+    test_return_copy_local();
+    test_shadow_arg_mut(String::new());
+    test_return_field(&(1, 2));
+}
+
+// END RUST SOURCE
+
+// START rustc.test_return_move_local.SimplifyTempMoves.before.mir
+//     _1 = const std::string::String::new() -> bb1;
+//     ...
+//     _2 = move _1;
+//     _0 = move _2;
+// END rustc.test_return_move_local.SimplifyTempMoves.before.mir
+// START rustc.test_return_move_local.SimplifyTempMoves.after.mir
+//     nop;
+//     _0 = move _1;
+// END rustc.test_return_move_local.SimplifyTempMoves.after.mir
+
+// START rustc.test_return_copy_local.SimplifyTempMoves.before.mir
+//     _1 = const 4i32;
+//     ...
+//     _2 = _1;
+//     _0 = move _2;
+// END rustc.test_return_copy_local.SimplifyTempMoves.before.mir
+// START rustc.test_return_copy_local.SimplifyTempMoves.after.mir
+//     nop;
+//     _0 = _1;
+// END rustc.test_return_copy_local.SimplifyTempMoves.after.mir
+
+// START rustc.test_shadow_arg_mut.SimplifyTempMoves.before.mir
+//     _3 = move _1;
+//     _2 = move _3;
+// END rustc.test_shadow_arg_mut.SimplifyTempMoves.before.mir
+// START rustc.test_shadow_arg_mut.SimplifyTempMoves.after.mir
+//     nop;
+//     _2 = move _1;
+// END rustc.test_shadow_arg_mut.SimplifyTempMoves.after.mir
+
+// START rustc.test_return_field.SimplifyTempMoves.before.mir
+//     _2 = ((*_1).0: i32);
+//     _0 = move _2;
+// END rustc.test_return_field.SimplifyTempMoves.before.mir
+// START rustc.test_return_field.SimplifyTempMoves.after.mir
+//     nop;
+//     _0 = ((*_1).0: i32);
+// END rustc.test_return_field.SimplifyTempMoves.after.mir
diff --git a/src/test/mir-opt/validate_1.rs b/src/test/mir-opt/validate_1.rs
index e6cd535500055..2f3628210dd03 100644
--- a/src/test/mir-opt/validate_1.rs
+++ b/src/test/mir-opt/validate_1.rs
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ fn main() {
 //         _3 = &ReErased (*_2);
 //         Validate(Acquire, [(*_3): i32/ReScope(Remainder(BlockRemainder { block: ItemLocalId(22), first_statement_index: 0 })) (imm)]);
 //         StorageLive(_4);
-//         _4 = (*_3);
-//         _0 = move _4;
+//         _0 = (*_3);
 //         StorageDead(_4);
 //         EndRegion(ReScope(Remainder(BlockRemainder { block: ItemLocalId(22), first_statement_index: 0 })));
 //         StorageDead(_3);