diff --git a/lib/elixir/include/elixir.hrl b/lib/elixir/include/elixir.hrl
index 8f850509f5..2452a13dc4 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/include/elixir.hrl
+++ b/lib/elixir/include/elixir.hrl
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
 
 -record(elixir_quote, {
   line=0,
-  marker=nil,
+  var_context=nil,
+  expand_aliases=true,
+  expand_imports=true,
   unquote=true
 }).
 
diff --git a/lib/elixir/lib/kernel.ex b/lib/elixir/lib/kernel.ex
index 34cc8af2b3..dcea28101c 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/lib/kernel.ex
+++ b/lib/elixir/lib/kernel.ex
@@ -282,13 +282,6 @@ defmodule Kernel do
   """
   defmacro left !== right
 
-  @doc """
-  When used inside quoting, marks that the variable should not
-  be hygienezed. Check `Kernel.SpecialForms.quote/1` for more
-  information.
-  """
-  defmacro var!(var)
-
   @doc """
   Returns an integer or float which is the arithmetical absolute value of `number`.
 
diff --git a/lib/elixir/lib/kernel/special_forms.ex b/lib/elixir/lib/kernel/special_forms.ex
index 481ce1850c..7a7bc76acc 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/lib/kernel/special_forms.ex
+++ b/lib/elixir/lib/kernel/special_forms.ex
@@ -328,11 +328,11 @@ defmodule Kernel.SpecialForms do
       quote do: sum(1, 2, 3)
       #=> { :sum, 0, [1, 2, 3] }
 
-  ## Homoiconicity
+  ## Explanation
 
-  Elixir is an homoiconic language. Any Elixir program can be
-  represented using its own data structures. The building block
-  of Elixir homoiconicity is a tuple with three elements, for example:
+  Any Elixir code can be represented using Elixir data structures.
+  The building block of Elixir homoiconicity is a tuple with three
+  elements, for example:
 
       { :sum, 1, [1, 2, 3] }
 
@@ -344,8 +344,18 @@ defmodule Kernel.SpecialForms do
   * The second element of the tuple is always an integer
     representing the line number;
   * The third element of the tuple are the arguments for the
-    function call. The third argument may be an atom, meaning
-    that it may be a variable.
+    function call. The third argument may be an atom, which is
+    usually a variable (or a local call);
+
+  ## Options
+
+  * `:hygiene` - When false, disables hygiene for variables, aliases and imports;
+  * `:unquote` - When false, disables unquoting. Useful when you have a quote
+                 inside another quote and want to control which quote is
+                 able to unquote;
+  * `:location` - When set to `:keep`, keeps the current line and file on quotes.
+                  Read the Stacktrace information section below for more information;
+  * `:expand_aliases` - When false, do not expand aliases;
 
   ## Macro literals
 
@@ -361,9 +371,17 @@ defmodule Kernel.SpecialForms do
 
   ## Hygiene
 
-  Elixir macros are hygienic regarding to variables. This means
-  a variable defined in a macro cannot affect the scope where
-  the macro is included. Consider the following example:
+  Elixir macros are hygienic. This means aliases and imports
+  defined inside the quoted often refer to the context that
+  defined the macro.
+
+  Furthermore, variables inside quote are also hygienic. That
+  said, a variable defined in a macro cannot affect the scope
+  where the macro is included.
+
+  ### Hygiene in variables
+
+  Consider the following example:
 
       defmodule Hygiene do
         defmacro no_interference do
@@ -395,22 +413,38 @@ defmodule Kernel.SpecialForms do
       NoHygiene.interference
       a #=> 1
 
-  Notice that aliases are not hygienic in Elixir, ambiguity
-  must be solved by prepending Elixir:
+  ### Hygiene in aliases
 
-      quote do
-        Elixir.Foo #=> Access the root Foo
-        Foo        #=> Access the Foo alias in the current module
-                       (if any is set), then fallback to Elixir.Foo
+  Aliases inside quote are expanded by default.
+  Consider the following example:
+
+      defmodule Hygiene do
+        alias OrdDict, as: D
+
+        defmacro no_interference do
+          quote do: D.new
+        end
       end
 
-  ## Options
+      require Hygiene
+      Hygiene.no_interference #=> { OrdDict, [] }
 
-  * `:hygiene` - When false, disables hygiene;
-  * `:unquote` - When false, disables unquoting. Useful when you have a quote
-    inside another quote and want to control which quote is able to unquote;
-  * `:location` - When set to `:keep`, keeps the current line and file on quotes.
-                  Read the Stacktrace information section below for more information;
+  Notice that, even though the alias `D` is not available
+  in the context the macro is expanded, the code above works
+  because `D` was expanded when the quote was generated.
+
+  There are two ways to disable this behaviour. By giving
+  the `expand_aliases` equals to false to quote or by using
+  the `alias!` macro inside the quote:
+
+      defmodule NoHygiene do
+        defmacro interference do
+          quote do: alias!(D).new
+        end
+      end
+
+      require NoHygiene
+      NoHygiene.interference #=> UndefinedFunctionError
 
   ## Stacktrace information
 
@@ -446,6 +480,25 @@ defmodule Kernel.SpecialForms do
   """
   defmacro quote(opts, do: contents)
 
+  @doc """
+  When used inside quoting, marks that the variable should not
+  be hygienezed. Check `quote/2` for more information.
+  """
+  defmacro var!(var)
+
+  @doc """
+  Defines a variable in the given context.
+  Check `quote/2` for more information.
+  """
+  defmacro var!(var, context)
+
+  @doc """
+  When used inside quoting, marks that the alias should not
+  be hygienezed. This means the alias will be expanded when
+  the macro is expanded.
+  """
+  defmacro alias!(alias)
+
   @doc """
   Unquotes the given expression from inside a macro.
 
diff --git a/lib/elixir/lib/macro.ex b/lib/elixir/lib/macro.ex
index 72aa57ab75..b3f0e25ed1 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/lib/macro.ex
+++ b/lib/elixir/lib/macro.ex
@@ -442,28 +442,16 @@ defmodule Macro do
   """
   def expand(aliases, env)
 
-  # The first case we handle is __aliases__. In case
-  # aliases just contain one item, we are sure it is
-  # an atom, so we just expand it based on the aliases
-  # dict.
-  def expand({ :__aliases__, _, [h] }, env) when h != Elixir do
-    expand_alias(h, env)
-  end
+  def expand({ :__aliases__, _, _ } = original, env) do
+    case :elixir_aliases.expand(original, env.aliases) do
+      atom when is_atom(atom) -> atom
+      aliases ->
+        aliases = lc alias inlist aliases, do: expand(alias, env)
 
-  # In case aliases contains more than one item, we need
-  # to loop them checking if they are all atoms or not.
-  # Macros and pseudo-variables are then expanded.
-  def expand({ :__aliases__, _, [h|t] } = original, env) do
-    aliases = case h do
-      x when is_atom(x) and x != Elixir -> [expand_alias(x, env)|t]
-      _                                 -> [h|t]
-    end
-
-    aliases = lc alias inlist aliases, do: expand(alias, env)
-
-    case :lists.all(is_atom(&1), aliases) do
-      true  -> :elixir_aliases.concat(aliases)
-      false -> original
+        case :lists.all(is_atom(&1), aliases) do
+          true  -> :elixir_aliases.concat(aliases)
+          false -> original
+        end
     end
   end
 
@@ -524,11 +512,6 @@ defmodule Macro do
     :lists.any(match?({ :&, _, [_] }, &1), args)
   end
 
-  defp expand_alias(h, env) do
-    atom = list_to_atom('Elixir-' ++ atom_to_list(h))
-    :elixir_aliases.lookup(atom, env.aliases)
-  end
-
   @doc """
   Recurs the quoted expression checking if all sub terms are
   safe (i.e. they represented data structured and don't actually
diff --git a/lib/elixir/src/elixir_aliases.erl b/lib/elixir/src/elixir_aliases.erl
index 960403bffb..69eab249d7 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/src/elixir_aliases.erl
+++ b/lib/elixir/src/elixir_aliases.erl
@@ -1,10 +1,29 @@
 -module(elixir_aliases).
 -export([first/1, last/1, concat/1, safe_concat/1, lookup/2,
-  format_error/1, ensure_loaded/3]).
+  format_error/1, ensure_loaded/3, expand/2]).
 -include("elixir.hrl").
 -compile({parse_transform, elixir_transform}).
 
+%% Expand an alias returning an atom if possible.
+%% Otherwise returns the list of aliases args.
+
+expand({ '__aliases__', _Line, [H] }, Aliases) when H /= 'Elixir' ->
+  expand_alias(H, Aliases);
+
+expand({ '__aliases__', _Line, [H|T] }, Aliases) when is_atom(H) ->
+  concat(case H of
+    'Elixir' -> [H|T];
+    _        -> [expand_alias(H, Aliases)|T]
+  end);
+
+expand({ '__aliases__', _Line, List }, _Aliases) ->
+  List.
+
+expand_alias(H, Aliases) ->
+  lookup(list_to_atom("Elixir-" ++ atom_to_list(H)), Aliases).
+
 %% Ensure a module is loaded before its usage.
+
 ensure_loaded(_Line, 'Elixir.Kernel', _S) ->
   ok;
 
diff --git a/lib/elixir/src/elixir_dispatch.erl b/lib/elixir/src/elixir_dispatch.erl
index 2b75ba71ff..2170bd0d74 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/src/elixir_dispatch.erl
+++ b/lib/elixir/src/elixir_dispatch.erl
@@ -372,7 +372,5 @@ in_erlang_macros() ->
     {'or',2},
     {'receive',1},
     {'try',1},
-    {'var!',1},
-    {'var!',2},
     {'xor',2}
   ].
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/elixir/src/elixir_import.erl b/lib/elixir/src/elixir_import.erl
index f2f2e489c9..407131c4d4 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/src/elixir_import.erl
+++ b/lib/elixir/src/elixir_import.erl
@@ -318,5 +318,8 @@ non_overridable_macros() ->
     {'super','*'},
     {'super?',0},
     {'bc','*'},
-    {'lc','*'}
+    {'lc','*'},
+    {'var!',1},
+    {'var!',2},
+    {'alias!',1}
   ].
diff --git a/lib/elixir/src/elixir_macros.erl b/lib/elixir/src/elixir_macros.erl
index 796d1162ce..bb279fc617 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/src/elixir_macros.erl
+++ b/lib/elixir/src/elixir_macros.erl
@@ -232,10 +232,10 @@ translate({Kind, Line, [Call, Expr]}, S) when ?FUNS(Kind) ->
 
   assert_no_aliases_name(Line, Name, Args, S),
 
-  TName             = elixir_tree_helpers:abstract_syntax(Name),
-  TArgs             = elixir_tree_helpers:abstract_syntax(Args),
-  TGuards           = elixir_tree_helpers:abstract_syntax(Guards),
-  TExpr             = elixir_tree_helpers:abstract_syntax(Expr),
+  TName   = elixir_tree_helpers:abstract_syntax(Name),
+  TArgs   = elixir_tree_helpers:abstract_syntax(Args),
+  TGuards = elixir_tree_helpers:abstract_syntax(Guards),
+  TExpr   = elixir_tree_helpers:abstract_syntax(Expr),
 
   { elixir_def:wrap_definition(Kind, Line, TName, TArgs, TGuards, TExpr, S), S };
 
@@ -257,23 +257,7 @@ translate({ apply, Line, [Left, Right, Args] }, S) when is_list(Args) ->
 
 translate({ apply, Line, Args }, S) ->
   { TArgs, NS } = translate_args(Args, S),
-  { ?ELIXIR_WRAP_CALL(Line, erlang, apply, TArgs), NS };
-
-%% Handle forced variables
-
-translate({ 'var!', Line, [Arg] }, S) ->
-  translate({ 'var!', Line, [Arg, nil] }, S);
-
-translate({ 'var!', Line, [{Name, _, Atom}, Kind] }, S) when is_atom(Name), is_atom(Atom) ->
-  Expanded = elixir_scope:expand_var_context(Line, Kind, "invalid second argument for var!", S),
-  elixir_scope:translate_var(Line, Name, Expanded, S);
-
-translate({ 'var!', Line, [Name, Kind] }, S) when is_atom(Name) ->
-  Expanded = elixir_scope:expand_var_context(Line, Kind, "invalid second argument for var!", S),
-  elixir_scope:translate_var(Line, Name, Expanded, S);
-
-translate({ 'var!', Line, [_, _] }, S) ->
-  syntax_error(Line, S#elixir_scope.file, "invalid first argument for var!, expected a var or an atom").
+  { ?ELIXIR_WRAP_CALL(Line, erlang, apply, TArgs), NS }.
 
 %% Helpers
 
@@ -344,13 +328,13 @@ rewrite_case_clauses([{do,[{in,_,[{'_',_,_},[false,nil]]}],False},{do,[{'_',_,_}
 rewrite_case_clauses(Clauses) ->
   Clauses.
 
-module_ref(_Raw, Module, nil) ->
+module_ref(Raw, Module, Nesting) when is_atom(Raw); Nesting == nil ->
   Module;
 
-module_ref({ '__aliases__', _, ['Elixir'|_]}, Module, _Nesting) ->
+module_ref({ '__aliases__', _, ['Elixir'|_] }, Module, _Nesting) ->
   Module;
 
-module_ref(_F, Module, Nesting) ->
+module_ref(_Raw, Module, Nesting) ->
   elixir_aliases:concat([Nesting, Module]).
 
 is_reserved_data(moduledoc) -> true;
diff --git a/lib/elixir/src/elixir_quote.erl b/lib/elixir/src/elixir_quote.erl
index b717610390..886741fec5 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/src/elixir_quote.erl
+++ b/lib/elixir/src/elixir_quote.erl
@@ -45,6 +45,18 @@ quote(Else, Q, S) ->
 do_quote({ unquote, _Line, [Expr] }, #elixir_quote{unquote=true}, S) ->
   elixir_translator:translate_each(Expr, S);
 
+do_quote({ 'alias!', _Line, [Expr] }, Q, S) ->
+  do_quote(Expr, Q#elixir_quote{expand_aliases=false}, S);
+
+do_quote({ '__aliases__', Line, [H|_] = Aliases }, #elixir_quote{expand_aliases=true} = Q, S) when is_atom(H) and H /= 'Elixir' ->
+  { TAliases, SA } = do_quote(['Elixir'|Aliases], Q, S),
+
+  { { tuple, Line, [
+    { atom, Line, '__aliases__' },
+    line(Line, Q),
+    TAliases
+  ] }, SA };
+
 do_quote({ { { '.', Line, [Left, unquote] }, _, [Expr] }, _, Args }, #elixir_quote{unquote=true} = Q, S) ->
   All = [Left, { unquote, Line, [Expr] }, Args, S#elixir_scope.file],
   { TAll, TS } = lists:mapfoldl(fun(X, Acc) -> do_quote(X, Q, Acc) end, S, All),
@@ -59,7 +71,7 @@ do_quote({ Left, Line, nil }, Q, S) when is_atom(Left) ->
   Tuple = { tuple, Line, [
     { atom, Line, Left },
     line(Line, Q),
-    { atom, Line, Q#elixir_quote.marker }
+    { atom, Line, Q#elixir_quote.var_context }
   ] },
   { Tuple, S };
 
diff --git a/lib/elixir/src/elixir_scope.erl b/lib/elixir/src/elixir_scope.erl
index 4c5776b35a..ec56d94b3a 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/src/elixir_scope.erl
+++ b/lib/elixir/src/elixir_scope.erl
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
   serialize/1, deserialize/1,
   serialize_with_vars/2, deserialize_with_vars/2,
   to_erl_env/1, to_ex_env/1, filename/1,
-  umergev/2, umergec/2, merge_clause_vars/2,
-  expand_var_context/4
+  umergev/2, umergec/2, merge_clause_vars/2
   ]).
 -include("elixir.hrl").
 -compile({parse_transform, elixir_transform}).
@@ -80,18 +79,6 @@ build_ex_var(Line, Key, Name, S) ->
   Var = { ?ELIXIR_ATOM_CONCAT([Name, "@", Counter]), Line, Context },
   { Var, NS }.
 
-% Handle var contexts
-
-expand_var_context(_Line, Atom, _Msg, _S) when is_atom(Atom) -> Atom;
-
-expand_var_context(Line, Else, Msg, S) ->
-  Kind = 'Elixir.Macro':expand(Else, to_ex_env({ Line, S })),
-  case is_atom(Kind) of
-    true  -> Kind;
-    false -> elixir_errors:syntax_error(Line, S#elixir_scope.file,
-      "~ts, expected an atom or an alias", [Msg])
-  end.
-
 % Handle Macro.Env conversion
 
 to_erl_env(Scope) ->
diff --git a/lib/elixir/src/elixir_translator.erl b/lib/elixir/src/elixir_translator.erl
index 6e32b84fb8..f9885a4549 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/src/elixir_translator.erl
+++ b/lib/elixir/src/elixir_translator.erl
@@ -212,28 +212,20 @@ translate_each({ '__CALLER__', Line, Atom }, S) when is_atom(Atom) ->
 
 %% Aliases
 
-translate_each({ '__aliases__', Line, [H] }, S) when H /= 'Elixir'  ->
-  Atom = list_to_atom("Elixir-" ++ atom_to_list(H)),
-  { { atom, Line, elixir_aliases:lookup(Atom, S#elixir_scope.aliases) }, S };
+translate_each({ '__aliases__', Line, _ } = Alias, S) ->
+  case elixir_aliases:expand(Alias, S#elixir_scope.aliases) of
+    Atom when is_atom(Atom) -> { { atom, Line, Atom}, S };
+    Aliases ->
+      { TAliases, SA } = translate_args(Aliases, S),
 
-translate_each({ '__aliases__', Line, [H|T] }, S) ->
-  Aliases = if
-    is_atom(H) andalso (H /= 'Elixir') ->
-      Atom = list_to_atom("Elixir-" ++ atom_to_list(H)),
-      [elixir_aliases:lookup(Atom, S#elixir_scope.aliases)|T];
-    true ->
-      [H|T]
-  end,
-
-  { TAliases, SA } = translate_args(Aliases, S),
-
-  case lists:all(fun is_atom_tuple/1, TAliases) of
-    true ->
-      Atoms = [Atom || { atom, _, Atom } <- TAliases],
-      { { atom, Line, elixir_aliases:concat(Atoms) }, SA };
-    false ->
-      Args = [elixir_tree_helpers:build_simple_list(Line, TAliases)],
-      { ?ELIXIR_WRAP_CALL(Line, elixir_aliases, concat, Args), SA }
+      case lists:all(fun is_atom_tuple/1, TAliases) of
+        true ->
+          Atoms = [Atom || { atom, _, Atom } <- TAliases],
+          { { atom, Line, elixir_aliases:concat(Atoms) }, SA };
+        false ->
+          Args = [elixir_tree_helpers:build_simple_list(Line, TAliases)],
+          { ?ELIXIR_WRAP_CALL(Line, elixir_aliases, concat, Args), SA }
+      end
   end;
 
 %% Quoting
@@ -252,11 +244,11 @@ translate_each({ quote, GivenLine, [T] }, S) when is_list(T) ->
         syntax_error(GivenLine, S#elixir_scope.file, "invalid args for quote")
     end,
 
-  Marker = case lists:keyfind(var_context, 1, T) of
+  Context = case lists:keyfind(var_context, 1, T) of
     { var_context, VarContext } ->
-      elixir_scope:expand_var_context(GivenLine, VarContext,
+      expand_var_context(GivenLine, VarContext,
         "invalid argument given for var_context in quote", S);
-    _ ->
+    false ->
       case lists:keyfind(hygiene, 1, T) of
         { hygiene, false } -> nil;
         _ ->
@@ -267,14 +259,24 @@ translate_each({ quote, GivenLine, [T] }, S) when is_list(T) ->
       end
   end,
 
+  Aliases = case lists:keyfind(expand_aliases, 1, T) of
+    { expand_aliases, Bool } when is_boolean(Bool) ->
+      Bool;
+    false ->
+      case lists:keyfind(hygiene, 1, T) of
+        { hygiene, Bool } when is_boolean(Bool) -> Bool;
+        false -> true
+      end
+  end,
+
   { DefaultLine, DefaultFile } = case lists:keyfind(location, 1, T) of
     { location, keep }  -> { keep, keep };
-    _ -> { 0, nil }
+    false -> { 0, nil }
   end,
 
   Line = case lists:keyfind(line, 1, T) of
     { line, LineValue } -> LineValue;
-    _ -> DefaultLine
+    false -> DefaultLine
   end,
 
   { TLine, SL } = case Line of
@@ -284,7 +286,7 @@ translate_each({ quote, GivenLine, [T] }, S) when is_list(T) ->
 
   File = case lists:keyfind(file, 1, T) of
     { file, FileValue } -> FileValue;
-    _ -> DefaultFile
+    false -> DefaultFile
   end,
 
   TFile = case File of
@@ -306,11 +308,31 @@ translate_each({ quote, GivenLine, [T] }, S) when is_list(T) ->
     _ -> true
   end,
 
-  elixir_quote:quote(TExprs, #elixir_quote{marker=Marker, line=TLine, unquote=Unquote}, SL);
+  Q = #elixir_quote{var_context=Context, line=TLine, unquote=Unquote,
+        expand_aliases=Aliases, expand_imports=true},
+
+  elixir_quote:quote(TExprs, Q, SL);
 
 translate_each({ quote, GivenLine, [_] }, S) ->
   syntax_error(GivenLine, S#elixir_scope.file, "invalid args for quote");
 
+translate_each({ 'alias!', Line, [Arg] }, S) ->
+  translate_each(Arg, S);
+
+translate_each({ 'var!', Line, [Arg] }, S) ->
+  translate_each({ 'var!', Line, [Arg, nil] }, S);
+
+translate_each({ 'var!', Line, [{Name, _, Atom}, Kind] }, S) when is_atom(Name), is_atom(Atom) ->
+  Expanded = expand_var_context(Line, Kind, "invalid second argument for var!", S),
+  elixir_scope:translate_var(Line, Name, Expanded, S);
+
+translate_each({ 'var!', Line, [Name, Kind] }, S) when is_atom(Name) ->
+  Expanded = expand_var_context(Line, Kind, "invalid second argument for var!", S),
+  elixir_scope:translate_var(Line, Name, Expanded, S);
+
+translate_each({ 'var!', Line, [_, _] }, S) ->
+  syntax_error(Line, S#elixir_scope.file, "invalid first argument for var!, expected a var or an atom");
+
 %% Functions
 
 translate_each({ fn, Line, [[{do, { '->', _, Pairs }}]] }, S) ->
@@ -491,6 +513,19 @@ translate_local(Line, Name, Args, S) ->
   },
   { { call, Line, Remote, TArgs }, NS }.
 
+expand_var_context(_Line, Atom, _Msg, _S) when is_atom(Atom) -> Atom;
+
+expand_var_context(Line, { '__aliases__', _, _ } = Alias, Msg, S) ->
+  case translate_each(Alias, S) of
+    { { atom, _, Atom }, _ } ->
+      Atom;
+    _ ->
+      syntax_error(Line, S#elixir_scope.file, "~ts, expected a compile time available alias", [Msg])
+  end;
+
+expand_var_context(Line, _, Msg, S) ->
+  syntax_error(Line, S#elixir_scope.file, "~ts, expected an atom or an alias", [Msg]).
+
 %% Translate args
 
 %% Variables in arguments are not propagated from one
diff --git a/lib/elixir/test/elixir/kernel/quote_test.exs b/lib/elixir/test/elixir/kernel/quote_test.exs
index 34fabf83db..4bfa89cceb 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/test/elixir/kernel/quote_test.exs
+++ b/lib/elixir/test/elixir/kernel/quote_test.exs
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ defmodule Kernel.QuoteTest do
     assert quote(do: foo.unquote(:bar)(1)) == quote(do: foo.bar(1))
     assert quote(do: foo.unquote(:bar)(1) do 2 + 3 end) == quote(do: foo.bar(1) do 2 + 3 end)
 
-    assert Code.eval_quoted(quote(do: Foo.unquote(Bar)))  == { Foo.Bar, [] }
-    assert Code.eval_quoted(quote(do: Foo.unquote(quote do: Bar))) == { Foo.Bar, [] }
+    assert Code.eval_quoted(quote(do: Foo.unquote(Bar)))  == { Elixir.Foo.Bar, [] }
+    assert Code.eval_quoted(quote(do: Foo.unquote(quote do: Bar))) == { Elixir.Foo.Bar, [] }
 
     assert_raise SyntaxError, fn ->
       quote(do: foo.unquote(1))
@@ -142,3 +142,13 @@ defmodule Kernel.QuoteTest.VarHygieneTest do
     read_interference
   end
 end
+
+defmodule Kernel.QuoteTest.AliasHygieneTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: true
+
+  test :expand_aliases do
+    assert Code.eval_quoted(quote do: Foo.Bar)  == { Elixir.Foo.Bar, [] }
+    assert Code.eval_quoted(quote do: alias!(Foo.Bar))  == { Foo.Bar, [] }
+    assert Code.eval_quoted(quote expand_aliases: false, do: Foo.Bar)  == { Foo.Bar, [] }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/elixir/test/elixir/module_test.exs b/lib/elixir/test/elixir/module_test.exs
index bcaf6e4a46..c61c7a4eaf 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/test/elixir/module_test.exs
+++ b/lib/elixir/test/elixir/module_test.exs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ defmodule ModuleTest do
   Module.eval_quoted __MODULE__, contents, [], file: "sample.ex", line: 13
 
   defmacrop in_module(block) do
-    quote do
+    quote expand_aliases: false do
       defmodule Temp, unquote(block)
       :code.purge(Temp)
       :code.delete(Temp)
diff --git a/lib/elixir/test/elixir/typespec_test.exs b/lib/elixir/test/elixir/typespec_test.exs
index b4b6df7854..b81d34cf2d 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/test/elixir/typespec_test.exs
+++ b/lib/elixir/test/elixir/typespec_test.exs
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 Code.require_file "../test_helper.exs", __FILE__
 
-defmodule Typespec.Test.Type do
+defmodule Typespec.TypeTest do
   use ExUnit.Case, async: true
 
   # This macro allows us to focus on the result of the
   # definition and not on the hassles of handling test
   # module
   defmacrop test_module([{:do, block}]) do
-    quote do
+    quote expand_aliases: false do
       { :module, T, _binary, result } = defmodule T do
         unquote(block)
       end