diff --git a/src/kiss/SpecialForms.hx b/src/kiss/SpecialForms.hx
index cc880ff..f941a38 100644
--- a/src/kiss/SpecialForms.hx
+++ b/src/kiss/SpecialForms.hx
@@ -657,19 +657,25 @@ class SpecialForms {
 
     public static function builtinMacroExpanders(k:KissState, ?context:FrontendContext) {
         var map:Map<String, MacroFunction> = [];
-
+        var macroExpand = Kiss.macroExpand.bind(_, k);
+        var expandTypeAliases = Helpers.expandTypeAliases.bind(_, k);
         // when macroExpanding an (object) expression, don't apply aliases to the field names
         map["object"] = (wholeExp:ReaderExp, args:Array<ReaderExp>, k:KissState) -> {
             var b = wholeExp.expBuilder();
             var pairs = Lambda.flatten([for (pair in args.groups(2)) {
-                [pair[0], Kiss.macroExpand(pair[1], k)];
+                [pair[0], macroExpand(pair[1])];
             }]);
             b.callSymbol("object", pairs);
         };
 
         map["lambda"] = (wholeExp:ReaderExp, args:Array<ReaderExp>, k:KissState) -> {
             var b = wholeExp.expBuilder();
-            b.callSymbol("lambda", [Helpers.expandTypeAliases(args[0], k)].concat([for (exp in args.slice(1)) Kiss.macroExpand(exp, k)]));
+            b.callSymbol("lambda", [expandTypeAliases(args[0])].concat([for (exp in args.slice(1)) macroExpand(exp)]));
+        };
+
+        map["localVar"] = (wholeExp:ReaderExp, args:Array<ReaderExp>, k:KissState) -> {
+            var b = wholeExp.expBuilder();
+            b.callSymbol("localVar", [expandTypeAliases(args[0]), macroExpand(args[1])]);
         };
 
         return map;
diff --git a/src/test/cases/MacroExpandTestCase.kiss b/src/test/cases/MacroExpandTestCase.kiss
index f096a42..34ff7e5 100644
--- a/src/test/cases/MacroExpandTestCase.kiss
+++ b/src/test/cases/MacroExpandTestCase.kiss
@@ -6,13 +6,21 @@
             expanded ,(printExp (macroExpand expression))]
         ,@b))
 
+(defMacro makeExampleNoValues [expression]
+    `{
+        ,(printExp expression)
+        ,(printExp (macroExpand expression))
+    })
+
 (function _testAllForms []
+    // object
     (makeExample
         (object
             Stream (Stream.fromString ""))
         normal.Stream
         expanded.Stream)
 
+    // lambda
     (makeExample
         (lambda [Stream] (Stream.fromString ""))
         (normal null)
@@ -23,4 +31,11 @@
         (normal null)
         (expanded null))
 
+    // localVar
+    (makeExampleNoValues
+        (localVar Stream (Stream.fromString "")))
+
+    (makeExampleNoValues
+        (localVar :Stream s (Stream.fromString "")))
+
     )
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