diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/astbase.d b/compiler/src/dmd/astbase.d
index bdc489871c36..1d91dd290df8 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/astbase.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/astbase.d
@@ -4813,10 +4813,12 @@ struct ASTBase
         Expression thisexp;     // if !=null, 'this' for class being allocated
         ClassDeclaration cd;    // class being instantiated
         Expressions* arguments; // Array of Expression's to call class constructor
+        Expression placement;   // if != null, then PlacementExpression
 
-        extern (D) this(const ref Loc loc, Expression thisexp, ClassDeclaration cd, Expressions* arguments)
+        extern (D) this(const ref Loc loc, Expression placement, Expression thisexp, ClassDeclaration cd, Expressions* arguments)
         {
             super(loc, EXP.newAnonymousClass, __traits(classInstanceSize, NewAnonClassExp));
+            this.placement = placement;
             this.thisexp = thisexp;
             this.cd = cd;
             this.arguments = arguments;
@@ -5025,10 +5027,12 @@ struct ASTBase
         Type newtype;
         Expressions* arguments;     // Array of Expression's
         Identifiers* names;         // Array of names corresponding to expressions
+        Expression placement;       // if != null, then PlacementExpression
 
-        extern (D) this(const ref Loc loc, Expression thisexp, Type newtype, Expressions* arguments, Identifiers* names = null)
+        extern (D) this(const ref Loc loc, Expression placement, Expression thisexp, Type newtype, Expressions* arguments, Identifiers* names = null)
         {
             super(loc, EXP.new_, __traits(classInstanceSize, NewExp));
+            this.placement = placement;
             this.thisexp = thisexp;
             this.newtype = newtype;
             this.arguments = arguments;
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/backend/x86/cod2.d b/compiler/src/dmd/backend/x86/cod2.d
index c1913cf26d67..4bf010a8db6d 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/backend/x86/cod2.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/backend/x86/cod2.d
@@ -4664,7 +4664,7 @@ void cdrelconst(ref CGstate cg, ref CodeBuilder cdb,elem *e,ref regm_t pretregs)
         case TYildouble:
         case TYcldouble:
             tym = TYnptr;               // don't confuse allocreg()
-            if (pretregs & (mES | mCX) || e.Ety & mTYfar)
+            if (I16 && pretregs & (mES | mCX) || e.Ety & mTYfar)
             {
                 tym = TYfptr;
             }
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/dinterpret.d b/compiler/src/dmd/dinterpret.d
index 4e04a272141a..5848f7b851f3 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/dinterpret.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/dinterpret.d
@@ -2794,6 +2794,13 @@ public:
             printf("%s NewExp::interpret() %s\n", e.loc.toChars(), e.toChars());
         }
 
+        if (e.placement)
+        {
+            error(e.placement.loc, "`new ( %s )` PlacementExpression cannot be evaluated at compile time", e.placement.toChars());
+            result = CTFEExp.cantexp;
+            return;
+        }
+
         Expression epre = interpret(pue, e.argprefix, istate, CTFEGoal.Nothing);
         if (exceptionOrCant(epre))
             return;
@@ -5067,7 +5074,7 @@ public:
             auto ce = e.e2.isCallExp();
             assert(ce);
 
-            auto ne = new NewExp(e.loc, null, e.type, ce.arguments);
+            auto ne = new NewExp(e.loc, null, null, e.type, ce.arguments);
             ne.type = e.e1.type;
 
             result = interpret(ne, istate);
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d b/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d
index 173532af397c..470a4c681553 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d
@@ -1304,9 +1304,12 @@ private extern(C++) final class DsymbolSemanticVisitor : Visitor
                             ex = (cast(AssignExp)ex).e2;
                         if (auto ne = ex.isNewExp())
                         {
+                            if (ne.placement)
+                            {
+                            }
                             /* See if initializer is a NewExp that can be allocated on the stack.
                              */
-                            if (dsym.type.toBasetype().ty == Tclass)
+                            else if (dsym.type.toBasetype().ty == Tclass)
                             {
                                 /* Unsafe to allocate on stack if constructor is not `scope` because the `this` can leak.
                                  * https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23145
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/dtemplate.d b/compiler/src/dmd/dtemplate.d
index d46e4661a087..294f74eb3c70 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/dtemplate.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/dtemplate.d
@@ -3008,6 +3008,8 @@ private bool reliesOnTemplateParameters(Expression e, TemplateParameter[] tparam
         override void visit(NewExp e)
         {
             //printf("NewExp.reliesOnTemplateParameters('%s')\n", e.toChars());
+            if (e.placement)
+                e.placement.accept(this);
             if (e.thisexp)
                 e.thisexp.accept(this);
             result = e.newtype.reliesOnTemplateParameters(tparams);
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/e2ir.d b/compiler/src/dmd/e2ir.d
index 1aff7df4e7e1..1ffba4ac3685 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/e2ir.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/e2ir.d
@@ -1255,8 +1255,13 @@ elem* toElem(Expression e, ref IRState irs)
             elem *ezprefix = null;
             elem *ez = null;
 
-            // Call _d_newitemT()
-            if (auto lowering = ne.lowering)
+            if (ne.placement)
+            {
+                ex = toElem(ne.placement, irs);
+                ex = addressElem(ex, tclass, false);
+            }
+            else if (auto lowering = ne.lowering)
+                // Call _d_newitemT()
                 ex = toElem(ne.lowering, irs);
             else
                 assert(0, "This case should have been rewritten to `_d_newitemT` in the semantic phase");
@@ -1266,7 +1271,7 @@ elem* toElem(Expression e, ref IRState irs)
             elem *ev = el_same(ex);
 
             if (ne.argprefix)
-                    ezprefix = toElem(ne.argprefix, irs);
+                ezprefix = toElem(ne.argprefix, irs);
             if (ne.member)
             {
                 if (sd.isNested())
@@ -1298,10 +1303,12 @@ elem* toElem(Expression e, ref IRState irs)
             {
                 StructLiteralExp sle = StructLiteralExp.create(ne.loc, sd, ne.arguments, t);
                 ez = toElemStructLit(sle, irs, EXP.construct, ev.Vsym, false);
+                if (tybasic(ez.Ety) == TYstruct)
+                    ez = el_una(OPaddr, TYnptr, ez);
             }
             //elem_print(ex);
             //elem_print(ey);
-            //elem_print(ez);
+            //printf("ez:\n"); elem_print(ez);
 
             e = el_combine(ex, ey);
             e = el_combine(e, ew);
@@ -1321,8 +1328,16 @@ elem* toElem(Expression e, ref IRState irs)
         {
             elem *ezprefix = ne.argprefix ? toElem(ne.argprefix, irs) : null;
 
-            // call _d_newitemT()
-            e = toElem(ne.lowering, irs);
+            if (ne.placement)
+            {
+                e = toElem(ne.placement, irs);
+                e = addressElem(e, ne.newtype.toBasetype(), false);
+            }
+            else if (auto lowering = ne.lowering)
+                // Call _d_newitemT()
+                e = toElem(ne.lowering, irs);
+            else
+                assert(0, "This case should have been rewritten to `_d_newitemT` in the semantic phase");
 
             if (ne.arguments && ne.arguments.length == 1)
             {
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/escape.d b/compiler/src/dmd/escape.d
index e1b2ef791a7f..a954989fbd1f 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/escape.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/escape.d
@@ -1635,6 +1635,9 @@ void escapeExp(Expression e, ref scope EscapeByResults er, int deref)
 
     void visitNew(NewExp e)
     {
+        if (e.placement)
+            escapeExp(e.placement, er, deref);
+
         Type tb = e.newtype.toBasetype();
         if (tb.isTypeStruct() && !e.member && e.arguments)
         {
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/expression.d b/compiler/src/dmd/expression.d
index 3c79b02caa02..a05ff9092732 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/expression.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/expression.d
@@ -2554,6 +2554,7 @@ extern (C++) final class NewExp : Expression
     Type newtype;
     Expressions* arguments;     // Array of Expression's
     Identifiers* names;         // Array of names corresponding to expressions
+    Expression placement;       // if !=null, then PlacementExpression
 
     Expression argprefix;       // expression to be evaluated just before arguments[]
     CtorDeclaration member;     // constructor function
@@ -2566,23 +2567,25 @@ extern (C++) final class NewExp : Expression
     /// The fields are still separate for backwards compatibility
     extern (D) ArgumentList argumentList() { return ArgumentList(arguments, names); }
 
-    extern (D) this(const ref Loc loc, Expression thisexp, Type newtype, Expressions* arguments, Identifiers* names = null) @safe
+    extern (D) this(const ref Loc loc, Expression placement, Expression thisexp, Type newtype, Expressions* arguments, Identifiers* names = null) @safe
     {
         super(loc, EXP.new_);
+        this.placement = placement;
         this.thisexp = thisexp;
         this.newtype = newtype;
         this.arguments = arguments;
         this.names = names;
     }
 
-    static NewExp create(const ref Loc loc, Expression thisexp, Type newtype, Expressions* arguments) @safe
+    static NewExp create(const ref Loc loc, Expression placement, Expression thisexp, Type newtype, Expressions* arguments) @safe
     {
-        return new NewExp(loc, thisexp, newtype, arguments);
+        return new NewExp(loc, placement, thisexp, newtype, arguments);
     }
 
     override NewExp syntaxCopy()
     {
         return new NewExp(loc,
+            placement ? placement.syntaxCopy() : null,
             thisexp ? thisexp.syntaxCopy() : null,
             newtype.syntaxCopy(),
             arraySyntaxCopy(arguments),
@@ -2603,10 +2606,12 @@ extern (C++) final class NewAnonClassExp : Expression
     Expression thisexp;     // if !=null, 'this' for class being allocated
     ClassDeclaration cd;    // class being instantiated
     Expressions* arguments; // Array of Expression's to call class constructor
+    Expression placement;   // if !=null, then PlacementExpression
 
-    extern (D) this(const ref Loc loc, Expression thisexp, ClassDeclaration cd, Expressions* arguments) @safe
+    extern (D) this(const ref Loc loc, Expression placement, Expression thisexp, ClassDeclaration cd, Expressions* arguments) @safe
     {
         super(loc, EXP.newAnonymousClass);
+        this.placement = placement;
         this.thisexp = thisexp;
         this.cd = cd;
         this.arguments = arguments;
@@ -2614,7 +2619,9 @@ extern (C++) final class NewAnonClassExp : Expression
 
     override NewAnonClassExp syntaxCopy()
     {
-        return new NewAnonClassExp(loc, thisexp ? thisexp.syntaxCopy() : null, cd.syntaxCopy(null), arraySyntaxCopy(arguments));
+        return new NewAnonClassExp(loc, placement ? placement.syntaxCopy : null,
+                                        thisexp ? thisexp.syntaxCopy() : null,
+                                        cd.syntaxCopy(null), arraySyntaxCopy(arguments));
     }
 
     override void accept(Visitor v)
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/expression.h b/compiler/src/dmd/expression.h
index c353a191a662..39e6994e44dc 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/expression.h
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/expression.h
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ class NewExp final : public Expression
     Type *newtype;
     Expressions *arguments;     // Array of Expression's
     Identifiers *names;         // Array of names corresponding to expressions
+    Expression *placement;      // if !NULL, placement expression
 
     Expression *argprefix;      // expression to be evaluated just before arguments[]
 
@@ -518,7 +519,7 @@ class NewExp final : public Expression
 
     Expression *lowering;       // lowered druntime hook: `_d_newclass`
 
-    static NewExp *create(const Loc &loc, Expression *thisexp, Type *newtype, Expressions *arguments);
+    static NewExp *create(const Loc &loc, Expression *placement, Expression *thisexp, Type *newtype, Expressions *arguments);
     NewExp *syntaxCopy() override;
 
     void accept(Visitor *v) override { v->visit(this); }
@@ -532,6 +533,7 @@ class NewAnonClassExp final : public Expression
     Expression *thisexp;        // if !NULL, 'this' for class being allocated
     ClassDeclaration *cd;       // class being instantiated
     Expressions *arguments;     // Array of Expression's to call class constructor
+    Expression *placement;      // if !NULL, placement expression
 
     NewAnonClassExp *syntaxCopy() override;
     void accept(Visitor *v) override { v->visit(this); }
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d b/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
index 0e6bc114709d..820500fe8fe7 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
@@ -3130,7 +3130,7 @@ private bool functionParameters(const ref Loc loc, Scope* sc,
                     auto args = new Expressions(nargs - i);
                     foreach (u; i .. nargs)
                         (*args)[u - i] = (*arguments)[u];
-                    arg = new NewExp(loc, null, p.type, args);
+                    arg = new NewExp(loc, null, null, p.type, args);
                     break;
                 }
             default:
@@ -4902,6 +4902,19 @@ private extern (C++) final class ExpressionSemanticVisitor : Visitor
             return;
         }
 
+        if (exp.placement)
+        {
+            exp.placement = exp.placement.expressionSemantic(sc);
+            auto p = exp.placement;
+            if (p.op == EXP.error)
+                return setError();
+            if (!p.isLvalue())
+            {
+                error(p.loc, "PlacementExpression `%s` is an rvalue, but must be an lvalue", p.toChars());
+                return setError();
+            }
+        }
+
         //for error messages if the argument in [] is not convertible to size_t
         const originalNewtype = exp.newtype;
 
@@ -4988,6 +5001,18 @@ private extern (C++) final class ExpressionSemanticVisitor : Visitor
             return setError();
         }
 
+        if (exp.placement)
+        {
+            auto placementSize = size(exp.placement.type, exp.placement.loc);
+            auto objectSize = size(tb, exp.placement.loc);
+            //printf("placementSize: %lld objectSize: %lld\n", placementSize, objectSize);
+            if (placementSize < objectSize)
+            {
+                error(exp.placement.loc, "new placement size %llu must be >= object size %llu", placementSize, objectSize);
+                return setError();
+            }
+        }
+
         const size_t nargs = exp.arguments ? exp.arguments.length : 0;
         Expression newprefix = null;
 
@@ -5506,6 +5531,11 @@ private extern (C++) final class ExpressionSemanticVisitor : Visitor
         }
         else if (tb.ty == Taarray)
         {
+            if (exp.placement)
+            {
+                error(exp.placement.loc, "placement new cannot be used with associative arrays");
+                return setError();
+            }
             // e.g. `new Alias(args)`
             if (nargs)
             {
@@ -5555,7 +5585,7 @@ private extern (C++) final class ExpressionSemanticVisitor : Visitor
             sds.members.push(e.cd);
         }
 
-        Expression n = new NewExp(e.loc, e.thisexp, e.cd.type, e.arguments);
+        Expression n = new NewExp(e.loc, e.placement, e.thisexp, e.cd.type, e.arguments);
 
         Expression c = new CommaExp(e.loc, d, n);
         result = c.expressionSemantic(sc);
@@ -15244,6 +15274,8 @@ bool checkSharedAccess(Expression e, Scope* sc, bool returnRef = false)
 
         bool visitNew(NewExp e)
         {
+            if (e.placement)
+                check(e.placement, false);
             if (e.thisexp)
                 check(e.thisexp, false);
             return false;
@@ -15427,6 +15459,8 @@ Expression resolveLoc(Expression exp, const ref Loc loc, Scope* sc)
 
     Expression visitNew(NewExp exp)
     {
+        if (exp.placement)
+            exp.placement = exp.placement.resolveLoc(loc, sc);
         if (exp.thisexp)
             exp.thisexp = exp.thisexp.resolveLoc(loc, sc);
         if (exp.argprefix)
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/frontend.h b/compiler/src/dmd/frontend.h
index b36f54f6fbb8..ebccb5ab3e0f 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/frontend.h
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/frontend.h
@@ -3117,6 +3117,7 @@ class NewAnonClassExp final : public Expression
     Expression* thisexp;
     ClassDeclaration* cd;
     Array<Expression* >* arguments;
+    Expression* placement;
     NewAnonClassExp* syntaxCopy() override;
     void accept(Visitor* v) override;
 };
@@ -3128,12 +3129,13 @@ class NewExp final : public Expression
     Type* newtype;
     Array<Expression* >* arguments;
     Array<Identifier* >* names;
+    Expression* placement;
     Expression* argprefix;
     CtorDeclaration* member;
     bool onstack;
     bool thrownew;
     Expression* lowering;
-    static NewExp* create(const Loc& loc, Expression* thisexp, Type* newtype, Array<Expression* >* arguments);
+    static NewExp* create(const Loc& loc, Expression* placement, Expression* thisexp, Type* newtype, Array<Expression* >* arguments);
     NewExp* syntaxCopy() override;
     void accept(Visitor* v) override;
 };
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/hdrgen.d b/compiler/src/dmd/hdrgen.d
index 86131f2f11c9..363b2b407592 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/hdrgen.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/hdrgen.d
@@ -2423,6 +2423,13 @@ private void expressionPrettyPrint(Expression e, ref OutBuffer buf, ref HdrGenSt
             buf.writeByte('.');
         }
         buf.writestring("new ");
+        if (e.placement)
+        {
+            buf.writeByte('(');
+            expToBuffer(e.placement, PREC.assign, buf, hgs);
+            buf.writeByte(')');
+            buf.writeByte(' ');
+        }
         typeToBuffer(e.newtype, null, buf, hgs);
         if (e.arguments && e.arguments.length)
         {
@@ -2440,6 +2447,13 @@ private void expressionPrettyPrint(Expression e, ref OutBuffer buf, ref HdrGenSt
             buf.writeByte('.');
         }
         buf.writestring("new");
+        if (e.placement)
+        {
+            buf.writeByte(' ');
+            buf.writeByte('(');
+            expToBuffer(e.placement, PREC.assign, buf, hgs);
+            buf.writeByte(')');
+        }
         buf.writestring(" class ");
         if (e.arguments && e.arguments.length)
         {
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/inline.d b/compiler/src/dmd/inline.d
index 619af342678c..399bcdf0132a 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/inline.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/inline.d
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import dmd.errors;
 import dmd.func;
 import dmd.funcsem;
 import dmd.globals;
+import dmd.hdrgen;
 import dmd.id;
 import dmd.identifier;
 import dmd.init;
@@ -736,6 +737,7 @@ public:
                         goto LhasLowering;
                     }
 
+            ne.placement = doInlineAs!Expression(e.placement, ids);
             ne.thisexp = doInlineAs!Expression(e.thisexp, ids);
             ne.argprefix = doInlineAs!Expression(e.argprefix, ids);
             ne.arguments = arrayExpressionDoInline(e.arguments);
@@ -1001,7 +1003,7 @@ public:
     {
         static if (LOG)
         {
-            printf("ExpStatement.inlineScan(%s)\n", s.toChars());
+            printf("ExpStatement.inlineScan(%s)\n", toChars(s));
         }
         if (!s.exp)
             return;
@@ -2202,7 +2204,7 @@ private void expandInline(Loc callLoc, FuncDeclaration fd, FuncDeclaration paren
 
         static if (EXPANDINLINE_LOG)
             printf("\n[%s] %s expandInline sresult =\n%s\n",
-                callLoc.toChars(), fd.toPrettyChars(), sresult.toChars());
+                callLoc.toChars(), fd.toPrettyChars(), toChars(sresult));
     }
     else
     {
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/inlinecost.d b/compiler/src/dmd/inlinecost.d
index c6434d08d5b8..c0813d6f1c83 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/inlinecost.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/inlinecost.d
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ public:
     {
         //printf("NewExp.inlineCost3() %s\n", e.toChars());
         AggregateDeclaration ad = isAggregate(e.newtype);
-        if (ad && ad.isNested())
+        if (ad && ad.isNested() || e.placement)
             cost = COST_MAX;
         else
             cost++;
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/ob.d b/compiler/src/dmd/ob.d
index ee4b6525edc8..34ccc739f0cc 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/ob.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/ob.d
@@ -1725,6 +1725,8 @@ void genKill(ref ObState obstate, ObNode* ob)
 
             override void visit(NewExp e)
             {
+                if (e.placement)
+                    e.placement.accept(this);
                 if (e.arguments)
                 {
                     foreach (ex; *e.arguments)
@@ -2466,6 +2468,9 @@ void checkObErrors(ref ObState obstate)
 
             override void visit(NewExp e)
             {
+                if (e.placement)
+                    e.placement.accept(this);
+
                 if (e.arguments)
                 {
                     foreach (ex; *e.arguments)
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/optimize.d b/compiler/src/dmd/optimize.d
index 282575db62cc..2edfd6bdf64d 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/optimize.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/optimize.d
@@ -751,6 +751,7 @@ Expression optimize(Expression e, int result, bool keepLvalue = false)
 
     void visitNew(NewExp e)
     {
+        expOptimize(e.placement, WANTvalue);
         expOptimize(e.thisexp, WANTvalue);
         // Optimize parameters
         if (e.arguments)
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/parse.d b/compiler/src/dmd/parse.d
index e8324eb07106..2cd46b88dbbd 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/parse.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/parse.d
@@ -9516,7 +9516,17 @@ class Parser(AST, Lexer = dmd.lexer.Lexer) : Lexer
     {
         const loc = token.loc;
 
-        nextToken();
+        nextToken();     // skip past `new`
+
+        // parse PlacementExpression if any
+        AST.Expression placement;
+        if (token.value == TOK.leftParenthesis)
+        {
+            nextToken();
+            placement = parseAssignExp();
+            check(TOK.rightParenthesis);
+        }
+
         AST.Expressions* arguments = null;
         AST.Identifiers* names = null;
 
@@ -9552,7 +9562,7 @@ class Parser(AST, Lexer = dmd.lexer.Lexer) : Lexer
             }
 
             auto cd = new AST.ClassDeclaration(loc, id, baseclasses, members, false);
-            auto e = new AST.NewAnonClassExp(loc, thisexp, cd, arguments);
+            auto e = new AST.NewAnonClassExp(loc, placement, thisexp, cd, arguments);
             return e;
         }
 
@@ -9576,7 +9586,7 @@ class Parser(AST, Lexer = dmd.lexer.Lexer) : Lexer
             parseNamedArguments(arguments, names);
         }
 
-        auto e = new AST.NewExp(loc, thisexp, t, arguments, names);
+        auto e = new AST.NewExp(loc, placement, thisexp, t, arguments, names);
         return e;
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/visitor/postorder.d b/compiler/src/dmd/visitor/postorder.d
index af12f1e9e9ed..39c38a284f44 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/visitor/postorder.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/visitor/postorder.d
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ public:
     override void visit(NewExp e)
     {
         //printf("NewExp::apply(): %s\n", toChars());
-        doCond(e.thisexp) || doCond(e.arguments.peekSlice()) || applyTo(e);
+        doCond(e.placement) || doCond(e.thisexp) || doCond(e.arguments.peekSlice()) || applyTo(e);
     }
 
     override void visit(NewAnonClassExp e)
     {
         //printf("NewAnonClassExp::apply(): %s\n", toChars());
-        doCond(e.thisexp) || doCond(e.arguments.peekSlice()) || applyTo(e);
+        doCond(e.placement) || doCond(e.thisexp) || doCond(e.arguments.peekSlice()) || applyTo(e);
     }
 
     override void visit(TypeidExp e)
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/visitor/transitive.d b/compiler/src/dmd/visitor/transitive.d
index 952460c18cbe..9693e7adbe93 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/visitor/transitive.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/visitor/transitive.d
@@ -994,6 +994,8 @@ package(dmd.visitor) mixin template ParseVisitMethods(AST)
     override void visit(AST.NewExp e)
     {
         //printf("Visiting NewExp\n");
+        if (e.placement)
+            e.placement.accept(this);
         if (e.thisexp)
             e.thisexp.accept(this);
         visitType(e.newtype);
@@ -1003,6 +1005,8 @@ package(dmd.visitor) mixin template ParseVisitMethods(AST)
     override void visit(AST.NewAnonClassExp e)
     {
         //printf("Visiting NewAnonClassExp\n");
+        if (e.placement)
+            e.placement.accept(this);
         if (e.thisexp)
             e.thisexp.accept(this);
         visitArgs(e.arguments.peekSlice());
diff --git a/compiler/src/tests/cxxfrontend.cc b/compiler/src/tests/cxxfrontend.cc
index 51669b51a8e1..3450d02b2a5d 100644
--- a/compiler/src/tests/cxxfrontend.cc
+++ b/compiler/src/tests/cxxfrontend.cc
@@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@ class MiniGlueVisitor : public Visitor
         (void)d->csym;
         (void)d->vtblSymbol()->csym;
         (void)d->sinit;
-        NewExp *ne = NewExp::create(d->loc, NULL, d->type, NULL);
+        NewExp *ne = NewExp::create(d->loc, NULL, NULL, d->type, NULL);
         ne->type = d->type;
         Expression *e = dmd::ctfeInterpret(ne);
         assert(e->op == EXP::classReference);
diff --git a/compiler/test/fail_compilation/placenew.d b/compiler/test/fail_compilation/placenew.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..764bd76af111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/test/fail_compilation/placenew.d
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/* TEST_OUTPUT:
+---
+fail_compilation/placenew.d(21): Error: PlacementExpression `3` is an rvalue, but must be an lvalue
+fail_compilation/placenew.d(26): Error: undefined identifier `x`
+fail_compilation/placenew.d(34): Error: `new ( i )` PlacementExpression cannot be evaluated at compile time
+fail_compilation/placenew.d(37):        called from here: `xxx()`
+fail_compilation/placenew.d(37):        while evaluating: `static assert(xxx() == 1)`
+fail_compilation/placenew.d(46): Error: new placement size 24 must be >= object size 28
+fail_compilation/placenew.d(52): Error: placement new cannot be used with associative arrays
+---
+*/
+
+void test0()
+{
+    int i;
+    int* pi = new (i) int;
+}
+
+void test1()
+{
+    int* pi = new (3) int;
+}
+
+void test2()
+{
+    int* px = new (x) int;
+}
+
+void test3()
+{
+    int xxx()
+    {
+        int i;
+        int* pi = new (i) int(1);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    static assert(xxx() == 1);
+}
+
+struct S { int[6] a; }
+struct T { int[10] a; }
+
+void test4()
+{
+    S s;
+    new (s) T();
+}
+
+void test5()
+{
+    T p;
+    auto aa = new(p) int[int*];
+}
diff --git a/compiler/test/runnable/placenew.d b/compiler/test/runnable/placenew.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..19cf35a313d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/test/runnable/placenew.d
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+
+/*************************************************/
+
+struct S
+{
+    float d;
+    int i;
+    char c;
+}
+
+void test1()
+{
+    S s;
+    S* p = new (s) S();
+    assert(p.i == 0 && p.c == 0xFF);
+}
+
+void test2()
+{
+    S s;
+    S* p = new (s) S(i:3);
+    assert(p.i == 3 && p.c == 0xFF);
+}
+
+/*************************************************/
+
+struct S3
+{
+    int i;
+    this(int i) { this.i = i + 3; }
+}
+
+void test3()
+{
+    S3 s;
+    s.i = 20;
+    S3* p = new (s) S3(4);
+    assert(p.i == 7);
+}
+
+
+/*************************************************/
+
+void test4()
+{
+    int i = 3;
+    int* p = new(i) int;
+    *p = 4;
+    assert(i == 4);
+
+    p = new(i) int(7);
+    assert(i == 7);
+}
+
+/*************************************************/
+
+int main()
+{
+    test1();
+    test2();
+    test3();
+    test4();
+
+    return 0;
+}