diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fb8e9cc..2064bec 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 OCAMLC ?= ocamlc
 
 .PHONY: all test clean
-all: fieldglass.cma
+all: fieldglass.cma rewrite
+
+rewrite: rewrite.ml
+	$(OCAMLC) -I +compiler-libs ocamlcommon.cma $< -o $@
 
 fieldglass.cmi: fieldglass.mli
 	$(OCAMLC) -c $<
@@ -15,6 +18,8 @@ fieldglass.cma: fieldglass.cmo
 test: all
 	$(OCAMLC) fieldglass.cma runtime.ml -o runtime.byte
 	./runtime.byte
+	$(OCAMLC) -ppx ./rewrite fieldglass.cma record.ml -o record.byte
+	./record.byte
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.cmi *.cmo *.cma *.byte rewrite
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 40c2f64..939cb31 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 Lenses for reading and updating immutable data in OCaml.
 
+Annotate a record with `[@@fieldglass generate]` to generate field accessors.
+The `[@@lens generate]` spelling is also accepted.
+
 Build with `make`; run the checks with `make test`.
 
 The `_hd` and `_tl` lenses raise `Invalid_argument` on empty lists.
diff --git a/fieldglass.install b/fieldglass.install
index 6fc7c99..6698d8f 100644
--- a/fieldglass.install
+++ b/fieldglass.install
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+bin: ["rewrite" {"fieldglass"}]
 lib: ["fieldglass.cmi" "fieldglass.cma" "fieldglass.mli" "META"]
diff --git a/record.ml b/record.ml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e5da30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/record.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module Colour = struct
+  type t = { red : int; green : int; blue : int } [@@fieldglass generate]
+end
+
+module Legacy = struct
+  type t = { value : string } [@@lens generate]
+end
+
+let () =
+  let colour = Colour.{ red = 3; green = 4; blue = 5 } in
+  assert (Colour.red colour = 3);
+  assert (Colour.green colour = 4);
+  assert (Legacy.value Legacy.{ value = "grey" } = "grey")
diff --git a/rewrite.ml b/rewrite.ml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23cc164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rewrite.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+open Asttypes
+open Parsetree
+open Ast_helper
+
+let ident ~loc name = Location.mkloc (Longident.Lident name) loc
+let value ~loc name = Exp.ident ~loc (ident ~loc name)
+let variable ~loc name = Pat.var ~loc (Location.mkloc name loc)
+let lambda ~loc label pattern body = Exp.fun_ ~loc label None pattern body
+
+let is_marker (name, _) = name.txt = "fieldglass" || name.txt = "lens"
+
+let configured declaration =
+  match List.filter is_marker declaration.ptype_attributes with
+  | [] -> false
+  | [(_, PStr [{ pstr_desc = Pstr_eval
+      ({ pexp_desc = Pexp_ident { txt = Longident.Lident "generate"; _ }; _ }, _); _ }])] -> true
+  | _ -> Location.raise_errorf ~loc:declaration.ptype_loc
+      "fieldglass: expected [@@fieldglass generate]"
+
+let generate declaration =
+  let loc = declaration.ptype_loc in
+  let fields = match declaration.ptype_kind with
+    | Ptype_record fields -> fields
+    | _ -> Location.raise_errorf ~loc "fieldglass: expected a record type"
+  in
+  let source = value ~loc "__fg_source" in
+  let source_pattern = Pat.constraint_ ~loc (variable ~loc "__fg_source")
+      (Typ.constr ~loc (ident ~loc declaration.ptype_name.txt)
+         (List.map (fun _ -> Typ.any ~loc ()) declaration.ptype_params)) in
+  List.map (fun field ->
+    let name = field.pld_name.txt in
+    let getter = lambda ~loc Nolabel source_pattern
+        (Exp.field ~loc source (ident ~loc name)) in
+    Str.value ~loc Nonrecursive [Vb.mk ~loc (variable ~loc name) getter]) fields
+
+let structure mapper items =
+  List.concat (List.map (fun item ->
+    let item = Ast_mapper.default_mapper.structure_item mapper item in
+    match item.pstr_desc with
+    | Pstr_type (recursive, declarations) ->
+        let generated = List.concat (List.map (fun declaration ->
+          if configured declaration then generate declaration else []) declarations) in
+        let declarations = List.map (fun declaration ->
+          { declaration with ptype_attributes =
+              List.filter (fun attribute -> not (is_marker attribute)) declaration.ptype_attributes }) declarations in
+        { item with pstr_desc = Pstr_type (recursive, declarations) } :: generated
+    | _ -> [item]) items)
+
+let () = Ast_mapper.register "fieldglass"
+    (fun _ -> { Ast_mapper.default_mapper with structure })