diff --git a/src/parser_api.jl b/src/parser_api.jl
index bc45d22e..c48fef60 100644
--- a/src/parser_api.jl
+++ b/src/parser_api.jl
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ end
 
 function _parse(rule::Symbol, need_eof::Bool, ::Type{T}, text, index=1; version=VERSION,
                 ignore_trivia=true, filename=nothing, first_line=1, ignore_errors=false,
-                ignore_warnings=ignore_errors) where {T}
+                ignore_warnings=ignore_errors, kws...) where {T}
     stream = ParseStream(text, index; version=version)
     if ignore_trivia && rule != :all
         bump_trivia(stream, skip_newlines=true)
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function _parse(rule::Symbol, need_eof::Bool, ::Type{T}, text, index=1; version=
     # * It's kind of required for GreenNode, as GreenNode only records spans,
     #   not absolute positions.
     # * Dropping it would be ok for SyntaxNode and Expr...
-    tree = build_tree(T, stream; wrap_toplevel_as_kind=K"toplevel", filename=filename, first_line=first_line)
+    tree = build_tree(T, stream; wrap_toplevel_as_kind=K"toplevel", filename=filename, first_line=first_line, kws...)
     tree, last_byte(stream) + 1
 end
 
diff --git a/src/syntax_tree.jl b/src/syntax_tree.jl
index 7f87a81a..76c4e3d6 100644
--- a/src/syntax_tree.jl
+++ b/src/syntax_tree.jl
@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ end
 
 Base.show(io::IO, ::ErrorVal) = printstyled(io, "✘", color=:light_red)
 
-function SyntaxNode(source::SourceFile, raw::GreenNode{SyntaxHead}, position::Integer=1)
+function SyntaxNode(source::SourceFile, raw::GreenNode{SyntaxHead};
+                    keep_parens=false, position::Integer=1)
+    _to_SyntaxNode(source, raw, convert(Int, position), keep_parens)
+end
+
+function _to_SyntaxNode(source::SourceFile, raw::GreenNode{SyntaxHead},
+                        position::Int, keep_parens::Bool)
     if !haschildren(raw) && !(is_syntax_kind(raw) || is_keyword(raw))
         # Here we parse the values eagerly rather than representing them as
         # strings. Maybe this is good. Maybe not.
@@ -56,10 +62,13 @@ function SyntaxNode(source::SourceFile, raw::GreenNode{SyntaxHead}, position::In
         for (i,rawchild) in enumerate(children(raw))
             # FIXME: Allowing trivia is_error nodes here corrupts the tree layout.
             if !is_trivia(rawchild) || is_error(rawchild)
-                push!(cs, SyntaxNode(source, rawchild, pos))
+                push!(cs, _to_SyntaxNode(source, rawchild, pos, keep_parens))
             end
             pos += rawchild.span
         end
+        if !keep_parens && kind(raw) == K"parens" && length(cs) == 1
+            return cs[1]
+        end
         node = SyntaxNode(nothing, cs, SyntaxData(source, raw, position, nothing))
         for c in cs
             c.parent = node
@@ -182,10 +191,11 @@ end
 # shallow-copy the data
 Base.copy(data::SyntaxData) = SyntaxData(data.source, data.raw, data.position, data.val)
 
-function build_tree(::Type{SyntaxNode}, stream::ParseStream; filename=nothing, first_line=1, kws...)
+function build_tree(::Type{SyntaxNode}, stream::ParseStream;
+                    filename=nothing, first_line=1, keep_parens=false, kws...)
     green_tree = build_tree(GreenNode, stream; kws...)
     source = SourceFile(sourcetext(stream), filename=filename, first_line=first_line)
-    SyntaxNode(source, green_tree, first_byte(stream))
+    SyntaxNode(source, green_tree, position=first_byte(stream), keep_parens=keep_parens)
 end
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/test/expr.jl b/test/expr.jl
index 4cdc23c6..31c47ce9 100644
--- a/test/expr.jl
+++ b/test/expr.jl
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
              (s; kws...) -> JuliaSyntax.parsestmt(Expr, s; kws...),
              (s; kws...) -> JuliaSyntax.parseall(Expr, s; kws...))
         else
-            ((s; kws...) -> Expr(JuliaSyntax.parseatom(SyntaxNode, s; kws...)),
-             (s; kws...) -> Expr(JuliaSyntax.parsestmt(SyntaxNode, s; kws...)),
-             (s; kws...) -> Expr(JuliaSyntax.parseall(SyntaxNode, s; kws...)))
+            ((s; kws...) -> Expr(JuliaSyntax.parseatom(SyntaxNode, s; keep_parens=true, kws...)),
+             (s; kws...) -> Expr(JuliaSyntax.parsestmt(SyntaxNode, s; keep_parens=true, kws...)),
+             (s; kws...) -> Expr(JuliaSyntax.parseall(SyntaxNode, s; keep_parens=true, kws...)))
         end
 
     @testset "Quote nodes" begin
@@ -534,6 +534,16 @@
         @test parsestmt("return")  == Expr(:return, nothing)
     end
 
+    @testset "Large integer macros" begin
+        @test parsestmt("0x00000000000000001") ==
+            Expr(:macrocall, GlobalRef(Core, Symbol("@uint128_str")),
+                 nothing, "0x00000000000000001")
+
+        @test parsestmt("(0x00000000000000001)") ==
+            Expr(:macrocall, GlobalRef(Core, Symbol("@uint128_str")),
+                 nothing, "0x00000000000000001")
+    end
+
     @testset "struct" begin
         @test parsestmt("struct A end") ==
             Expr(:struct, false, :A, Expr(:block, LineNumberNode(1)))
diff --git a/test/parser.jl b/test/parser.jl
index 078c2cb3..e549b668 100644
--- a/test/parser.jl
+++ b/test/parser.jl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function parse_to_sexpr_str(production, code::AbstractString; v=v"1.6", expr=fal
     JuliaSyntax.validate_tokens(stream)
     t = build_tree(GreenNode, stream, wrap_toplevel_as_kind=K"None")
     source = SourceFile(code)
-    s = SyntaxNode(source, t)
+    s = SyntaxNode(source, t, keep_parens=true)
     if expr
         JuliaSyntax.remove_linenums!(Expr(s))
     else