diff --git a/compiler-core/src/parse.rs b/compiler-core/src/parse.rs
index b4322997ea8..61e9d946ea3 100644
--- a/compiler-core/src/parse.rs
+++ b/compiler-core/src/parse.rs
@@ -465,15 +465,6 @@ where
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn parse_expression_unit_collapsing_single_value_blocks(
-        &mut self,
-    ) -> Result<Option<UntypedExpr>, ParseError> {
-        match self.parse_expression_unit()? {
-            Some(expression) => Ok(Some(expression)),
-            None => Ok(None),
-        }
-    }
-
     // examples:
     //   1
     //   "one"
@@ -545,6 +536,16 @@ where
                 }
             }
 
+            Some((start, Token::Echo, end)) => {
+                self.advance();
+                let expression = self.parse_expression_unit()?;
+                let end = expression.as_ref().map_or(end, |e| e.location().end);
+                UntypedExpr::Echo {
+                    location: SrcSpan { start, end },
+                    expression: expression.map(Box::new),
+                }
+            }
+
             Some((start, Token::Hash, _)) => {
                 self.advance();
                 let _ = self.expect_one(&Token::LeftParen)?;
@@ -646,7 +647,7 @@ where
                     &|s| {
                         Parser::parse_bit_array_segment(
                             s,
-                            &Parser::parse_expression_unit_collapsing_single_value_blocks,
+                            &Parser::parse_expression_unit,
                             &Parser::expect_expression,
                             &bit_array_expr_int,
                         )
diff --git a/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_followed_by_expression_ends_where_expression_ends.snap b/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_followed_by_expression_ends_where_expression_ends.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4a877aee788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_followed_by_expression_ends_where_expression_ends.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+source: compiler-core/src/parse/tests.rs
+expression: echo wibble
+---
+[
+    Expression(
+        Echo {
+            location: SrcSpan {
+                start: 0,
+                end: 11,
+            },
+            expression: Some(
+                Var {
+                    location: SrcSpan {
+                        start: 5,
+                        end: 11,
+                    },
+                    name: "wibble",
+                },
+            ),
+        },
+    ),
+]
diff --git a/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_has_greater_precedence_than_binop.snap b/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_has_greater_precedence_than_binop.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c19d4462f04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_has_greater_precedence_than_binop.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+---
+source: compiler-core/src/parse/tests.rs
+expression: echo 1 + 1
+---
+[
+    Expression(
+        BinOp {
+            location: SrcSpan {
+                start: 0,
+                end: 10,
+            },
+            name: AddInt,
+            left: Echo {
+                location: SrcSpan {
+                    start: 0,
+                    end: 6,
+                },
+                expression: Some(
+                    Int {
+                        location: SrcSpan {
+                            start: 5,
+                            end: 6,
+                        },
+                        value: "1",
+                    },
+                ),
+            },
+            right: Int {
+                location: SrcSpan {
+                    start: 9,
+                    end: 10,
+                },
+                value: "1",
+            },
+        },
+    ),
+]
diff --git a/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_in_a_pipeline.snap b/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_in_a_pipeline.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72f20d6e365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_in_a_pipeline.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+---
+source: compiler-core/src/parse/tests.rs
+expression: "[] |> echo |> wibble"
+---
+[
+    Expression(
+        PipeLine {
+            expressions: [
+                List {
+                    location: SrcSpan {
+                        start: 0,
+                        end: 2,
+                    },
+                    elements: [],
+                    tail: None,
+                },
+                Echo {
+                    location: SrcSpan {
+                        start: 6,
+                        end: 10,
+                    },
+                    expression: None,
+                },
+                Var {
+                    location: SrcSpan {
+                        start: 14,
+                        end: 20,
+                    },
+                    name: "wibble",
+                },
+            ],
+        },
+    ),
+]
diff --git a/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_in_a_pipeline_with_an_expression_ater_it.snap b/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_in_a_pipeline_with_an_expression_ater_it.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04a567ddd83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_in_a_pipeline_with_an_expression_ater_it.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+---
+source: compiler-core/src/parse/tests.rs
+expression: "[] |> echo fun |> wibble"
+---
+[
+    Expression(
+        PipeLine {
+            expressions: [
+                List {
+                    location: SrcSpan {
+                        start: 0,
+                        end: 2,
+                    },
+                    elements: [],
+                    tail: None,
+                },
+                Echo {
+                    location: SrcSpan {
+                        start: 6,
+                        end: 14,
+                    },
+                    expression: Some(
+                        Var {
+                            location: SrcSpan {
+                                start: 11,
+                                end: 14,
+                            },
+                            name: "fun",
+                        },
+                    ),
+                },
+                Var {
+                    location: SrcSpan {
+                        start: 18,
+                        end: 24,
+                    },
+                    name: "wibble",
+                },
+            ],
+        },
+    ),
+]
diff --git a/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_with_block.snap b/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_with_block.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6fccc7be25b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_with_block.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+---
+source: compiler-core/src/parse/tests.rs
+expression: "echo { 1 + 1 }"
+---
+[
+    Expression(
+        Echo {
+            location: SrcSpan {
+                start: 0,
+                end: 14,
+            },
+            expression: Some(
+                Block {
+                    location: SrcSpan {
+                        start: 5,
+                        end: 14,
+                    },
+                    statements: [
+                        Expression(
+                            BinOp {
+                                location: SrcSpan {
+                                    start: 7,
+                                    end: 12,
+                                },
+                                name: AddInt,
+                                left: Int {
+                                    location: SrcSpan {
+                                        start: 7,
+                                        end: 8,
+                                    },
+                                    value: "1",
+                                },
+                                right: Int {
+                                    location: SrcSpan {
+                                        start: 11,
+                                        end: 12,
+                                    },
+                                    value: "1",
+                                },
+                            },
+                        ),
+                    ],
+                },
+            ),
+        },
+    ),
+]
diff --git a/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_with_no_expressions_after_it.snap b/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_with_no_expressions_after_it.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d6c960faeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_with_no_expressions_after_it.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+source: compiler-core/src/parse/tests.rs
+expression: echo
+---
+[
+    Expression(
+        Echo {
+            location: SrcSpan {
+                start: 0,
+                end: 4,
+            },
+            expression: None,
+        },
+    ),
+]
diff --git a/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_with_panic.snap b/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_with_panic.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6c4b6010365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__echo_with_panic.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+source: compiler-core/src/parse/tests.rs
+expression: "echo panic as \"a\""
+---
+[
+    Expression(
+        Echo {
+            location: SrcSpan {
+                start: 0,
+                end: 17,
+            },
+            expression: Some(
+                Panic {
+                    location: SrcSpan {
+                        start: 5,
+                        end: 17,
+                    },
+                    message: Some(
+                        String {
+                            location: SrcSpan {
+                                start: 14,
+                                end: 17,
+                            },
+                            value: "a",
+                        },
+                    ),
+                },
+            ),
+        },
+    ),
+]
diff --git a/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__panic_with_echo.snap b/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__panic_with_echo.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc367fd86a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__panic_with_echo.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+source: compiler-core/src/parse/tests.rs
+expression: "panic as echo \"string\""
+---
+[
+    Expression(
+        Panic {
+            location: SrcSpan {
+                start: 0,
+                end: 22,
+            },
+            message: Some(
+                Echo {
+                    location: SrcSpan {
+                        start: 9,
+                        end: 22,
+                    },
+                    expression: Some(
+                        String {
+                            location: SrcSpan {
+                                start: 14,
+                                end: 22,
+                            },
+                            value: "string",
+                        },
+                    ),
+                },
+            ),
+        },
+    ),
+]
diff --git a/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__repeated_echos.snap b/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__repeated_echos.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..70b9afbb9e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler-core/src/parse/snapshots/gleam_core__parse__tests__repeated_echos.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+---
+source: compiler-core/src/parse/tests.rs
+expression: echo echo echo 1
+---
+[
+    Expression(
+        Echo {
+            location: SrcSpan {
+                start: 0,
+                end: 16,
+            },
+            expression: Some(
+                Echo {
+                    location: SrcSpan {
+                        start: 5,
+                        end: 16,
+                    },
+                    expression: Some(
+                        Echo {
+                            location: SrcSpan {
+                                start: 10,
+                                end: 16,
+                            },
+                            expression: Some(
+                                Int {
+                                    location: SrcSpan {
+                                        start: 15,
+                                        end: 16,
+                                    },
+                                    value: "1",
+                                },
+                            ),
+                        },
+                    ),
+                },
+            ),
+        },
+    ),
+]
diff --git a/compiler-core/src/parse/tests.rs b/compiler-core/src/parse/tests.rs
index d90e78b9e3e..a6fdeee8e14 100644
--- a/compiler-core/src/parse/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler-core/src/parse/tests.rs
@@ -466,6 +466,51 @@ fn no_eq_after_binding1() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn echo_followed_by_expression_ends_where_expression_ends() {
+    assert_parse!("echo wibble");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn echo_with_no_expressions_after_it() {
+    assert_parse!("echo");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn echo_with_block() {
+    assert_parse!("echo { 1 + 1 }");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn echo_has_greater_precedence_than_binop() {
+    assert_parse!("echo 1 + 1");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn echo_in_a_pipeline() {
+    assert_parse!("[] |> echo |> wibble");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn echo_in_a_pipeline_with_an_expression_ater_it() {
+    assert_parse!("[] |> echo fun |> wibble");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn panic_with_echo() {
+    assert_parse!("panic as echo \"string\"");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn echo_with_panic() {
+    assert_parse!("echo panic as \"a\"");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn repeated_echos() {
+    assert_parse!("echo echo echo 1");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn no_let_binding_snapshot_1() {
     assert_error!("wibble = 4");