diff --git a/fixtures/0015-hoist.php b/fixtures/0015-hoist.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b886a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixtures/0015-hoist.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+function foo() {
+	
+	$x = 0;
+	
+	if (++$x >= 1) {
+		echo "OK in func";
+	}
+
+}
+
+$y = 0;
+
+if (++$y >= 1) {
+	echo "OK in root";
+}
diff --git a/hoistpass.go b/hoistpass.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fff0465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hoistpass.go
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/z7zmey/php-parser/node"
+	"github.com/z7zmey/php-parser/node/expr"
+	"github.com/z7zmey/php-parser/node/expr/binary"
+	"github.com/z7zmey/php-parser/node/stmt"
+
+	"php2go/parseutil"
+)
+
+type hoistPass struct {
+	mw        *parseutil.MutatingWalker
+	nextHoist func(stmts ...node.Node) error
+}
+
+func (this *hoistPass) Enter(n_ *node.Node) error {
+	n := *n_ // not a copy
+
+	switch n := n.(type) {
+	case *stmt.StmtList:
+		return this.enterStmtList(&n.Stmts) // We can inject extra entries here
+
+	case *stmt.Function:
+		// We can inject extra entries here
+		// Note that we are NOT walking the other parts of this AST node
+		//  (e.g. function parameters, function name, ...) since presumably they
+		//  can't contain any hoistable statements
+		return this.enterStmtList(&n.Stmts)
+
+	case *node.Root:
+		return this.enterStmtList(&n.Stmts)
+
+	case *binary.BooleanAnd:
+		return this.enterShortCircuitingBinOp(&n.Left, &n.Right)
+
+	case *binary.BooleanOr:
+		return this.enterShortCircuitingBinOp(&n.Left, &n.Right)
+
+	case *binary.LogicalAnd:
+		return this.enterShortCircuitingBinOp(&n.Left, &n.Right)
+
+	case *binary.LogicalOr:
+		return this.enterShortCircuitingBinOp(&n.Left, &n.Right)
+
+	case *expr.PreInc:
+		// Hoist the whole increment expression up to statement context
+		// We also have to convert it to a post-increment
+		err := this.nextHoist(stmt.NewExpression(expr.NewPostInc(n.Variable)))
+		if err != nil {
+			return parseErr{n, err}
+		}
+
+		// We also need to replace our own node with just the value itself
+		*n_ = n.Variable
+
+	}
+
+	return nil // TODO
+}
+
+func (this *hoistPass) enterShortCircuitingBinOp(left, right *node.Node) error {
+	// These wreck our ability to hoist, since we can't neccessarily just move
+	// the right-hand side operand out
+	// Although it's still safe to walk the left-hand side
+	err := this.mw.Walk(left)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	lastHoist := this.nextHoist
+	this.nextHoist = func(stmts ...node.Node) error {
+		return parseErr{*right, fmt.Errorf("Can't determine how to hoist expression on right-hand side of && expression")}
+	}
+	err = this.mw.Walk(right)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	this.nextHoist = lastHoist
+
+	return parseutil.ErrDoNotWalkDeeper // since we already did it
+}
+
+func (this *hoistPass) enterStmtList(stmtList *[]node.Node) error {
+
+	// We can inject extra entries here
+	// In order to do so, we need to perform the interior Walk ourselves
+	// so that we know exactly where to put the extra entries
+
+	// Take stmtList by pointer so we can replace the slice outright
+
+	anyMutations := false
+	lastHoist := this.nextHoist
+
+	ret := make([]node.Node, 0, len(*stmtList))
+
+	this.nextHoist = func(stmts ...node.Node) error {
+		anyMutations = true
+		ret = append(ret, stmts...)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	for i, _ := range *stmtList {
+		err := this.mw.Walk(&(*stmtList)[i])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		ret = append(ret, (*stmtList)[i]) // *after* the hoisted statements
+	}
+
+	this.nextHoist = lastHoist
+
+	if anyMutations {
+		*stmtList = ret // our modified copy
+	}
+
+	return parseutil.ErrDoNotWalkDeeper // since we already did it
+}
+
+func runHoistPass(root *node.Node) error {
+	hp := hoistPass{}
+
+	hp.mw = &parseutil.MutatingWalker{
+		EnterNode: hp.Enter,
+		LeaveNode: parseutil.MutatingWalkerNoop,
+	}
+	hp.nextHoist = func(stmts ...node.Node) error {
+		return fmt.Errorf("nowhere available to hoist %d statements", len(stmts))
+	}
+
+	return hp.mw.Walk(root)
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 809bedc..9874e62 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ func ConvertFile(filename string) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
+	// Pass 1.5: Hoist some expressions out of rvalue contexts
+	err = runHoistPass(&n)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
 	// Debug pass: Walk and print JSON...
 	if fh, err := os.OpenFile(filename+`.parse2.json`, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0644); err == nil {
 		v := visitor.NewPrettyJsonDumper(fh, namespaces)