diff --git a/liblll/CompilerState.cpp b/liblll/CompilerState.cpp
index c76ef655d..720785353 100644
--- a/liblll/CompilerState.cpp
+++ b/liblll/CompilerState.cpp
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ void CompilerState::populateStandard()
 	"(def 'msg (gaslimit to value data) { [0]:data (msg gaslimit to value 0 32) })"
 	"(def 'msg (to value data) { [0]:data (msg allgas to value 0 32) })"
 	"(def 'msg (to data) { [0]:data (msg allgas to 0 0 32) })"
-	"(def 'create (value code) { [0]:(msize) (create value @0 (lll code @0)) })"
-	"(def 'create (code) { [0]:(msize) (create 0 @0 (lll code @0)) })"
+	// NOTE: in the create macros, memory location 0 is set in order to force msize to be at least 32 bytes.
+	"(def 'create (value code) { [0]:0 [0]:(msize) (create value @0 (lll code @0)) })"
+	"(def 'create (code) { [0]:0 [0]:(msize) (create 0 @0 (lll code @0)) })"
 	"(def 'sha3 (loc len) (keccak256 loc len))"
 	"(def 'sha3 (val) { [0]:val (sha3 0 32) })"
 	"(def 'sha3pair (a b) { [0]:a [32]:b (sha3 0 64) })"
diff --git a/test/liblll/EndToEndTest.cpp b/test/liblll/EndToEndTest.cpp
index a01eaca00..50949e982 100644
--- a/test/liblll/EndToEndTest.cpp
+++ b/test/liblll/EndToEndTest.cpp
@@ -366,6 +366,34 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(keccak256_32bytes)
 		fromHex("b10e2d527612073b26eecdfd717e6a320cf44b4afac2b0732d9fcbe2b7fa0cf6")));
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(create_1_arg)
+{
+	char const* sourceCode = R"(
+		(returnlll
+			(seq
+				(call allgas
+					(create (returnlll (return 42)))
+					0 0 0 0x00 0x20)
+				(return 0x00 0x20)))
+	)";
+	compileAndRun(sourceCode);
+	BOOST_CHECK(callFallback() == encodeArgs(u256(42)));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(create_2_args)
+{
+	char const* sourceCode = R"(
+		(returnlll
+			(seq
+				(call allgas
+					(create 42 (returnlll (return (balance (address)))))
+					0 0 0 0x00 0x20)
+				(return 0x00 0x20)))
+	)";
+	compileAndRun(sourceCode);
+	BOOST_CHECK(callFallbackWithValue(42) == encodeArgs(u256(42)));
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(sha3_two_args)
 {
 	char const* sourceCode = R"(