diff --git a/compiler/patterns.nim b/compiler/patterns.nim
index 604d3521db..2336e44e76 100644
--- a/compiler/patterns.nim
+++ b/compiler/patterns.nim
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ proc matchNested(c: PPatternContext, p, n: PNode, rpn: bool): bool =
       result = bindOrCheck(c, p.sons[2].sym, arglist)
 
 proc matches(c: PPatternContext, p, n: PNode): bool =
-  # hidden conversions (?)
+  let n = skipHidden(n)
   if nfNoRewrite in n.flags:
     result = false
   elif isPatternParam(c, p):
diff --git a/compiler/types.nim b/compiler/types.nim
index 9aa991086f..c9cbfedb14 100644
--- a/compiler/types.nim
+++ b/compiler/types.nim
@@ -1448,6 +1448,18 @@ proc skipConv*(n: PNode): PNode =
       result = n.sons[1]
   else: discard
 
+proc skipHidden*(n: PNode): PNode =
+  result = n
+  while true:
+    case result.kind
+    of nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv:
+      if result.sons[1].typ.classify == result.typ.classify:
+        result = result.sons[1]
+      else: break
+    of nkHiddenDeref, nkHiddenAddr:
+      result = result.sons[0]
+    else: break
+
 proc skipConvTakeType*(n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n.skipConv
   result.typ = n.typ
diff --git a/tests/trmacros/tpatterns.nim b/tests/trmacros/tpatterns.nim
index 6bc8772e32..9079736377 100644
--- a/tests/trmacros/tpatterns.nim
+++ b/tests/trmacros/tpatterns.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 discard """
   output: '''48
-hel'''
+hel
+lo'''
 """
 
 template optZero{x+x}(x: int): int = x*3
@@ -15,3 +16,8 @@ s[0] = "hello"
 s[0] = substr(s[0], 0, 2)
 
 echo s[0]
+
+# Test varargs matching
+proc someVarargProc(k: varargs[string]) = doAssert(false) # this should not get called
+template someVarargProcSingleArg{someVarargProc([a])}(a: string) = echo a
+someVarargProc("lo")