diff --git a/src/OhMyThreads.jl b/src/OhMyThreads.jl
index cf8da9a4..568ba957 100644
--- a/src/OhMyThreads.jl
+++ b/src/OhMyThreads.jl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ using .Schedulers: Scheduler, DynamicScheduler, StaticScheduler, GreedyScheduler
                    SerialScheduler
 include("implementation.jl")
 
-export @tasks, @set, @local
+export @tasks, @set, @local, @barrier
 export treduce, tmapreduce, treducemap, tmap, tmap!, tforeach, tcollect
 export Scheduler, DynamicScheduler, StaticScheduler, GreedyScheduler, SerialScheduler
 
diff --git a/src/macro_impl.jl b/src/macro_impl.jl
index b4e74a58..d2482a2e 100644
--- a/src/macro_impl.jl
+++ b/src/macro_impl.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using OhMyThreads.Tools: SimpleBarrier
+
 function tasks_macro(forex)
     if forex.head != :for
         throw(ErrorException("Expected a for loop after `@tasks`."))
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ function tasks_macro(forex)
     locals_before, locals_names = _maybe_handle_atlocal_block!(forbody.args)
     tls_names = isnothing(locals_before) ? [] : map(x -> x.args[1], locals_before)
     _maybe_handle_atset_block!(settings, forbody.args)
+    setup_barrier = _maybe_handle_atbarrier!(forbody.args)
 
     forbody = esc(forbody)
     itrng = esc(itrng)
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ function tasks_macro(forex)
     end
     q = if isgiven(settings.reducer)
         quote
+            $setup_barrier
             $make_mapping_function
             tmapreduce(mapping_function, $(settings.reducer),
                 $(itrng))
@@ -46,12 +50,14 @@ function tasks_macro(forex)
     elseif isgiven(settings.collect)
         maybe_warn_useless_init(settings)
         quote
+            $setup_barrier
             $make_mapping_function
             tmap(mapping_function, $(itrng))
         end
     else
         maybe_warn_useless_init(settings)
         quote
+            $setup_barrier
             $make_mapping_function
             tforeach(mapping_function, $(itrng))
         end
@@ -68,7 +74,7 @@ function tasks_macro(forex)
     for (k, v) in settings.kwargs
         push!(kwexpr.args, Expr(:kw, k, v))
     end
-    insert!(q.args[4].args, 2, kwexpr)
+    insert!(q.args[6].args, 2, kwexpr)
 
     # wrap everything in a let ... end block
     # and, potentially, define the `TaskLocalValue`s.
@@ -151,16 +157,15 @@ function _atlocal_assign_to_exprs(ex)
         tls_type = esc(left_ex.args[2])
         local_before = :($(tl_storage) = TaskLocalValue{$tls_type}(() -> $(tls_def)))
     else
-        tls_sym  = esc(left_ex)
+        tls_sym = esc(left_ex)
         local_before = :($(tl_storage) = let f = () -> $(tls_def)
-                             TaskLocalValue{Core.Compiler.return_type(f, Tuple{})}(f)
-                         end)
+            TaskLocalValue{Core.Compiler.return_type(f, Tuple{})}(f)
+        end)
     end
     local_name = :($(tls_sym))
     return local_before, local_name
 end
 
-
 function _maybe_handle_atset_block!(settings, args)
     idcs = findall(args) do arg
         arg isa Expr && arg.head == :macrocall && arg.args[1] == Symbol("@set")
@@ -201,3 +206,19 @@ function _handle_atset_single_assign!(settings, ex)
         push!(settings.kwargs, sym => esc(def))
     end
 end
+
+function _maybe_handle_atbarrier!(args)
+    idcs = findall(args) do arg
+        arg isa Expr && arg.head == :macrocall && arg.args[1] == Symbol("@barrier")
+    end
+    isnothing(idcs) && return # no @barrier
+    setup_barrier = quote end
+    for i in idcs
+        @gensym barrier
+        # TODO: Problem... we need to know the number of tasks but I think we can't know that...
+        init_barrier_ex = esc(:($(barrier) = $(SimpleBarrier(10)))) # drop escape once merged with PR#93
+        push!(setup_barrier.args, init_barrier_ex)
+        args[i] = :(wait($(barrier)))
+    end
+    return setup_barrier
+end
diff --git a/src/macros.jl b/src/macros.jl
index 2c868144..daf8319c 100644
--- a/src/macros.jl
+++ b/src/macros.jl
@@ -151,3 +151,31 @@ end
         error("The @local macro may only be used inside of a @tasks block.")
     end
 end
+
+"""
+    @barrier
+
+This can be used inside a `@tasks for ... end` block to mark a barrier at which all tasks
+will wait for each other (synchronize) before moving on.
+
+## Example
+
+```julia
+using OhMyThreads: @tasks
+
+tstart = time_ns() * 1e-9
+now = () -> time_ns() * 1e-9 - tstart
+
+@tasks for i in 1:10
+    @set ntasks = 10
+
+    sleep(i * 0.2)
+    println(i, ": arriving at barrier (", now(), ")")
+    @barrier
+    println(i, ": moving on (", now(), ")")
+end
+```
+"""
+macro barrier()
+    error("The @barrier macro may only be used inside of a @tasks block.")
+end
diff --git a/src/tools.jl b/src/tools.jl
index 0e8983e0..c04d2716 100644
--- a/src/tools.jl
+++ b/src/tools.jl
@@ -24,4 +24,54 @@ Return a `UInt` identifier for the current running [Task](https://docs.julialang
 """
 taskid() = objectid(current_task())
 
+"""
+SimpleBarrier(n::Integer)
+
+Simple reusable barrier for `n` parallel tasks.
+
+Given `b = SimpleBarrier(n)` and `n` parallel tasks, each task that calls
+`wait(b)` will block until the other `n-1` tasks have called `wait(b)` as well.
+
+## Example
+```
+using OhMyThreads.Tools: SimpleBarrier, @tasks
+
+n = nthreads()
+barrier = SimpleBarrier(n)
+@tasks for i in 1:n
+    @set ntasks = n
+
+    println("A")
+    wait(barrier) # synchronize all tasks
+    println("B")
+    wait(barrier) # synchronize all tasks (reusable)
+    println("C")
+end
+```
+"""
+struct SimpleBarrier
+    n::Int64
+    c::Threads.Condition
+    cnt::Base.RefValue{Int64}
+
+    function SimpleBarrier(n::Integer)
+        new(n, Threads.Condition(), Base.RefValue{Int64}(0))
+    end
+end
+
+function Base.wait(b::SimpleBarrier)
+    lock(b.c)
+    try
+        b.cnt[] += 1
+        if b.cnt[] == b.n
+            b.cnt[] = 0
+            notify(b.c)
+        else
+            wait(b.c)
+        end
+    finally
+        unlock(b.c)
+    end
+end
+
 end # Tools