diff --git a/Lib/lib2to3/Grammar.txt b/Lib/lib2to3/Grammar.txt
index 2abd5ee..ded0325 100644
--- a/Lib/lib2to3/Grammar.txt
+++ b/Lib/lib2to3/Grammar.txt
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@
        '{' [dictsetmaker] '}' |
        '`' testlist1 '`' |
        NAME | NUMBER | STRING+ | '.' '.' '.')
-listmaker: (test|star_expr) ( comp_for | (',' (test|star_expr))* [','] )
-testlist_gexp: (test|star_expr) ( comp_for | (',' (test|star_expr))* [','] )
+listmaker: (test|star_expr) ( old_comp_for | (',' (test|star_expr))* [','] )
+testlist_gexp: (test|star_expr) ( old_comp_for | (',' (test|star_expr))* [','] )
 lambdef: 'lambda' [varargslist] ':' test
 trailer: '(' [arglist] ')' | '[' subscriptlist ']' | '.' NAME
 subscriptlist: subscript (',' subscript)* [',']
@@ -161,9 +161,28 @@
 	    star_expr )
 
 comp_iter: comp_for | comp_if
-comp_for: [ASYNC] 'for' exprlist 'in' testlist_safe [comp_iter]
+comp_for: [ASYNC] 'for' exprlist 'in' or_test [comp_iter]
 comp_if: 'if' old_test [comp_iter]
 
+# As noted above, testlist_safe extends the syntax allowed in list
+# comprehensions and generators. We can't use it indiscriminately in all
+# derivations using a comp_for-like pattern because the testlist_safe derivation
+# contains comma which clashes with trailing comma in arglist.
+#
+# This was an issue because the parser would not follow the correct derivation
+# when parsing syntactically valid Python code. Since testlist_safe was created
+# specifically to handle list comprehensions and generator expressions enclosed
+# with parentheses, it's safe to only use it in those. That avoids the issue; we
+# can parse code like set(x for x in [],).
+#
+# The syntax supported by this set of rules is not a valid Python 3 syntax,
+# hence the prefix "old".
+#
+# See https://bugs.python.org/issue27494
+old_comp_iter: old_comp_for | old_comp_if
+old_comp_for: [ASYNC] 'for' exprlist 'in' testlist_safe [old_comp_iter]
+old_comp_if: 'if' old_test [old_comp_iter]
+
 testlist1: test (',' test)*
 
 # not used in grammar, but may appear in "node" passed from Parser to Compiler
diff --git a/Lib/lib2to3/fixer_util.py b/Lib/lib2to3/fixer_util.py
index babe6cb..2f9b1c2 100644
--- a/Lib/lib2to3/fixer_util.py
+++ b/Lib/lib2to3/fixer_util.py
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@
         test.prefix = " "
         if_leaf = Leaf(token.NAME, "if")
         if_leaf.prefix = " "
-        inner_args.append(Node(syms.comp_if, [if_leaf, test]))
-    inner = Node(syms.listmaker, [xp, Node(syms.comp_for, inner_args)])
+        inner_args.append(Node(syms.old_comp_if, [if_leaf, test]))
+    inner = Node(syms.listmaker, [xp, Node(syms.old_comp_for, inner_args)])
     return Node(syms.atom,
                        [Leaf(token.LBRACE, "["),
                         inner,
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
         next = getattr(next, attr)
 
 p0 = """for_stmt< 'for' any 'in' node=any ':' any* >
-        | comp_for< 'for' any 'in' node=any any* >
+        | old_comp_for< 'for' any 'in' node=any any* >
      """
 p1 = """
 power<
diff --git a/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_dict.py b/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_dict.py
index d3655c9..55be553 100644
--- a/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_dict.py
+++ b/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_dict.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     p1 = patcomp.compile_pattern(P1)
 
     P2 = """for_stmt< 'for' any 'in' node=any ':' any* >
-            | comp_for< 'for' any 'in' node=any any* >
+            | old_comp_for< 'for' any 'in' node=any any* >
          """
     p2 = patcomp.compile_pattern(P2)
 
diff --git a/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_paren.py b/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_paren.py
index b205aa7..de49eef 100644
--- a/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_paren.py
+++ b/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_paren.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     PATTERN = """
         atom< ('[' | '(')
             (listmaker< any
-                comp_for<
+                old_comp_for<
                     'for' NAME 'in'
                     target=testlist_safe< any (',' any)+ [',']
                      >
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
             >
             |
             testlist_gexp< any
-                comp_for<
+                old_comp_for<
                     'for' NAME 'in'
                     target=testlist_safe< any (',' any)+ [',']
                      >
diff --git a/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_xrange.py b/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_xrange.py
index 1e491e1..f5f06f3 100644
--- a/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_xrange.py
+++ b/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_xrange.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     p1 = patcomp.compile_pattern(P1)
 
     P2 = """for_stmt< 'for' any 'in' node=any ':' any* >
-            | comp_for< 'for' any 'in' node=any any* >
+            | old_comp_for< 'for' any 'in' node=any any* >
             | comparison< any 'in' node=any any*>
          """
     p2 = patcomp.compile_pattern(P2)
diff --git a/Lib/lib2to3/tests/test_parser.py b/Lib/lib2to3/tests/test_parser.py
index 3f7ab97..2efcb80 100644
--- a/Lib/lib2to3/tests/test_parser.py
+++ b/Lib/lib2to3/tests/test_parser.py
@@ -459,6 +459,13 @@
         self.validate(s)
 
 
+class TestGeneratorExpressions(GrammarTest):
+
+    def test_trailing_comma_after_generator_expression_argument_works(self):
+        # BPO issue 27494
+        self.validate("set(x for x in [],)")
+
+
 def diff(fn, result):
     try:
         with open('@', 'w') as f:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-09-26-01-43-17.bpo-27494.37QnaT.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-09-26-01-43-17.bpo-27494.37QnaT.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b5362a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-09-26-01-43-17.bpo-27494.37QnaT.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Make 2to3 accept a trailing comma in generator expressions. For example, ``set(x
+for x in [],)`` is now allowed.