You could always write this yourself with a macro: macro_rules! if_let { ($p:pat = $init:expr in $e:expr) => { { match $init { $p => $e,_ =>

You could always write this yourself with a macro: macro_rules! if_let { ($p:pat = $init:expr in $e:expr) => { { match $init { $p => $e,_ => {}, } } } } fn main() { let tup = (2, 3); if_let!{(2, x) = tup in println!("x={}", x)}; // prints x=3 if_let!{(5, x) = tup in println!("x={}", x)}; // doesn't print } It's slightly more heavyweight, but still not too bad.