diff --git a/src/datetime.js b/src/datetime.js
index 4d37ba6ad..d57945e80 100644
--- a/src/datetime.js
+++ b/src/datetime.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
 import { normalizeZone } from "./impl/zoneUtil.js";
 import diff from "./impl/diff.js";
 import { parseRFC2822Date, parseISODate, parseHTTPDate, parseSQL } from "./impl/regexParser.js";
-import { parseFromTokens, explainFromTokens } from "./impl/tokenParser.js";
+import { parseFromTokens, explainFromTokens, formatOptsToTokens } from "./impl/tokenParser.js";
 import {
   gregorianToWeek,
   weekToGregorian,
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ export default class DateTime {
 
   /**
    * Create an invalid DateTime.
-   * @param {string} reason - simple string of why this DateTime is invalid. Should not contain parameters or anything else data-dependent
+   * @param {DateTime} reason - simple string of why this DateTime is invalid. Should not contain parameters or anything else data-dependent
    * @param {string} [explanation=null] - longer explanation, may include parameters and other useful debugging information
    * @return {DateTime}
    */
@@ -891,6 +891,21 @@ export default class DateTime {
     return (o && o.isLuxonDateTime) || false;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @param formatOpts
+   * @param localeOpts
+   * @returns {string}
+   */
+  static parseFormatForOpts(formatOpts, localeOpts = {}) {
+    const tokenList = formatOptsToTokens(formatOpts, Locale.fromObject(localeOpts));
+    return !tokenList
+      ? null
+      : tokenList
+          .map(t => (t ? t.val : null))
+          .join("")
+          .trim();
+  }
+
   // INFO
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/impl/tokenParser.js b/src/impl/tokenParser.js
index 4ca0401c1..434320170 100644
--- a/src/impl/tokenParser.js
+++ b/src/impl/tokenParser.js
@@ -372,17 +372,9 @@ function maybeExpandMacroToken(token, locale) {
   }
 
   const formatOpts = Formatter.macroTokenToFormatOpts(token.val);
+  const tokens = formatOptsToTokens(formatOpts, locale);
 
-  if (!formatOpts) {
-    return token;
-  }
-
-  const formatter = Formatter.create(locale, formatOpts);
-  const parts = formatter.formatDateTimeParts(getDummyDateTime());
-
-  const tokens = parts.map(p => tokenForPart(p, locale, formatOpts));
-
-  if (tokens.includes(undefined)) {
+  if (tokens == null || tokens.includes(undefined)) {
     return token;
   }
 
@@ -422,3 +414,14 @@ export function parseFromTokens(locale, input, format) {
   const { result, zone, invalidReason } = explainFromTokens(locale, input, format);
   return [result, zone, invalidReason];
 }
+
+export function formatOptsToTokens(formatOpts, locale) {
+  if (!formatOpts) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const formatter = Formatter.create(locale, formatOpts);
+  const parts = formatter.formatDateTimeParts(getDummyDateTime());
+
+  return parts.map(p => tokenForPart(p, locale, formatOpts));
+}
diff --git a/tasks/build.js b/tasks/build.js
index 775bc52a2..d4b3124fd 100644
--- a/tasks/build.js
+++ b/tasks/build.js
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ async function cjsBrowser() {
 async function es6() {
   await buildLibrary("es6", {
     format: "es",
-    compile: false
+    compile: false,
+    minify: true
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/test/datetime/tokenParse.test.js b/test/datetime/tokenParse.test.js
index 969621aa5..8e3811f80 100644
--- a/test/datetime/tokenParse.test.js
+++ b/test/datetime/tokenParse.test.js
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ test("DateTime.fromFormatExplain() takes the same options as fromFormat", () =>
 //-------
 test("DateTime.fromStringExplain is an alias for DateTime.fromFormatExplain", () => {
   const ff = DateTime.fromFormatExplain("1982/05/25 09:10:11.445", "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.SSS"),
-    fs = DateTime.fromStringExplain("1982/05/25 09:10:11.445", "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.SSS");
+    fs = DateTime.fromFormatExplain("1982/05/25 09:10:11.445", "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.SSS");
 
   expect(ff).toEqual(fs);
 });
@@ -960,7 +960,16 @@ test("DateTime.fromStringExplain is an alias for DateTime.fromFormatExplain", ()
 
 test("DateTime.fromString is an alias for DateTime.fromFormat", () => {
   const ff = DateTime.fromFormat("1982/05/25 09:10:11.445", "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.SSS"),
-    fs = DateTime.fromString("1982/05/25 09:10:11.445", "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.SSS");
+    fs = DateTime.fromFormat("1982/05/25 09:10:11.445", "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.SSS");
 
   expect(ff).toEqual(fs);
 });
+
+//------
+// .parseFormatForOpts
+//-------
+
+test("DateTime.parseFormatFromOpts returns a parsing format", () => {
+  const format = DateTime.parseFormatForOpts(DateTime.DATETIME_FULL);
+  expect(format).toEqual("MMMM d, yyyyy, h:m a");
+});