diff --git a/format.cc b/format.cc
index 144a8e5c..50b3bf1b 100644
--- a/format.cc
+++ b/format.cc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  Formatting library for C++
 
- Copyright (c) 2012, Victor Zverovich
+ Copyright (c) 2012 - 2014, Victor Zverovich
  All rights reserved.
 
  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -1122,6 +1122,12 @@ void fmt::print(std::FILE *f, StringRef format, const ArgList &args) {
   std::fwrite(w.data(), 1, w.size(), f);
 }
 
+void fmt::print(std::ostream &os, StringRef format, const ArgList &args) {
+  Writer w;
+  w.write(format, args);
+  os.write(w.data(), w.size());
+}
+
 void fmt::print_colored(Color c, StringRef format, const ArgList &args) {
   char escape[] = "\x1b[30m";
   escape[3] = '0' + static_cast<char>(c);
diff --git a/format.h b/format.h
index e74bb657..ddc9f28d 100644
--- a/format.h
+++ b/format.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  Formatting library for C++
 
- Copyright (c) 2012, Victor Zverovich
+ Copyright (c) 2012 - 2014, Victor Zverovich
  All rights reserved.
 
  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ class BasicWriter;
 typedef BasicWriter<char> Writer;
 typedef BasicWriter<wchar_t> WWriter;
 
-struct FormatSpec;
-
 template <typename Char>
 class BasicFormatter;
 
@@ -751,6 +749,8 @@ class ArgList {
   }
 };
 
+struct FormatSpec;
+
 // A formatter.
 template <typename Char>
 class BasicFormatter {
@@ -1691,6 +1691,17 @@ void print(StringRef format, const ArgList &args);
  */
 void print(std::FILE *f, StringRef format, const ArgList &args);
 
+/**
+  \rst
+  Prints formatted data to a stream.
+
+  **Example**::
+
+    print(cerr, "Don't {}!", "panic");
+  \endrst
+ */
+void print(std::ostream &os, StringRef format, const ArgList &args);
+
 template <typename Char>
 void printf(BasicWriter<Char> &w,
     BasicStringRef<Char> format, const ArgList &args) {
@@ -1901,6 +1912,7 @@ FMT_VARIADIC(std::string, format, StringRef)
 FMT_VARIADIC_W(std::wstring, format, WStringRef)
 FMT_VARIADIC(void, print, StringRef)
 FMT_VARIADIC(void, print, std::FILE *, StringRef)
+FMT_VARIADIC(void, print, std::ostream &, StringRef)
 FMT_VARIADIC(void, print_colored, Color, StringRef)
 FMT_VARIADIC(std::string, sprintf, StringRef)
 FMT_VARIADIC(void, printf, StringRef)
diff --git a/test/format-test.cc b/test/format-test.cc
index 9992cecd..04eaad14 100644
--- a/test/format-test.cc
+++ b/test/format-test.cc
@@ -1486,19 +1486,22 @@ TEST(FormatIntTest, FormatDec) {
   EXPECT_EQ("42", FormatDec(42ull));
 }
 
-#if FMT_USE_FILE_DESCRIPTORS
-
 TEST(FormatTest, Print) {
+#if FMT_USE_FILE_DESCRIPTORS
   EXPECT_WRITE(stdout, fmt::print("Don't {}!", "panic"), "Don't panic!");
   EXPECT_WRITE(stderr,
       fmt::print(stderr, "Don't {}!", "panic"), "Don't panic!");
+#endif
+  std::ostringstream os;
+  fmt::print(os, "Don't {}!", "panic");
+  EXPECT_EQ("Don't panic!", os.str());
 }
 
+#if FMT_USE_FILE_DESCRIPTORS
 TEST(FormatTest, PrintColored) {
   EXPECT_WRITE(stdout, fmt::print_colored(fmt::RED, "Hello, {}!\n", "world"),
       "\x1b[31mHello, world!\n\x1b[0m");
 }
-
 #endif
 
 TEST(FormatTest, Variadic) {