diff --git a/Symbols.md b/Symbols.md
index 981aa8dba..28620fe6e 100644
--- a/Symbols.md
+++ b/Symbols.md
@@ -525,6 +525,8 @@
 * head
 * headDef
 * headMay
+* hPutStr
+* hPutStrLn
 * identity
 * ifM
 * imagPart
diff --git a/src/Show.hs b/src/Show.hs
index 94dc2cb18..4b3bdd192 100644
--- a/src/Show.hs
+++ b/src/Show.hs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ module Show (
 ) where
 
 import qualified Base
+import qualified System.IO as Base
 import Data.Function ((.))
 
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO, liftIO)
@@ -26,30 +27,36 @@ import qualified Data.Text.IO as T
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as TL
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.IO as TL
 
+import System.IO (Handle, stdout)
+
 
 class Print a where
+  hPutStr :: MonadIO m => Handle -> a -> m ()
   putStr :: MonadIO m => a -> m ()
+  putStr = hPutStr stdout
+  hPutStrLn :: MonadIO m => Handle -> a -> m ()
   putStrLn :: MonadIO m => a -> m ()
+  putStrLn = hPutStrLn stdout
 
 instance Print T.Text where
-  putStr = liftIO . T.putStr
-  putStrLn = liftIO . T.putStrLn
+  hPutStr = \h -> liftIO . T.hPutStr h
+  hPutStrLn = \h -> liftIO . T.hPutStrLn h
 
 instance Print TL.Text where
-  putStr = liftIO . TL.putStr
-  putStrLn = liftIO . TL.putStrLn
+  hPutStr = \h -> liftIO . TL.hPutStr h
+  hPutStrLn = \h -> liftIO . TL.hPutStrLn h
 
 instance Print BS.ByteString where
-  putStr = liftIO . BS.putStr
-  putStrLn = liftIO . BS.putStrLn
+  hPutStr = \h -> liftIO . BS.hPutStr h
+  hPutStrLn = \h -> liftIO . BS.hPutStrLn h
 
 instance Print BL.ByteString where
-  putStr = liftIO . BL.putStr
-  putStrLn = liftIO . BL.putStrLn
+  hPutStr = \h -> liftIO . BL.hPutStr h
+  hPutStrLn = \h -> liftIO . BL.hPutStrLn h
 
 instance Print [Base.Char] where
-  putStr = liftIO . Base.putStr
-  putStrLn = liftIO . Base.putStrLn
+  hPutStr = \h -> liftIO . Base.hPutStr h
+  hPutStrLn = \h -> liftIO . Base.hPutStrLn h
 
 -- For forcing type inference
 putText :: MonadIO m => T.Text -> m ()