diff --git a/Include/code.h b/Include/code.h
index 56d6cb50eec..e576bbb14f3 100644
--- a/Include/code.h
+++ b/Include/code.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ typedef struct {
 #define CO_FUTURE_DIVISION    	0x2000
 #define CO_FUTURE_ABSOLUTE_IMPORT 0x4000 /* do absolute imports by default */
 #define CO_FUTURE_WITH_STATEMENT  0x8000
+#define CO_FUTURE_PRINT_FUNCTION  0x10000
 #endif
 
 /* This should be defined if a future statement modifies the syntax.
diff --git a/Include/compile.h b/Include/compile.h
index 2bde6fb56f6..391c7104fbf 100644
--- a/Include/compile.h
+++ b/Include/compile.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ typedef struct {
 #define FUTURE_DIVISION "division"
 #define FUTURE_ABSOLUTE_IMPORT "absolute_import"
 #define FUTURE_WITH_STATEMENT "with_statement"
+#define FUTURE_PRINT_FUNCTION "print_function"
 
 struct _mod; /* Declare the existence of this type */
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyCodeObject *) PyAST_Compile(struct _mod *, const char *,
diff --git a/Lib/__future__.py b/Lib/__future__.py
index d8e14d15731..ea14bf39ab1 100644
--- a/Lib/__future__.py
+++ b/Lib/__future__.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ all_feature_names = [
     "division",
     "absolute_import",
     "with_statement",
+    "print_function",
 ]
 
 __all__ = ["all_feature_names"] + all_feature_names
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ CO_GENERATOR_ALLOWED = 0        # generators (obsolete, was 0x1000)
 CO_FUTURE_DIVISION   = 0x2000   # division
 CO_FUTURE_ABSOLUTE_IMPORT = 0x4000 # perform absolute imports by default
 CO_FUTURE_WITH_STATEMENT  = 0x8000   # with statement
+CO_FUTURE_PRINT_FUNCTION  = 0x10000   # print function
 
 class _Feature:
     def __init__(self, optionalRelease, mandatoryRelease, compiler_flag):
@@ -114,3 +116,7 @@ absolute_import = _Feature((2, 5, 0, "alpha", 1),
 with_statement = _Feature((2, 5, 0, "alpha", 1),
                           (2, 6, 0, "alpha", 0),
                           CO_FUTURE_WITH_STATEMENT)
+
+print_function = _Feature((2, 6, 0, "alpha", 2),
+                          (3, 0, 0, "alpha", 0),
+                          CO_FUTURE_PRINT_FUNCTION)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_print.py b/Lib/test/test_print.py
index 10ef60a7efe..4d347ed0fca 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_print.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_print.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 """Test correct operation of the print function.
 """
 
+from __future__ import print_function
+
 import unittest
 from test import test_support
 
@@ -98,6 +100,11 @@ class TestPrint(unittest.TestCase):
         x('*\n', (ClassWith__str__('*'),))
         x('abc 1\n', (ClassWith__str__('abc'), 1))
 
+#        # 2.x unicode tests
+#        x(u'1 2\n', ('1', u'2'))
+#        x(u'u\1234\n', (u'u\1234',))
+#        x(u'  abc 1\n', (' ', ClassWith__str__(u'abc'), 1))
+
         # errors
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, print, '', sep=3)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, print, '', end=3)
diff --git a/Python/future.c b/Python/future.c
index 80a3006a3d8..d6333ff63e6 100644
--- a/Python/future.c
+++ b/Python/future.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ future_check_features(PyFutureFeatures *ff, stmt_ty s, const char *filename)
 			continue;
 		} else if (strcmp(feature, FUTURE_WITH_STATEMENT) == 0) {
 			continue;
+		} else if (strcmp(feature, FUTURE_PRINT_FUNCTION) == 0) {
+			continue;
 		} else if (strcmp(feature, "braces") == 0) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SyntaxError,
 					"not a chance");