diff --git a/Include/code.h b/Include/code.h
index 07e3b1f..0e89b88 100644
--- a/Include/code.h
+++ b/Include/code.h
@@ -48,11 +48,12 @@
 #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
 
 /* This should be defined if a future statement modifies the syntax.
    For example, when a keyword is added.
 */
-#if 0
+#if 1
 #define PY_PARSER_REQUIRES_FUTURE_KEYWORD
 #endif
 
diff --git a/Include/compile.h b/Include/compile.h
index 2bde6fb..d703edb 100644
--- a/Include/compile.h
+++ b/Include/compile.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #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/Include/parsetok.h b/Include/parsetok.h
index 2b4ce1e..808c72c 100644
--- a/Include/parsetok.h
+++ b/Include/parsetok.h
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 #define PyPARSE_WITH_IS_KEYWORD		0x0003
 #endif
 
+#define PyPARSE_PRINT_IS_FUNCTION       0x0004
+
+
+
 PyAPI_FUNC(node *) PyParser_ParseString(const char *, grammar *, int,
                                               perrdetail *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(node *) PyParser_ParseFile (FILE *, const char *, grammar *, int,
diff --git a/Include/pythonrun.h b/Include/pythonrun.h
index 0164088..f2105b8 100644
--- a/Include/pythonrun.h
+++ b/Include/pythonrun.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #define PyCF_MASK (CO_FUTURE_DIVISION | CO_FUTURE_ABSOLUTE_IMPORT | \
-                   CO_FUTURE_WITH_STATEMENT)
+                   CO_FUTURE_WITH_STATEMENT|CO_FUTURE_PRINT_FUNCTION)
 #define PyCF_MASK_OBSOLETE (CO_NESTED)
 #define PyCF_SOURCE_IS_UTF8  0x0100
 #define PyCF_DONT_IMPLY_DEDENT 0x0200
diff --git a/Lib/__future__.py b/Lib/__future__.py
index d8e14d1..ea14bf3 100644
--- a/Lib/__future__.py
+++ b/Lib/__future__.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     "division",
     "absolute_import",
     "with_statement",
+    "print_function",
 ]
 
 __all__ = ["all_feature_names"] + all_feature_names
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@
 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 @@
 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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db09c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_print.py
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+"""Test correct operation of the print function.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import unittest
+from test import test_support
+
+import sys
+try:
+    # 3.x
+    from io import StringIO
+except ImportError:
+    # 2.x
+    from StringIO import StringIO
+
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+
+NotDefined = object()
+
+# A dispatch table all 8 combinations of providing
+#  sep, end, and file
+# I use this machinery so that I'm not just passing default
+#  values to print, I'm eiher passing or not passing in the
+#  arguments
+dispatch = {
+    (False, False, False):
+     lambda args, sep, end, file: print(*args),
+    (False, False, True):
+     lambda args, sep, end, file: print(file=file, *args),
+    (False, True,  False):
+     lambda args, sep, end, file: print(end=end, *args),
+    (False, True,  True):
+     lambda args, sep, end, file: print(end=end, file=file, *args),
+    (True,  False, False):
+     lambda args, sep, end, file: print(sep=sep, *args),
+    (True,  False, True):
+     lambda args, sep, end, file: print(sep=sep, file=file, *args),
+    (True,  True,  False):
+     lambda args, sep, end, file: print(sep=sep, end=end, *args),
+    (True,  True,  True):
+     lambda args, sep, end, file: print(sep=sep, end=end, file=file, *args),
+    }
+
+@contextmanager
+def stdout_redirected(new_stdout):
+    save_stdout = sys.stdout
+    sys.stdout = new_stdout
+    try:
+        yield None
+    finally:
+        sys.stdout = save_stdout
+
+# Class used to test __str__ and print
+class ClassWith__str__:
+    def __init__(self, x):
+        self.x = x
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.x
+
+class TestPrint(unittest.TestCase):
+    def check(self, expected, args,
+            sep=NotDefined, end=NotDefined, file=NotDefined):
+        # Capture sys.stdout in a StringIO.  Call print with args,
+        #  and with sep, end, and file, if they're defined.  Result
+        #  must match expected.
+
+        # Look up the actual function to call, based on if sep, end, and file
+        #  are defined
+        fn = dispatch[(sep is not NotDefined,
+                       end is not NotDefined,
+                       file is not NotDefined)]
+
+        t = StringIO()
+        with stdout_redirected(t):
+            fn(args, sep, end, file)
+
+        self.assertEqual(t.getvalue(), expected)
+
+    def test_print(self):
+        def x(expected, args, sep=NotDefined, end=NotDefined):
+            # Run the test 2 ways: not using file, and using
+            #  file directed to a StringIO
+
+            self.check(expected, args, sep=sep, end=end)
+
+            # When writing to a file, stdout is expected to be empty
+            o = StringIO()
+            self.check('', args, sep=sep, end=end, file=o)
+
+            # And o will contain the expected output
+            self.assertEqual(o.getvalue(), expected)
+
+        x('\n', ())
+        x('a\n', ('a',))
+        x('None\n', (None,))
+        x('1 2\n', (1, 2))
+        x('1   2\n', (1, ' ', 2))
+        x('1*2\n', (1, 2), sep='*')
+        x('1 s', (1, 's'), end='')
+        x('a\nb\n', ('a', 'b'), sep='\n')
+        x('1.01', (1.0, 1), sep='', end='')
+        x('1*a*1.3+', (1, 'a', 1.3), sep='*', end='+')
+        x('a\n\nb\n', ('a\n', 'b'), sep='\n')
+        x('\0+ +\0\n', ('\0', ' ', '\0'), sep='+')
+
+        x('a\n b\n', ('a\n', 'b'))
+        x('a\n b\n', ('a\n', 'b'), sep=None)
+        x('a\n b\n', ('a\n', 'b'), end=None)
+        x('a\n b\n', ('a\n', 'b'), sep=None, end=None)
+
+        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)
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, print, '', file='')
+
+def test_main():
+    test_support.run_unittest(TestPrint)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 86ff1ea..ac10a3a 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@
 J. Sipprell
 Kragen Sitaker
 Christopher Smith
+Eric V. Smith
 Gregory P. Smith
 Rafal Smotrzyk
 Dirk Soede
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index db403ed..80bfd7b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue 1745.  Backport print function with:
+   from __future__ import print_function
+
 - Issue 2332: add new attribute names for instance method objects.
   The two changes are:  im_self -> __self__ and im_func -> __func__
 
diff --git a/Parser/parser.c b/Parser/parser.c
index 2ce84cd..61da37d 100644
--- a/Parser/parser.c
+++ b/Parser/parser.c
@@ -149,12 +149,10 @@
 			    strcmp(l->lb_str, s) != 0)
 				continue;
 #ifdef PY_PARSER_REQUIRES_FUTURE_KEYWORD
-			if (!(ps->p_flags & CO_FUTURE_WITH_STATEMENT)) {
-				if (s[0] == 'w' && strcmp(s, "with") == 0)
-					break; /* not a keyword yet */
-				else if (s[0] == 'a' && strcmp(s, "as") == 0)
-					break; /* not a keyword yet */
-			}
+                        if (ps->p_flags & CO_FUTURE_PRINT_FUNCTION &&
+                            s[0] == 'p' && strcmp(s, "print") == 0) { 
+                                break; /* no longer a keyword */
+                        }
 #endif
 			D(printf("It's a keyword\n"));
 			return n - i;
@@ -208,6 +206,10 @@
 		    strcmp(STR(CHILD(cch, 0)), "with_statement") == 0) {
 			ps->p_flags |= CO_FUTURE_WITH_STATEMENT;
 			break;
+		} else if (NCH(cch) >= 1 && TYPE(CHILD(cch, 0)) == NAME &&
+		    strcmp(STR(CHILD(cch, 0)), "print_function") == 0) {
+			ps->p_flags |= CO_FUTURE_PRINT_FUNCTION;
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Parser/parsetok.c b/Parser/parsetok.c
index f3d8462..e4db574 100644
--- a/Parser/parsetok.c
+++ b/Parser/parsetok.c
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@
 		return NULL;
 	}
 #ifdef PY_PARSER_REQUIRES_FUTURE_KEYWORD
-	if (flags & PyPARSE_WITH_IS_KEYWORD)
-		ps->p_flags |= CO_FUTURE_WITH_STATEMENT;
+	if (flags & PyPARSE_PRINT_IS_FUNCTION)
+		ps->p_flags |= CO_FUTURE_PRINT_FUNCTION;
 #endif
 
 	for (;;) {
@@ -167,26 +167,6 @@
 		str[len] = '\0';
 
 #ifdef PY_PARSER_REQUIRES_FUTURE_KEYWORD
-		/* This is only necessary to support the "as" warning, but
-		   we don't want to warn about "as" in import statements. */
-		if (type == NAME &&
-		    len == 6 && str[0] == 'i' && strcmp(str, "import") == 0)
-			handling_import = 1;
-
-		/* Warn about with as NAME */
-		if (type == NAME &&
-		    !(ps->p_flags & CO_FUTURE_WITH_STATEMENT)) {
-		    if (len == 4 && str[0] == 'w' && strcmp(str, "with") == 0)
-			warn(with_msg, err_ret->filename, tok->lineno);
-		    else if (!(handling_import || handling_with) &&
-		             len == 2 && str[0] == 'a' &&
-			     strcmp(str, "as") == 0)
-			warn(as_msg, err_ret->filename, tok->lineno);
-		}
-		else if (type == NAME &&
-			 (ps->p_flags & CO_FUTURE_WITH_STATEMENT) &&
-			 len == 4 && str[0] == 'w' && strcmp(str, "with") == 0)
-			handling_with = 1;
 #endif
 		if (a >= tok->line_start)
 			col_offset = a - tok->line_start;
diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index 228bb2d..0c3d6e2 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -1486,6 +1486,78 @@
 equivalent to (x**y) % z, but may be more efficient (e.g. for longs).");
 
 
+static PyObject *
+builtin_print(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+	static char *kwlist[] = {"sep", "end", "file", 0};
+	static PyObject *dummy_args;
+	PyObject *sep = NULL, *end = NULL, *file = NULL;
+	int i, err;
+
+	if (dummy_args == NULL) {
+		if (!(dummy_args = PyTuple_New(0)))
+			return NULL;
+	}
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(dummy_args, kwds, "|OOO:print",
+					 kwlist, &sep, &end, &file))
+		return NULL;
+	if (file == NULL || file == Py_None) {
+		file = PySys_GetObject("stdout");
+		/* sys.stdout may be None when FILE* stdout isn't connected */
+		if (file == Py_None)
+			Py_RETURN_NONE;
+	}
+
+	if (sep && sep != Py_None && !PyString_Check(sep) &&
+            !PyUnicode_Check(sep)) {
+		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+			     "sep must be None, str or unicode, not %.200s",
+			     sep->ob_type->tp_name);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	if (end && end != Py_None && !PyString_Check(end) &&
+	    !PyUnicode_Check(end)) {
+		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+			     "end must be None, str or unicode, not %.200s",
+			     end->ob_type->tp_name);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < PyTuple_Size(args); i++) {
+		if (i > 0) {
+			if (sep == NULL || sep == Py_None)
+				err = PyFile_WriteString(" ", file);
+			else
+				err = PyFile_WriteObject(sep, file,
+							 Py_PRINT_RAW);
+			if (err)
+				return NULL;
+		}
+		err = PyFile_WriteObject(PyTuple_GetItem(args, i), file,
+					 Py_PRINT_RAW);
+		if (err)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (end == NULL || end == Py_None)
+		err = PyFile_WriteString("\n", file);
+	else
+		err = PyFile_WriteObject(end, file, Py_PRINT_RAW);
+	if (err)
+		return NULL;
+
+	Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(print_doc,
+"print(value, ..., sep=' ', end='\\n', file=sys.stdout)\n\
+\n\
+Prints the values to a stream, or to sys.stdout by default.\n\
+Optional keyword arguments:\n\
+file: a file-like object (stream); defaults to the current sys.stdout.\n\
+sep:  string inserted between values, default a space.\n\
+end:  string appended after the last value, default a newline.");
+
 
 /* Return number of items in range (lo, hi, step), when arguments are
  * PyInt or PyLong objects.  step > 0 required.  Return a value < 0 if
@@ -2424,6 +2496,7 @@
  	{"open",	(PyCFunction)builtin_open,       METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, open_doc},
  	{"ord",		builtin_ord,        METH_O, ord_doc},
  	{"pow",		builtin_pow,        METH_VARARGS, pow_doc},
+ 	{"print",	(PyCFunction)builtin_print,      METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, print_doc},
  	{"range",	builtin_range,      METH_VARARGS, range_doc},
  	{"raw_input",	builtin_raw_input,  METH_VARARGS, raw_input_doc},
  	{"reduce",	builtin_reduce,     METH_VARARGS, reduce_doc},
diff --git a/Python/future.c b/Python/future.c
index af1e1cc..267e1b7 100644
--- a/Python/future.c
+++ b/Python/future.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 			ff->ff_features |= CO_FUTURE_ABSOLUTE_IMPORT;
 		} else if (strcmp(feature, FUTURE_WITH_STATEMENT) == 0) {
 			ff->ff_features |= CO_FUTURE_WITH_STATEMENT;
+		} else if (strcmp(feature, FUTURE_PRINT_FUNCTION) == 0) {
+			ff->ff_features |= CO_FUTURE_PRINT_FUNCTION;
 		} else if (strcmp(feature, "braces") == 0) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SyntaxError,
 					"not a chance");
diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index 298d218..b8d516d 100644
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -738,18 +738,19 @@
 	}
 }
 
+#if 0
 /* compute parser flags based on compiler flags */
 #define PARSER_FLAGS(flags) \
 	((flags) ? ((((flags)->cf_flags & PyCF_DONT_IMPLY_DEDENT) ? \
 		      PyPARSE_DONT_IMPLY_DEDENT : 0)) : 0)
-
-#if 0
+#endif
+#if 1
 /* Keep an example of flags with future keyword support. */
 #define PARSER_FLAGS(flags) \
 	((flags) ? ((((flags)->cf_flags & PyCF_DONT_IMPLY_DEDENT) ? \
 		      PyPARSE_DONT_IMPLY_DEDENT : 0) \
-		    | ((flags)->cf_flags & CO_FUTURE_WITH_STATEMENT ? \
-		       PyPARSE_WITH_IS_KEYWORD : 0)) : 0)
+		    | ((flags)->cf_flags & CO_FUTURE_PRINT_FUNCTION ? \
+		       PyPARSE_PRINT_IS_FUNCTION : 0)) : 0)
 #endif
 
 int