diff --git a/src/libstd/path/posix.rs b/src/libstd/path/posix.rs
index 9c4139853c540..6e19506363817 100644
--- a/src/libstd/path/posix.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/path/posix.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use c_str::{CString, ToCStr};
 use clone::Clone;
 use cmp::{PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Ordering};
 use collections::{Collection, MutableSeq};
+use fmt;
 use from_str::FromStr;
 use hash;
 use io::Writer;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ use iter::{DoubleEndedIterator, AdditiveIterator, Extendable, Iterator, Map};
 use option::{Option, None, Some};
 use str::Str;
 use str;
+use string::String;
 use slice::{CloneableVector, Splits, Slice, VectorVector,
             ImmutablePartialEqSlice, ImmutableSlice};
 use vec::Vec;
@@ -143,6 +145,12 @@ impl<'a> BytesContainer for &'a Path {
     }
 }
 
+impl fmt::Show for Path {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        String::from_utf8_lossy( self.as_vec() ).as_slice().fmt(f)
+    }
+}
+
 impl GenericPathUnsafe for Path {
     unsafe fn new_unchecked<T: BytesContainer>(path: T) -> Path {
         let path = Path::normalize(path.container_as_bytes());
diff --git a/src/libstd/path/windows.rs b/src/libstd/path/windows.rs
index 803db4848ada5..50d35714fbae6 100644
--- a/src/libstd/path/windows.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/path/windows.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use c_str::{CString, ToCStr};
 use clone::Clone;
 use cmp::{PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Ordering};
 use collections::{Collection, MutableSeq};
+use fmt;
 use from_str::FromStr;
 use hash;
 use io::Writer;
@@ -186,6 +187,14 @@ impl<'a> BytesContainer for &'a Path {
     fn is_str(_: Option<&'a Path>) -> bool { true }
 }
 
+
+impl fmt::Show for Path {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        String::from_utf8_lossy( self.as_vec() ).as_slice().fmt(f)
+    }
+}
+
+
 impl GenericPathUnsafe for Path {
     /// See `GenericPathUnsafe::from_vec_unchecked`.
     ///