diff --git a/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt b/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
index 1f6a52a780..b6febad57b 100644
--- a/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
@@ -1392,6 +1392,10 @@ gst_debug_bin_to_dot_file_with_ts
 gst_info_vasprintf
 gst_info_strdup_vprintf
 gst_info_strdup_printf
+gst_print
+gst_println
+gst_printerr
+gst_printerrln
 <SUBSECTION Standard>
 GST_TYPE_DEBUG_COLOR_FLAGS
 GST_TYPE_DEBUG_COLOR_MODE
diff --git a/gst/gstinfo.c b/gst/gstinfo.c
index 7f314b9e20..8e8f00f6e6 100644
--- a/gst/gstinfo.c
+++ b/gst/gstinfo.c
@@ -2438,7 +2438,7 @@ gst_info_strdup_vprintf (const gchar * format, va_list args)
  * @format: a printf style format string
  * @...: the printf arguments for @format
  *
- * Allocates, fills and returns a null terminated string from the printf style
+ * Allocates, fills and returns a 0-terminated string from the printf style
  * @format string and corresponding arguments.
  *
  * See gst_info_vasprintf() for when this function is required.
@@ -2462,6 +2462,146 @@ gst_info_strdup_printf (const gchar * format, ...)
   return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gst_print:
+ * @format: a printf style format string
+ * @...: the printf arguments for @format
+ *
+ * Outputs a formatted message via the GLib print handler. The default print
+ * handler simply outputs the message to stdout.
+ *
+ * This function will not append a new-line character at the end, unlike
+ * gst_println() which will.
+ *
+ * All strings must be in ASCII or UTF-8 encoding.
+ *
+ * This function differs from g_print() in that it supports all the additional
+ * printf specifiers that are supported by GStreamer's debug logging system,
+ * such as #GST_PTR_FORMAT and #GST_SEGMENT_FORMAT.
+ *
+ * This function is primarily for printing debug output.
+ *
+ * Since: 1.12
+ */
+void
+gst_print (const gchar * format, ...)
+{
+  va_list args;
+  gchar *str;
+
+  va_start (args, format);
+  str = gst_info_strdup_vprintf (format, args);
+  va_end (args);
+
+  g_print ("%s", str);
+  g_free (str);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_println:
+ * @format: a printf style format string
+ * @...: the printf arguments for @format
+ *
+ * Outputs a formatted message via the GLib print handler. The default print
+ * handler simply outputs the message to stdout.
+ *
+ * This function will append a new-line character at the end, unlike
+ * gst_print() which will not.
+ *
+ * All strings must be in ASCII or UTF-8 encoding.
+ *
+ * This function differs from g_print() in that it supports all the additional
+ * printf specifiers that are supported by GStreamer's debug logging system,
+ * such as #GST_PTR_FORMAT and #GST_SEGMENT_FORMAT.
+ *
+ * This function is primarily for printing debug output.
+ *
+ * Since: 1.12
+ */
+void
+gst_println (const gchar * format, ...)
+{
+  va_list args;
+  gchar *str;
+
+  va_start (args, format);
+  str = gst_info_strdup_vprintf (format, args);
+  va_end (args);
+
+  g_print ("%s\n", str);
+  g_free (str);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_printerr:
+ * @format: a printf style format string
+ * @...: the printf arguments for @format
+ *
+ * Outputs a formatted message via the GLib error message handler. The default
+ * handler simply outputs the message to stderr.
+ *
+ * This function will not append a new-line character at the end, unlike
+ * gst_printerrln() which will.
+ *
+ * All strings must be in ASCII or UTF-8 encoding.
+ *
+ * This function differs from g_printerr() in that it supports the additional
+ * printf specifiers that are supported by GStreamer's debug logging system,
+ * such as #GST_PTR_FORMAT and #GST_SEGMENT_FORMAT.
+ *
+ * This function is primarily for printing debug output.
+ *
+ * Since: 1.12
+ */
+void
+gst_printerr (const gchar * format, ...)
+{
+  va_list args;
+  gchar *str;
+
+  va_start (args, format);
+  str = gst_info_strdup_vprintf (format, args);
+  va_end (args);
+
+  g_printerr ("%s", str);
+  g_free (str);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_printerrln:
+ * @format: a printf style format string
+ * @...: the printf arguments for @format
+ *
+ * Outputs a formatted message via the GLib error message handler. The default
+ * handler simply outputs the message to stderr.
+ *
+ * This function will append a new-line character at the end, unlike
+ * gst_printerr() which will not.
+ *
+ * All strings must be in ASCII or UTF-8 encoding.
+ *
+ * This function differs from g_printerr() in that it supports the additional
+ * printf specifiers that are supported by GStreamer's debug logging system,
+ * such as #GST_PTR_FORMAT and #GST_SEGMENT_FORMAT.
+ *
+ * This function is primarily for printing debug output.
+ *
+ * Since: 1.12
+ */
+void
+gst_printerrln (const gchar * format, ...)
+{
+  va_list args;
+  gchar *str;
+
+  va_start (args, format);
+  str = gst_info_strdup_vprintf (format, args);
+  va_end (args);
+
+  g_printerr ("%s\n", str);
+  g_free (str);
+}
+
 #ifdef HAVE_UNWIND
 #ifdef HAVE_DW
 static gboolean
diff --git a/gst/gstinfo.h b/gst/gstinfo.h
index d274fe0727..8d67885862 100644
--- a/gst/gstinfo.h
+++ b/gst/gstinfo.h
@@ -413,6 +413,12 @@ gint    gst_info_vasprintf              (gchar ** result,
 gchar * gst_info_strdup_vprintf         (const gchar *format, va_list args) G_GNUC_PRINTF (1, 0);
 gchar * gst_info_strdup_printf          (const gchar *format, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (1, 2);
 
+void    gst_print                       (const gchar * format, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (1, 2);
+void    gst_println                     (const gchar * format, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (1, 2);
+
+void    gst_printerr                    (const gchar * format, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (1, 2);
+void    gst_printerrln                  (const gchar * format, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (1, 2);
+
 #ifndef GST_DISABLE_GST_DEBUG
 
 /* cast to void * avoids a warning with gcc 6
diff --git a/win32/common/libgstreamer.def b/win32/common/libgstreamer.def
index 129bd03290..9b29c79978 100644
--- a/win32/common/libgstreamer.def
+++ b/win32/common/libgstreamer.def
@@ -1064,6 +1064,10 @@ EXPORTS
 	gst_preset_save_preset
 	gst_preset_set_app_dir
 	gst_preset_set_meta
+	gst_print
+	gst_printerr
+	gst_printerrln
+	gst_println
 	gst_progress_type_get_type
 	gst_protection_meta_api_get_type
 	gst_protection_meta_get_info