diff --git a/include/cppkafka/topic_partition.h b/include/cppkafka/topic_partition.h
index e3b23bb..f5cb47d 100644
--- a/include/cppkafka/topic_partition.h
+++ b/include/cppkafka/topic_partition.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #define CPPKAFKA_TOPIC_PARTITION_H
 
 #include <string>
+#include <iosfwd>
 #include <cstdint>
 
 namespace cppkafka {
@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ public:
      * Gets the offset
      */
     int64_t get_offset() const;
+
+    /**
+     * Print to a stream
+     */
+    friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& output, const TopicPartition& rhs);
 private:
     std::string topic_;
     int partition_;
diff --git a/include/cppkafka/topic_partition_list.h b/include/cppkafka/topic_partition_list.h
index acdd83f..355cabc 100644
--- a/include/cppkafka/topic_partition_list.h
+++ b/include/cppkafka/topic_partition_list.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #define CPPKAFKA_TOPIC_PARTITION_LIST_H
 
 #include <memory>
+#include <iosfwd>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <librdkafka/rdkafka.h>
 
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ std::vector<TopicPartition> convert(const TopicPartitionsListPtr& topic_partitio
 std::vector<TopicPartition> convert(rd_kafka_topic_partition_list_t* topic_partitions);
 TopicPartitionsListPtr make_handle(rd_kafka_topic_partition_list_t* handle);
 
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& output, const TopicPartitionList& rhs);
+
 } // cppkafka
 
 #endif // CPPKAFKA_TOPIC_PARTITION_LIST_H
diff --git a/src/topic_partition.cpp b/src/topic_partition.cpp
index fc0158e..3259319 100644
--- a/src/topic_partition.cpp
+++ b/src/topic_partition.cpp
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <iostream>
 #include <librdkafka/rdkafka.h>
 #include "topic_partition.h"
 
 using std::string;
+using std::ostream;
 
 namespace cppkafka {
 
@@ -71,4 +73,8 @@ int64_t TopicPartition::get_offset() const {
     return offset_;
 }
 
+ostream& operator<<(ostream& output, const TopicPartition& rhs) {
+    return output << rhs.get_topic() << "[" << rhs.get_partition() << "]";
+}
+
 } // cppkafka
diff --git a/src/topic_partition_list.cpp b/src/topic_partition_list.cpp
index 5baca6e..2fcae88 100644
--- a/src/topic_partition_list.cpp
+++ b/src/topic_partition_list.cpp
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <iostream>
 #include "topic_partition_list.h"
 #include "topic_partition.h"
 #include "exceptions.h"
 
 using std::vector;
+using std::ostream;
 
 namespace cppkafka {
 
@@ -65,4 +67,16 @@ TopicPartitionsListPtr make_handle(rd_kafka_topic_partition_list_t* handle) {
     return TopicPartitionsListPtr(handle, &rd_kafka_topic_partition_list_destroy);
 }
 
+ostream& operator<<(ostream& output, const TopicPartitionList& rhs) {
+    output << "[ ";
+    for (auto iter = rhs.begin(); iter != rhs.end(); ++iter) {
+        if (iter != rhs.begin()) {
+            output << ", ";
+        }
+        output << *iter;
+    }
+    output << " ]";
+    return output;
+}
+
 } // cppkafka
diff --git a/tests/topic_partition_list_test.cpp b/tests/topic_partition_list_test.cpp
index b801e7b..661aaaf 100644
--- a/tests/topic_partition_list_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/topic_partition_list_test.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+#include <sstream>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #include "cppkafka/topic_partition_list.h"
 #include "cppkafka/topic_partition.h"
 
+using std::ostringstream;
+
 using namespace cppkafka;
 
 class TopicPartitionListTest : public testing::Test {
@@ -26,3 +29,20 @@ TEST_F(TopicPartitionListTest, Conversion) {
         EXPECT_EQ(item1.get_offset(), item2.get_offset());
     }
 }
+
+TEST_F(TopicPartitionListTest, AsString) {
+    ostringstream output;
+    TopicPartition topic_partition("foo", 5);
+    output << topic_partition;
+    EXPECT_EQ("foo[5]", output.str());
+}
+
+TEST_F(TopicPartitionListTest, ListAsString) {
+    ostringstream output;
+    TopicPartitionList list;
+    list.push_back("foo");
+    list.push_back({ "bar", 2 });
+
+    output << list;
+    EXPECT_EQ("[ foo[-1], bar[2] ]", output.str());
+}
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