diff --git a/CadQuery/Gui/__init__.py b/CadQuery/Gui/__init__.py
index 8b13789..11454d3 100644
--- a/CadQuery/Gui/__init__.py
+++ b/CadQuery/Gui/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,18 @@
+class PrintHook:
+    def __init__(self):
+        import sys
 
+        self.origOut = None
+        sys.stdout = self
+        self.origOut = sys.__stdout__
+
+    def write(self, text):
+        import FreeCAD
+
+        FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage(text)
+
+    #pass all other methods to __stdout__ so that we don't have to override them
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        return self.origOut.__getattr__(name)
+
+PrintHook()