diff --git a/cores/esp8266/abi.cpp b/cores/esp8266/abi.cpp
index 8001c185a..aa4d29f99 100644
--- a/cores/esp8266/abi.cpp
+++ b/cores/esp8266/abi.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,24 @@ void __throw_out_of_range(const char* str)
     (void) str;
     panic();
 }
+
+void __throw_bad_cast(void)
+{
+    panic();
 }
 
+void __throw_ios_failure(const char* str)
+{
+    (void) str;
+    panic();
+}
+
+void __throw_runtime_error(const char* str)
+{
+    (void) str;
+    panic();
+}
+} // namespace std
+
 // TODO: rebuild windows toolchain to make this unnecessary:
 void* __dso_handle;
diff --git a/cores/esp8266/libc_replacements.c b/cores/esp8266/libc_replacements.c
index fe111ba4c..fc6c2f142 100644
--- a/cores/esp8266/libc_replacements.c
+++ b/cores/esp8266/libc_replacements.c
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ int ICACHE_RAM_ATTR _read_r(struct _reent* unused, int file, char *ptr, int len)
 
 int ICACHE_RAM_ATTR _write_r(struct _reent* r, int file, char *ptr, int len) {
     (void) r;
+    int pos = len;
     if (file == STDOUT_FILENO) {
-        while(len--) {
+        while(pos--) {
             ets_putc(*ptr);
             ++ptr;
         }
@@ -93,6 +94,8 @@ int ICACHE_RAM_ATTR _write_r(struct _reent* r, int file, char *ptr, int len) {
     return len;
 }
 
+int ICACHE_RAM_ATTR _putc_r(struct _reent* r, int c, FILE* file) __attribute__((weak));
+
 int ICACHE_RAM_ATTR _putc_r(struct _reent* r, int c, FILE* file) {
     (void) r;
     if (file->_file == STDOUT_FILENO) {
diff --git a/tests/device/test_iostream/test_iostream.ino b/tests/device/test_iostream/test_iostream.ino
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b644882bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/device/test_iostream/test_iostream.ino
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
+#include <BSTest.h>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <iostream>
+
+BS_ENV_DECLARE();
+
+void setup()
+{
+    Serial.begin(115200);
+    BS_RUN(Serial);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("can print to std::cout", "[iostream]")
+{
+    std::stringstream test_stream("");
+    test_stream << "hello stream";
+
+    // empty the RX buffer, just in case
+    Serial.readString();
+
+    USC0(0) |= (1 << UCLBE);  // enable loopback
+    std::cout << test_stream.str().c_str() << std::endl;
+    delay(100);
+    USC0(0) &= ~(1 << UCLBE);  // disable loopback
+    
+    String result = Serial.readStringUntil('\n');
+
+    Serial.printf("result: '%s'\n", result.c_str());
+
+    CHECK(result == test_stream.str().c_str());
+}
+
+void loop() { }