diff --git a/vlib/os/os_nix.c.v b/vlib/os/os_nix.c.v
index cc3869dcee..6640ec8d90 100644
--- a/vlib/os/os_nix.c.v
+++ b/vlib/os/os_nix.c.v
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ pub fn execute(cmd string) Result {
 	// if cmd.contains(';') || cmd.contains('&&') || cmd.contains('||') || cmd.contains('\n') {
 	// return Result{ exit_code: -1, output: ';, &&, || and \\n are not allowed in shell commands' }
 	// }
-	pcmd := '$cmd 2>&1'
+	pcmd := if cmd.contains('2>') { cmd } else { '$cmd 2>&1' }
 	f := vpopen(pcmd)
 	if isnil(f) {
 		return Result{
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/native/amd64.v b/vlib/v/gen/native/amd64.v
index a6d7c67c0a..6b74f4f80c 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/native/amd64.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/native/amd64.v
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ pub fn (mut g Gen) inline_strlen(r Register) {
 }
 
 // TODO: strlen of string at runtime
-pub fn (mut g Gen) gen_print_reg(r Register, n int) {
+pub fn (mut g Gen) gen_print_reg(r Register, n int, fd int) {
 	mystrlen := true
 	g.mov_reg(.rsi, r)
 	if mystrlen {
@@ -467,16 +467,16 @@ pub fn (mut g Gen) gen_print_reg(r Register, n int) {
 		g.mov(.edx, n)
 	}
 	g.mov(.eax, g.nsyscall_write())
-	g.mov(.edi, 1)
+	g.mov(.edi, fd)
 	g.syscall()
 }
 
-pub fn (mut g Gen) gen_print(s string) {
+pub fn (mut g Gen) gen_print(s string, fd int) {
 	//
 	// qq := s + '\n'
 	//
 	g.mov(.eax, g.nsyscall_write())
-	g.mov(.edi, 1)
+	g.mov(.edi, fd)
 	// segment_start +  0x9f) // str pos // placeholder
 	g.mov64(.rsi, g.allocate_string(s, 2)) // for rsi its 2
 	g.mov(.edx, s.len) // len
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/native/gen.v b/vlib/v/gen/native/gen.v
index 8df68a923d..c149ac2c45 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/native/gen.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/native/gen.v
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import v.errors
 import v.pref
 import term
 
-pub const builtins = ['println', 'exit']
+pub const builtins = ['print', 'eprint', 'println', 'eprintln', 'exit']
 
 interface CodeGen {
 mut:
@@ -227,22 +227,24 @@ fn (mut g Gen) get_var_offset(var_name string) int {
 	return offset
 }
 
-pub fn (mut g Gen) gen_print_from_expr(expr ast.Expr, newline bool) {
+pub fn (mut g Gen) gen_print_from_expr(expr ast.Expr, name string) {
+	newline := name in ['println', 'eprintln']
+	fd := if name in ['eprint', 'eprintln'] { 2 } else { 1 }
 	match expr {
 		ast.StringLiteral {
 			if newline {
-				g.gen_print(expr.val + '\n')
+				g.gen_print(expr.val + '\n', fd)
 			} else {
-				g.gen_print(expr.val)
+				g.gen_print(expr.val, fd)
 			}
 		}
 		ast.CallExpr {
 			g.call_fn(expr)
-			g.gen_print_reg(.rax, 3)
+			g.gen_print_reg(.rax, 3, fd)
 		}
 		ast.Ident {
 			g.expr(expr)
-			g.gen_print_reg(.rax, 3)
+			g.gen_print_reg(.rax, 3, fd)
 		}
 		else {
 			dump(typeof(expr).name)
@@ -389,7 +391,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) expr(node ast.Expr) {
 			}
 			if node.name in ['println', 'print', 'eprintln', 'eprint'] {
 				expr := node.args[0].expr
-				g.gen_print_from_expr(expr, node.name in ['println', 'eprintln'])
+				g.gen_print_from_expr(expr, node.name)
 				return
 			}
 			g.call_fn(node)
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/native/tests/native_test.v b/vlib/v/gen/native/tests/native_test.v
index 1ae7bec27d..7ed5507c3d 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/native/tests/native_test.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/native/tests/native_test.v
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ fn test_native() {
 			eprintln(bench.step_message_fail(cmd))
 			continue
 		}
-		res := os.execute(exe_test_path)
+		tmperrfile := '$dir/${test}.tmperr'
+		res := os.execute('$exe_test_path 2> $tmperrfile')
 		if res.exit_code != 0 {
 			bench.fail()
 			eprintln(bench.step_message_fail('$full_test_path failed to run'))
@@ -54,6 +55,24 @@ fn test_native() {
 			continue
 		}
 		mut expected := os.read_file('$dir/${test}.out') or { panic(err) }
+		errfile := '$dir/${test}.err'
+		if os.exists(errfile) {
+			mut err_expected := os.read_file('$dir/${test}.err') or { panic(err) }
+			err_expected = err_expected.trim_right('\r\n').replace('\r\n', '\n')
+			errstr := os.read_file(tmperrfile) or { panic(err) }
+			mut err_found := errstr.trim_right('\r\n').replace('\r\n', '\n')
+			if err_expected != err_found {
+				println(term.red('FAIL'))
+				println('============')
+				println('stderr expected: "$err_expected" len=$err_expected.len')
+				println('============')
+				println('stderr found:"$err_found" len=$err_found.len')
+				println('============\n')
+				bench.fail()
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		os.rm(tmperrfile) or {}
 		expected = expected.trim_right('\r\n').replace('\r\n', '\n')
 		mut found := res.output.trim_right('\r\n').replace('\r\n', '\n')
 		found = found.trim_space()
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/native/tests/print.vv b/vlib/v/gen/native/tests/print.vv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ddae6417a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/native/tests/print.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+fn test_stdout() {
+	print('Hello ')
+	println('World')
+}
+
+fn test_stderr() {
+	eprint('2(Hello)')
+	eprintln('2(World)')
+}
+
+fn main() {
+	test_stdout()
+	test_stderr()
+}
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/native/tests/print.vv.err b/vlib/v/gen/native/tests/print.vv.err
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..651cf357e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/native/tests/print.vv.err
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2(Hello)2(World)
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/native/tests/print.vv.out b/vlib/v/gen/native/tests/print.vv.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..557db03de9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/native/tests/print.vv.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello World