diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 1c1d4f832e..84c3b05eda 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ pub fn build(b: &Builder) {
         "std/special/compiler_rt/index.zig", "compiler-rt", "Run the compiler_rt tests",
         with_lldb));
 
+    test_step.dependOn(tests.addPkgTests(b, test_filter,
+        "src-self-hosted/main.zig", "fmt", "Run the fmt tests",
+        with_lldb));
+
     test_step.dependOn(tests.addCompareOutputTests(b, test_filter));
     test_step.dependOn(tests.addBuildExampleTests(b, test_filter));
     test_step.dependOn(tests.addCompileErrorTests(b, test_filter));
diff --git a/src-self-hosted/main.zig b/src-self-hosted/main.zig
index 705281e441..209ee829e5 100644
--- a/src-self-hosted/main.zig
+++ b/src-self-hosted/main.zig
@@ -1387,6 +1387,7 @@ const Parser = struct {
 
                             %return stream.print("(");
 
+                            %return stack.append(RenderState { .Text = "\n" });
                             if (fn_proto.fn_def_node == null) {
                                 %return stack.append(RenderState { .Text = ";" });
                             }
@@ -1536,3 +1537,37 @@ fn removeNullCast(x: var) -> {const InnerPtr = @typeOf(x).Child.Child; &InnerPtr
     const InnerPtr = @typeOf(x).Child.Child;
     return @ptrCast(&InnerPtr, x);
 }
+
+
+
+fn testCanonical(source: []const u8) {
+    const allocator = std.debug.global_allocator;
+    std.debug.global_allocator_index = 0;
+
+    var tokenizer = Tokenizer.init(source);
+    var parser = Parser.init(&tokenizer, allocator, "(memory buffer)");
+    defer parser.deinit();
+
+    const root_node = parser.parse() %% unreachable;
+    defer parser.freeAst(root_node);
+
+    var buffer = std.Buffer.initSize(allocator, 0) %% unreachable;
+    var buffer_out_stream = io.BufferOutStream.init(&buffer);
+    parser.renderSource(&buffer_out_stream.stream, root_node) %% unreachable;
+
+    if (!mem.eql(u8, buffer.toSliceConst(), source)) {
+        warn("\n====== expected this output: =========\n");
+        warn("{}", source);
+        warn("\n======== instead found this: =========\n");
+        warn("{}", buffer.toSliceConst());
+        warn("\n======================================\n");
+        @panic("test failed");
+    }
+}
+
+test "zig fmt" {
+    testCanonical(
+        \\extern fn puts(s: &const u8) -> c_int;
+        \\
+    );
+}
diff --git a/std/buffer.zig b/std/buffer.zig
index 96abaeb762..73a38fff5b 100644
--- a/std/buffer.zig
+++ b/std/buffer.zig
@@ -98,14 +98,17 @@ pub const Buffer = struct {
         mem.copy(u8, self.list.toSlice()[old_len..], m);
     }
 
+    // TODO: remove, use OutStream for this
     pub fn appendFormat(self: &Buffer, comptime format: []const u8, args: ...) -> %void {
         return fmt.format(self, append, format, args);
     }
 
+    // TODO: remove, use OutStream for this
     pub fn appendByte(self: &Buffer, byte: u8) -> %void {
         return self.appendByteNTimes(byte, 1);
     }
 
+    // TODO: remove, use OutStream for this
     pub fn appendByteNTimes(self: &Buffer, byte: u8, count: usize) -> %void {
         var prev_size: usize = self.len();
         %return self.resize(prev_size + count);
diff --git a/std/debug.zig b/std/debug.zig
index c520e98b15..3e7a38d043 100644
--- a/std/debug.zig
+++ b/std/debug.zig
@@ -966,28 +966,29 @@ fn readILeb128(in_stream: &io.InStream) -> %i64 {
 }
 
 pub const global_allocator = &global_allocator_state;
+
 var global_allocator_state = mem.Allocator {
     .allocFn = globalAlloc,
     .reallocFn = globalRealloc,
     .freeFn = globalFree,
 };
 
-var some_mem: [100 * 1024]u8 = undefined;
-var some_mem_index: usize = 0;
+pub var global_allocator_mem: [100 * 1024]u8 = undefined;
+pub var global_allocator_index: usize = 0;
 
 error OutOfMemory;
 
 fn globalAlloc(self: &mem.Allocator, n: usize, alignment: u29) -> %[]u8 {
-    const addr = @ptrToInt(&some_mem[some_mem_index]);
+    const addr = @ptrToInt(&global_allocator_mem[global_allocator_index]);
     const rem = @rem(addr, alignment);
     const march_forward_bytes = if (rem == 0) 0 else (alignment - rem);
-    const adjusted_index = some_mem_index + march_forward_bytes;
+    const adjusted_index = global_allocator_index + march_forward_bytes;
     const end_index = adjusted_index + n;
-    if (end_index > some_mem.len) {
+    if (end_index > global_allocator_mem.len) {
         return error.OutOfMemory;
     }
-    const result = some_mem[adjusted_index .. end_index];
-    some_mem_index = end_index;
+    const result = global_allocator_mem[adjusted_index .. end_index];
+    global_allocator_index = end_index;
     return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/std/index.zig b/std/index.zig
index 13ae25f914..323eee203e 100644
--- a/std/index.zig
+++ b/std/index.zig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pub const AlignedArrayList = @import("array_list.zig").AlignedArrayList;
 pub const BufMap = @import("buf_map.zig").BufMap;
 pub const BufSet = @import("buf_set.zig").BufSet;
 pub const Buffer = @import("buffer.zig").Buffer;
+pub const BufferOutStream = @import("buffer.zig").BufferOutStream;
 pub const HashMap = @import("hash_map.zig").HashMap;
 pub const LinkedList = @import("linked_list.zig").LinkedList;
 
diff --git a/std/io.zig b/std/io.zig
index 87a46b05eb..b677e457f7 100644
--- a/std/io.zig
+++ b/std/io.zig
@@ -633,3 +633,24 @@ pub fn BufferedOutStreamCustom(comptime buffer_size: usize) -> type {
         }
     };
 }
+
+/// Implementation of OutStream trait for Buffer
+pub const BufferOutStream = struct {
+    buffer: &Buffer,
+    stream: OutStream,
+
+    pub fn init(buffer: &Buffer) -> BufferOutStream {
+        return BufferOutStream {
+            .buffer = buffer,
+            .stream = OutStream {
+                .writeFn = writeFn,
+            },
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn writeFn(out_stream: &OutStream, bytes: []const u8) -> %void {
+        const self = @fieldParentPtr(BufferOutStream, "stream", out_stream);
+        return self.buffer.append(bytes);
+    }
+};
+