diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/clojure/pprint.clj b/src/babashka/impl/clojure/pprint.clj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d2a3695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/clojure/pprint.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+(ns babashka.impl.clojure.pprint
+  {:no-doc true}
+  (:require [fipp.edn :as fipp]))
+
+(defn pprint
+  ([edn]
+   (fipp/pprint edn))
+  ([edn writer]
+   (fipp/pprint edn {:writer writer})))
+
+(def pprint-namespace
+  {'pprint pprint})
diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index b0b1a3a2..38f3622b 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
    [babashka.impl.clojure.java.io :refer [io-namespace]]
    [babashka.impl.clojure.java.shell :refer [shell-namespace]]
    [babashka.impl.clojure.main :refer [demunge]]
+   [babashka.impl.clojure.pprint :refer [pprint-namespace]]
    [babashka.impl.clojure.stacktrace :refer [stacktrace-namespace print-stack-trace]]
    [babashka.impl.common :as common]
    [babashka.impl.csv :as csv]
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@
    [clojure.edn :as edn]
    [clojure.java.io :as io]
    [clojure.string :as str]
-   [fipp.edn :as fipp]
    [sci.addons :as addons]
    [sci.core :as sci]
    [sci.impl.interpreter :refer [eval-string*]]
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ Everything after that is bound to *command-line-args*."))
    'clojure.repl {'demunge demunge}
    'clojure.test t/clojure-test-namespace
    'babashka.classpath {'add-classpath add-classpath*}
-   'clojure.pprint {'pprint fipp/pprint}})
+   'clojure.pprint pprint-namespace})
 
 (def bindings
   {'java.lang.System/exit exit ;; override exit, so we have more control
diff --git a/test/babashka/main_test.clj b/test/babashka/main_test.clj
index e11b0958..0ae37c5e 100644
--- a/test/babashka/main_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/main_test.clj
@@ -342,6 +342,10 @@
   (alter-var-root #'clojure.core/inc (constantly inc2))
   res)")))))
 
+(deftest pprint-test
+  (testing "writer"
+    (is (string? (bb nil "(let [sw (java.io.StringWriter.)] (clojure.pprint/pprint (range 10) sw) (str sw))")))))
+
 ;;;; Scratch
 
 (comment