diff --git a/core/String.carp b/core/String.carp
index 881b9c6b..eec367c3 100644
--- a/core/String.carp
+++ b/core/String.carp
@@ -461,9 +461,13 @@
 )
 
 (defmodule Pointer
-  (register str (Fn [(Ptr a)] String) "Pointer_str")
+  (register strp (Fn [(Ptr a)] String) "Pointer_strp")
+
+  (defn str [a] (Pointer.strp a))
   (implements str Pointer.str)
-  (defn prn [a] (Pointer.str a))
+
+  (defn prn [a] (Pointer.strp a))
+  (implements prn Pointer.prn)
   )
 
 (defndynamic build-str* [forms]
@@ -474,4 +478,4 @@
       (list 'ref (list 'String.append (list 'ref (list 'str (car forms))) (build-str* (cdr forms)))))))
 
 (defmacro str* [:rest forms]
-  (list 'copy (build-str* forms)))
\ No newline at end of file
+  (list 'copy (build-str* forms)))
diff --git a/core/carp_string.h b/core/carp_string.h
index b9251069..b291b02d 100644
--- a/core/carp_string.h
+++ b/core/carp_string.h
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ int String_index_MINUS_of(const String *s, char c) {
     return String_index_MINUS_of_MINUS_from(s, c, -1);
 }
 
-String Pointer_str(void *in) {
+String Pointer_strp(void *in) {
     int size = snprintf(NULL, 0, "%p", in) + 1;
     String buffer = CARP_MALLOC(size);
     sprintf(buffer, "%p", in);
diff --git a/test/pointer.carp b/test/pointer.carp
index 03cbe617..df561848 100644
--- a/test/pointer.carp
+++ b/test/pointer.carp
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
 (defn ref-to-ptr [r]
   (the (Ptr a) (Unsafe.coerce (the (Ref a) r))))
 
+;; Just make sure the 'str' for a Pointer compiles
+;; (testing out its contents is platform specific)
+(defn pointer-to-str []
+  (let [p (the (Ptr CChar) NULL)]
+    (str p)))
+
 ; these tests are sadly a little unsafe
 (deftest test
   (assert-equal test
@@ -42,5 +48,5 @@
                 (to-value (ref-to-ptr &123))
                 123
                 "Pointer.to-value works as expected"
-  )
+                )
 )