diff --git a/src/libcollections/treemap.rs b/src/libcollections/treemap.rs
index bb4ca36709c..fb663d91131 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/treemap.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/treemap.rs
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
 //! trees. The only requirement for the types is that the key implements
 //! `TotalOrd`.
 
-use std::iter;
-use std::iter::{Peekable};
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
+use std::fmt::Show;
+use std::fmt;
+use std::iter::Peekable;
+use std::iter;
 use std::mem::{replace, swap};
 use std::ptr;
 
@@ -67,6 +69,19 @@ impl<K: Ord + TotalOrd, V: Ord> Ord for TreeMap<K, V> {
     fn lt(&self, other: &TreeMap<K, V>) -> bool { lt(self, other) }
 }
 
+impl<K: TotalOrd + Show, V: Show> Show for TreeMap<K, V> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        try!(write!(f, r"\{"));
+
+        for (i, (k, v)) in self.iter().enumerate() {
+            if i != 0 { try!(write!(f, ", ")); }
+            try!(write!(f, "{}: {}", *k, *v));
+        }
+
+        write!(f, r"\}")
+    }
+}
+
 impl<K: TotalOrd, V> Container for TreeMap<K, V> {
     fn len(&self) -> uint { self.length }
 }
@@ -547,6 +562,19 @@ impl<T: Ord + TotalOrd> Ord for TreeSet<T> {
     fn lt(&self, other: &TreeSet<T>) -> bool { self.map < other.map }
 }
 
+impl<T: TotalOrd + Show> Show for TreeSet<T> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        try!(write!(f, r"\{"));
+
+        for (i, x) in self.iter().enumerate() {
+            if i != 0 { try!(write!(f, ", ")); }
+            try!(write!(f, "{}", *x));
+        }
+
+        write!(f, r"\}")
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T: TotalOrd> Container for TreeSet<T> {
     #[inline]
     fn len(&self) -> uint { self.map.len() }
@@ -1328,6 +1356,20 @@ mod test_treemap {
         assert!(a < b && a <= b);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_show() {
+        let mut map: TreeMap<int, int> = TreeMap::new();
+        let empty: TreeMap<int, int> = TreeMap::new();
+
+        map.insert(1, 2);
+        map.insert(3, 4);
+
+        let map_str = format!("{}", map);
+
+        assert!(map_str == "{1: 2, 3: 4}".to_owned());
+        assert_eq!(format!("{}", empty), "{}".to_owned());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_lazy_iterator() {
         let mut m = TreeMap::new();
@@ -1723,4 +1765,18 @@ mod test_set {
             assert!(set.contains(x));
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_show() {
+        let mut set: TreeSet<int> = TreeSet::new();
+        let empty: TreeSet<int> = TreeSet::new();
+
+        set.insert(1);
+        set.insert(2);
+
+        let set_str = format!("{}", set);
+
+        assert!(set_str == "{1, 2}".to_owned());
+        assert_eq!(format!("{}", empty), "{}".to_owned());
+    }
 }