diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b93e1719..dcf58112 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ build/tgo: *.go
 	@mkdir -p build
 	@go build -o build/tgo -i .
 
-build/hello.o: build/tgo src/examples/hello/*.go
+build/hello.o: build/tgo src/examples/hello/*.go src/runtime/*.go
 	@./build/tgo -printir -o build/hello.o examples/hello
 
 build/runtime.o: src/runtime/*.c src/runtime/*.h
diff --git a/src/runtime/runtime.c b/src/runtime/runtime.c
index 93ff2024..ecad8e0f 100644
--- a/src/runtime/runtime.c
+++ b/src/runtime/runtime.c
@@ -1,43 +1,6 @@
 
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
 #include "runtime.h"
 
-void __go_printstring(string_t str) {
-	for (int i = 0; i < str.len; i++) {
-		putchar(str.buf[i]);
-	}
-}
-
-void __go_printint(intgo_t n) {
-	// Print integer in signed big-endian base-10 notation, for humans to
-	// read.
-	// TODO: don't recurse, but still be compact (and don't divide/mod
-	// more than necessary).
-	if (n < 0) {
-		putchar('-');
-		n = -n;
-	}
-	intgo_t prevdigits = n / 10;
-	if (prevdigits != 0) {
-		__go_printint(prevdigits);
-	}
-	putchar((n % 10) + '0');
-}
-
-void __go_printbyte(uint8_t c) {
-	putchar(c);
-}
-
-void __go_printspace() {
-	putchar(' ');
-}
-
-void __go_printnl() {
-	putchar('\n');
-}
-
 void go_main() __asm__("main.main");
 
 void __go_runtime_main() {
diff --git a/src/runtime/runtime.go b/src/runtime/runtime.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c891641c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+
+package runtime
+
+// #include <stdio.h>
+import "C"
+
+const Compiler = "tgo"
+
+func printstring(s string) {
+	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
+		C.putchar(C.int(s[i]))
+	}
+}
+
+func printint(n int) {
+	// Print integer in signed big-endian base-10 notation, for humans to
+	// read.
+	// TODO: don't recurse, but still be compact (and don't divide/mod
+	// more than necessary).
+	if n < 0 {
+		C.putchar('-')
+		n = -n
+	}
+	prevdigits := n / 10
+	if prevdigits != 0 {
+		printint(prevdigits)
+	}
+	C.putchar(C.int((n % 10) + '0'))
+}
+
+func printbyte(c uint8) {
+	C.putchar(C.int(c))
+}
+
+func printspace() {
+	C.putchar(' ')
+}
+
+func printnl() {
+	C.putchar('\n')
+}
diff --git a/tgo.go b/tgo.go
index 2aa0df28..ef00c4df 100644
--- a/tgo.go
+++ b/tgo.go
@@ -97,15 +97,15 @@ func NewCompiler(pkgName, triple string) (*Compiler, error) {
 	c.typeassertType = llvm.StructType([]llvm.Type{llvm.PointerType(llvm.Int8Type(), 0), llvm.Int1Type()}, false)
 
 	printstringType := llvm.FunctionType(llvm.VoidType(), []llvm.Type{c.stringType}, false)
-	c.printstringFunc = llvm.AddFunction(c.mod, "__go_printstring", printstringType)
+	c.printstringFunc = llvm.AddFunction(c.mod, "runtime.printstring", printstringType)
 	printintType := llvm.FunctionType(llvm.VoidType(), []llvm.Type{c.intType}, false)
-	c.printintFunc = llvm.AddFunction(c.mod, "__go_printint", printintType)
+	c.printintFunc = llvm.AddFunction(c.mod, "runtime.printint", printintType)
 	printbyteType := llvm.FunctionType(llvm.VoidType(), []llvm.Type{llvm.Int8Type()}, false)
-	c.printbyteFunc = llvm.AddFunction(c.mod, "__go_printbyte", printbyteType)
+	c.printbyteFunc = llvm.AddFunction(c.mod, "runtime.printbyte", printbyteType)
 	printspaceType := llvm.FunctionType(llvm.VoidType(), nil, false)
-	c.printspaceFunc = llvm.AddFunction(c.mod, "__go_printspace", printspaceType)
+	c.printspaceFunc = llvm.AddFunction(c.mod, "runtime.printspace", printspaceType)
 	printnlType := llvm.FunctionType(llvm.VoidType(), nil, false)
-	c.printnlFunc = llvm.AddFunction(c.mod, "__go_printnl", printnlType)
+	c.printnlFunc = llvm.AddFunction(c.mod, "runtime.printnl", printnlType)
 
 	return c, nil
 }
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ func (c *Compiler) Parse(pkgName string) error {
 		},
 		AllowErrors: true,
 	}
+	config.Import("runtime")
 	config.Import(pkgName)
 	lprogram, err := config.Load()
 	if err != nil {