diff --git a/lib/sshkit/all.rb b/lib/sshkit/all.rb
index bdffe641..222936bd 100644
--- a/lib/sshkit/all.rb
+++ b/lib/sshkit/all.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 require_relative 'formatters/abstract'
 require_relative 'formatters/black_hole'
+require_relative 'formatters/simple_text'
 require_relative 'formatters/pretty'
 require_relative 'formatters/dot'
 
diff --git a/lib/sshkit/formatters/simple_text.rb b/lib/sshkit/formatters/simple_text.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d150c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sshkit/formatters/simple_text.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+
+module SSHKit
+
+  module Formatter
+
+    class SimpleText < Abstract
+
+      def write(obj)
+        return if obj.verbosity < SSHKit.config.output_verbosity
+        case obj
+        when SSHKit::Command    then write_command(obj)
+        when SSHKit::LogMessage then write_log_message(obj)
+        else
+          original_output << "Output formatter doesn't know how to handle #{obj.class}\n"
+        end
+      end
+      alias :<< :write
+
+      private
+
+      def write_command(command)
+        unless command.started?
+          original_output << "Running #{String(command)} on #{command.host.to_s}\n"
+          if SSHKit.config.output_verbosity == Logger::DEBUG
+            original_output << "Command: #{command.to_command}" + "\n"
+          end
+        end
+
+        if SSHKit.config.output_verbosity == Logger::DEBUG
+          unless command.stdout.empty?
+            command.stdout.lines.each do |line|
+              original_output << "\t" + line
+              original_output << "\n" unless line[-1] == "\n"
+            end
+          end
+
+          unless command.stderr.empty?
+            command.stderr.lines.each do |line|
+              original_output << "\t" + line
+              original_output << "\n" unless line[-1] == "\n"
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
+        if command.finished?
+          original_output << "Finished in #{sprintf('%5.3f seconds', command.runtime)} with exit status #{command.exit_status} (#{ command.failure? ? 'failed' : 'successful' }).\n"
+        end
+      end
+
+      def write_log_message(log_message)
+        original_output << log_message.to_s + "\n"
+      end
+
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end