diff --git a/Utils/TypeIdValue.hh b/Utils/TypeIdValue.hh
index 1f261befb729c1073992585c61adecefc2e2b8a9..4e6c853189df2e8c4feaae96c3cbce7bc8e5ff2c 100644
--- a/Utils/TypeIdValue.hh
+++ b/Utils/TypeIdValue.hh
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ namespace senf {
     template <class Type>
     TypeIdValue const typeIdValue();
 
+    inline std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream & os, TypeIdValue const & v)
+    { return os << v.name(); }
+    
 }
 
 ///////////////////////////////hh.e////////////////////////////////////////