diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Region.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Region.h
index 74084c25..7312bc67 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Region.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Region.h
@@ -204,9 +204,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 
 	// Non-member overloaded operators. 
 	/// Stream insertion operator.
-#if !defined SWIG
 	std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Region& region);
-#endif
 
 	// Functions to be inlined to to be in the header rather than the .cpp.
 	// 'inline' keyword is used for the definition rather than the declaration.
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Region.cpp b/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Region.cpp
index d86c55cb..4ac22dbd 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Region.cpp
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Region.cpp
@@ -494,12 +494,10 @@ namespace PolyVox
      * \param region The Region to write to the stream.
      * \return A reference to the output stream to allow chaining.
      */
-#if !defined SWIG
 	std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Region& region)
     {
 		os << "(" << region.getLowerX() << "," << region.getLowerY() << "," << region.getLowerZ() <<
 			") to (" << region.getUpperX() << "," << region.getUpperY() << "," << region.getUpperZ() << ")";
         return os;
     }
-#endif
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/library/bindings/PolyVoxCore.i b/library/bindings/PolyVoxCore.i
index 30a71407..0a814a59 100644
--- a/library/bindings/PolyVoxCore.i
+++ b/library/bindings/PolyVoxCore.i
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ EXTRACTOR(shortname, LargeVolume)
 %ignore *::operator-=;
 %ignore *::operator*=;
 %ignore *::operator/=;
+%ignore *::operator<<; //This is covered by STR()
 #endif
 
 %include "stdint.i"
diff --git a/library/bindings/Region.i b/library/bindings/Region.i
index 0860bf09..e57043af 100644
--- a/library/bindings/Region.i
+++ b/library/bindings/Region.i
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 #include "Region.h"
 %}
 
+%extend PolyVox::Region {
+	STR()
+};
+
 %ignore depth;
 %ignore height;
 %ignore width;