--- a/src/pr-output.cc
+++ b/src/pr-output.cc
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "Range.h"
 #include "cmd-edit.h"
 #include "dMatrix.h"
+#include "Cell.h"
 #include "lo-mappers.h"
 #include "mach-info.h"
 #include "oct-cmplx.h"
@@ -1754,6 +1755,39 @@
     }
 }
 
+void
+octave_print_internal (std::ostream& os, const Cell& cell_val,
+		       bool pr_as_read_syntax, int extra_indent)
+{
+  int nr = cell_val.rows ();
+  int nc = cell_val.columns();
+
+  if (nr > 0 && nc > 0)
+    {
+      os << "{\n";
+
+      for (int j = 0; j < nc; j++)
+	{
+	  for (int i = 0; i < nr; i++)
+	    {
+	      std::ostrstream buf;
+	      buf << "[" << i+1 << "," << j+1 << "]" << std::ends;
+	      const char *nm = buf.str ();
+
+	      octave_value val = cell_val(i,j);
+
+	      val.print_with_name (os, nm);
+
+	      delete [] nm;
+	    }
+	}
+
+      os << "}";
+    }
+  else
+    os << "{}";
+}
+
 DEFUN (disp, args, nargout,
   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
 @deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} disp (@var{x})\n\