diff --git a/basis/prettyprint/backend/backend.factor b/basis/prettyprint/backend/backend.factor
index b749bd63eb..31b6ba3f26 100644
--- a/basis/prettyprint/backend/backend.factor
+++ b/basis/prettyprint/backend/backend.factor
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ M: tuple pprint-narrow? drop t ;
 
 M: object pprint* pprint-object ;
 M: vector pprint* pprint-object ;
+M: byte-vector pprint* pprint-object ;
 M: hashtable pprint* pprint-object ;
 
 M: curry pprint*
diff --git a/core/byte-vectors/byte-vectors-tests.factor b/core/byte-vectors/byte-vectors-tests.factor
index d457d6805e..9a100d9795 100644
--- a/core/byte-vectors/byte-vectors-tests.factor
+++ b/core/byte-vectors/byte-vectors-tests.factor
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 IN: byte-vectors.tests
-USING: tools.test byte-vectors vectors sequences kernel ;
+USING: tools.test byte-vectors vectors sequences kernel
+prettyprint ;
 
 [ 0 ] [ 123 <byte-vector> length ] unit-test
 
@@ -12,3 +13,5 @@ USING: tools.test byte-vectors vectors sequences kernel ;
 ] unit-test
 
 [ t ] [ BV{ } byte-vector? ] unit-test
+
+[ "BV{ }" ] [ BV{ } unparse ] unit-test