diff --git a/src/libutil/fmt.hh b/src/libutil/fmt.hh
index 0c9eeb607..515471e4c 100644
--- a/src/libutil/fmt.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/fmt.hh
@@ -10,11 +10,28 @@
 #define BOOST_STACKTRACE_GNU_SOURCE_NOT_REQUIRED
 #endif
 #include <boost/stacktrace.hpp>
+#include <fmt/core.h>
+#include <fmt/format.h>
 
 #include "ansicolor.hh"
 
 namespace nix {
 
+/// Hot sale: order now and you can get two characters off of every fmt::format() call!
+template<typename ...Args>
+inline auto fmtformat(fmt::format_string<Args...> format, Args && ...args)
+{
+    return fmt::format(format, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+}
+
+using fmt::println;
+
+template<typename ...Args>
+inline void eprintln(fmt::format_string<Args...> format, Args && ...args)
+{
+    return fmt::println(stderr, format, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+}
+
 /**
  * Values wrapped in this struct are printed in magenta.
  *