diff --git a/core/print_string.cpp b/core/print_string.cpp
index 92a04cbf0b1..520fb3daec4 100644
--- a/core/print_string.cpp
+++ b/core/print_string.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,25 @@ void print_line(String p_string) {
 	PrintHandlerList *l = print_handler_list;
 	while (l) {
 
-		l->printfunc(l->userdata, p_string);
+		l->printfunc(l->userdata, p_string, false);
+		l = l->next;
+	}
+
+	_global_unlock();
+}
+
+void print_error(String p_string) {
+
+	if (!_print_error_enabled)
+		return;
+
+	OS::get_singleton()->printerr("%s\n", p_string.utf8().get_data());
+
+	_global_lock();
+	PrintHandlerList *l = print_handler_list;
+	while (l) {
+
+		l->printfunc(l->userdata, p_string, true);
 		l = l->next;
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/print_string.h b/core/print_string.h
index 9f8420c31a3..6b68380b9dd 100644
--- a/core/print_string.h
+++ b/core/print_string.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 extern void (*_print_func)(String);
 
-typedef void (*PrintHandlerFunc)(void *, const String &p_string);
+typedef void (*PrintHandlerFunc)(void *, const String &p_string, bool p_error);
 
 struct PrintHandlerList {
 
@@ -56,5 +56,6 @@ void remove_print_handler(PrintHandlerList *p_handler);
 extern bool _print_line_enabled;
 extern bool _print_error_enabled;
 extern void print_line(String p_string);
+extern void print_error(String p_string);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/core/script_debugger_remote.cpp b/core/script_debugger_remote.cpp
index f77fb116c7f..5655a4d5e44 100644
--- a/core/script_debugger_remote.cpp
+++ b/core/script_debugger_remote.cpp
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ void ScriptDebuggerRemote::send_message(const String &p_message, const Array &p_
 	mutex->unlock();
 }
 
-void ScriptDebuggerRemote::_print_handler(void *p_this, const String &p_string) {
+void ScriptDebuggerRemote::_print_handler(void *p_this, const String &p_string, bool p_error) {
 
 	ScriptDebuggerRemote *sdr = (ScriptDebuggerRemote *)p_this;
 
diff --git a/core/script_debugger_remote.h b/core/script_debugger_remote.h
index 22137d13508..90d2daf1f81 100644
--- a/core/script_debugger_remote.h
+++ b/core/script_debugger_remote.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class ScriptDebuggerRemote : public ScriptDebugger {
 	uint64_t msec_count;
 
 	bool locking; //hack to avoid a deadloop
-	static void _print_handler(void *p_this, const String &p_string);
+	static void _print_handler(void *p_this, const String &p_string, bool p_error);
 
 	PrintHandlerList phl;
 
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_functions.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_functions.cpp
index 467dbf3e56b..c6066ceefb0 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_functions.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_functions.cpp
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ void GDScriptFunctions::call(Function p_func, const Variant **p_args, int p_arg_
 			}
 
 			//str+="\n";
-			OS::get_singleton()->printerr("%s\n", str.utf8().get_data());
+			print_error(str);
 			r_ret = Variant();
 
 		} break;
diff --git a/modules/visual_script/visual_script_builtin_funcs.cpp b/modules/visual_script/visual_script_builtin_funcs.cpp
index 7c9d3068317..8f7fe58beef 100644
--- a/modules/visual_script/visual_script_builtin_funcs.cpp
+++ b/modules/visual_script/visual_script_builtin_funcs.cpp
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ void VisualScriptBuiltinFunc::exec_func(BuiltinFunc p_func, const Variant **p_in
 			String str = *p_inputs[0];
 
 			//str+="\n";
-			OS::get_singleton()->printerr("%s\n", str.utf8().get_data());
+			print_error(str);
 
 		} break;
 		case VisualScriptBuiltinFunc::TEXT_PRINTRAW: {