diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index 7392a19013..492139be56 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -1482,16 +1482,220 @@ io_write(VALUE io, VALUE str, int nosync)
     return LONG2FIX(n);
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_WRITEV
+struct binwritev_arg {
+    rb_io_t *fptr;
+    const struct iovec *iov;
+    int iovcnt;
+};
+
+static VALUE
+call_writev_internal(VALUE arg)
+{
+    struct binwritev_arg *p = (struct binwritev_arg *)arg;
+    return rb_writev_internal(p->fptr->fd, p->iov, p->iovcnt);
+}
+
+static long
+io_binwritev(struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, rb_io_t *fptr)
+{
+    int i;
+    long r, total = 0, written_len = 0;
+
+    /* don't write anything if current thread has a pending interrupt. */
+    rb_thread_check_ints();
+
+    if (iovcnt == 0) return 0;
+    for (i = 1; i < iovcnt; i++) total += iov[i].iov_len;
+
+    if (fptr->wbuf.ptr == NULL && !(fptr->mode & FMODE_SYNC)) {
+	fptr->wbuf.off = 0;
+	fptr->wbuf.len = 0;
+	fptr->wbuf.capa = IO_WBUF_CAPA_MIN;
+	fptr->wbuf.ptr = ALLOC_N(char, fptr->wbuf.capa);
+	fptr->write_lock = rb_mutex_new();
+	rb_mutex_allow_trap(fptr->write_lock, 1);
+    }
+
+    if (fptr->wbuf.ptr && fptr->wbuf.len) {
+	if (fptr->wbuf.off + fptr->wbuf.len + total <= fptr->wbuf.capa) {
+	    long offset = fptr->wbuf.off;
+	    for (i = 1; i < iovcnt; i++) {
+		memcpy(fptr->wbuf.ptr+offset, iov[i].iov_base, iov[i].iov_len);
+		offset += iov[i].iov_len;
+	    }
+	    fptr->wbuf.len += total;
+	    return total;
+	}
+	else {
+	    iov[0].iov_base = fptr->wbuf.ptr + fptr->wbuf.off;
+	    iov[0].iov_len  = fptr->wbuf.len;
+	}
+    }
+    else {
+	iov++;
+	iovcnt--;
+    }
+
+  retry:
+    if (fptr->write_lock) {
+	struct binwritev_arg arg;
+	arg.fptr = fptr;
+	arg.iov  = iov;
+	arg.iovcnt = iovcnt;
+	r = rb_mutex_synchronize(fptr->write_lock, call_writev_internal, (VALUE)&arg);
+    }
+    else {
+	r = rb_writev_internal(fptr->fd, iov, iovcnt);
+    }
+
+    if (r >= 0) {
+	written_len += r;
+	if (fptr->wbuf.ptr && fptr->wbuf.len) {
+	    if (written_len < fptr->wbuf.len) {
+		fptr->wbuf.off += r;
+		fptr->wbuf.len -= r;
+	    }
+	    else {
+		fptr->wbuf.off = 0;
+		fptr->wbuf.len = 0;
+	    }
+	}
+	if (written_len == total) return written_len;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < iovcnt; i++) {
+	    if (r > (ssize_t)iov[i].iov_len) {
+		r -= iov[i].iov_len;
+		iov[i].iov_len = 0;
+            }
+	    else {
+		iov[i].iov_base = (char *)iov[i].iov_base + r;
+		iov[i].iov_len  -= r;
+		break;
+	    }
+	}
+
+        errno = EAGAIN;
+    }
+    if (rb_io_wait_writable(fptr->fd)) {
+        rb_io_check_closed(fptr);
+	goto retry;
+    }
+
+    return -1L;
+}
+
+static long
+io_fwritev(int argc, VALUE *argv, rb_io_t *fptr)
+{
+    int i, converted, iovcnt = argc + 1;
+    long n;
+    VALUE v1, v2, str, tmp, *tmp_array;
+    struct iovec *iov;
+
+    if (iovcnt > IOV_MAX) {
+	rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "too many items (IOV_MAX: %d)", IOV_MAX);
+    }
+
+    iov = ALLOCV_N(struct iovec, v1, iovcnt);
+    tmp_array = ALLOCV_N(VALUE, v2, argc);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+	str = argv[i];
+	converted = 0;
+	str = do_writeconv(str, fptr, &converted);
+	if (converted)
+	    OBJ_FREEZE(str);
+
+	tmp = rb_str_tmp_frozen_acquire(str);
+	tmp_array[i] = tmp;
+	/* iov[0] is reserved for buffer of fptr */
+	iov[i+1].iov_base = RSTRING_PTR(tmp);
+	iov[i+1].iov_len = RSTRING_LEN(tmp);
+    }
+
+    n = io_binwritev(iov, iovcnt, fptr);
+    if (v1) ALLOCV_END(v1);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+	rb_str_tmp_frozen_release(argv[i], tmp_array[i]);
+    }
+
+    if (v2) ALLOCV_END(v2);
+
+    return n;
+}
+
+static VALUE
+io_writev(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE io)
+{
+    rb_io_t *fptr;
+    long n;
+    VALUE tmp;
+
+    io = GetWriteIO(io);
+    tmp = rb_io_check_io(io);
+    if (NIL_P(tmp)) {
+	/* port is not IO, call writev method for it. */
+	return rb_funcallv(io, id_write, argc, argv);
+    }
+    io = tmp;
+
+    GetOpenFile(io, fptr);
+    rb_io_check_writable(fptr);
+
+    n = io_fwritev(argc, argv, fptr);
+    if (n == -1L) rb_sys_fail_path(fptr->pathv);
+
+    return LONG2FIX(n);
+}
+#else
+static VALUE
+io_writev(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE io)
+{
+    rb_io_t *fptr;
+    long n, total;
+    VALUE str, tmp, total = INT2FIX(0);
+    int nosync;
+
+    io = GetWriteIO(io);
+    tmp = rb_io_check_io(io);
+    if (NIL_P(tmp)) {
+	/* port is not IO, call writev method for it. */
+	return rb_funcallv(io, id_write, argc, argv);
+    }
+    io = tmp;
+
+    GetOpenFile(io, fptr);
+    rb_io_check_writable(fptr);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+	/* sync at last item */
+	if (i == argc-1)
+	    nosync = 0;
+	else
+	    nosync = 1;
+
+	str = argv[i];
+	n = io_fwrite(str, fptr, nosync);
+	if (n == -1L) rb_sys_fail_path(fptr->pathv);
+	total = rb_fix_plus_fix(LONG2FIX(n), total);
+    }
+
+    return total;
+}
+#endif /* HAVE_WRITEV */
+
 /*
  *  call-seq:
- *     ios.write(string)    -> integer
+ *     ios.write(string, ...)    -> integer
  *
- *  Writes the given string to <em>ios</em>. The stream must be opened
- *  for writing. If the argument is not a string, it will be converted
+ *  Writes the given strings to <em>ios</em>. The stream must be opened
+ *  for writing. If each argument is not a string, they will be converted
  *  to a string using <code>to_s</code>. Returns the number of bytes
- *  written.
+ *  written in total.
  *
- *     count = $stdout.write("This is a test\n")
+ *     count = $stdout.write("This is", "a test\n")
  *     puts "That was #{count} bytes of data"
  *
  *  <em>produces:</em>
@@ -1501,9 +1705,22 @@ io_write(VALUE io, VALUE str, int nosync)
  */
 
 static VALUE
-io_write_m(VALUE io, VALUE str)
+io_write_m(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE io)
 {
-    return io_write(io, str, 0);
+#ifdef HAVE_WRITEV
+    rb_check_arity(argc, 1, IOV_MAX-1);
+#else
+    /* in many environments, IOV_MAX is 1024 */
+    rb_check_arity(argc, 1, 1023);
+#endif
+
+    if (argc > 1) {
+	return io_writev(argc, argv, io);
+    }
+    else {
+	VALUE str = argv[0];
+	return io_write(io, str, 0);
+    }
 }
 
 VALUE
@@ -12804,7 +13021,7 @@ Init_IO(void)
 
     rb_define_method(rb_cIO, "readpartial",  io_readpartial, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cIO, "read",  io_read, -1);
-    rb_define_method(rb_cIO, "write", io_write_m, 1);
+    rb_define_method(rb_cIO, "write", io_write_m, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cIO, "gets",  rb_io_gets_m, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cIO, "readline",  rb_io_readline, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cIO, "getc",  rb_io_getc, 0);
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_io.rb b/test/ruby/test_io.rb
index 402d497896..c7c4129e3e 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_io.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_io.rb
@@ -1216,6 +1216,32 @@ class TestIO < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end)
   end
 
+  def test_write_with_multiple_arguments
+    pipe(proc do |w|
+      w.write("foo", "bar")
+      w.close
+    end, proc do |r|
+      assert_equal("foobar", r.read)
+    end)
+  end
+
+  def test_write_with_many_arguments
+    pipe(proc do |w|
+      w.write(*(["a"] * 1023))
+      w.close
+    end, proc do |r|
+      assert_equal("a" * 1023, r.read)
+    end)
+  end
+
+  def test_write_with_too_many_arguments
+    with_pipe do |r, w|
+      assert_raise(ArgumentError) do
+        w.write(*(["a"] * 1024))
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_write_non_writable
     with_pipe do |r, w|
       assert_raise(IOError) do