diff --git a/include/argparse/argparse.hpp b/include/argparse/argparse.hpp
index 3e43804..fa31ef0 100644
--- a/include/argparse/argparse.hpp
+++ b/include/argparse/argparse.hpp
@@ -1361,14 +1361,15 @@ public:
   explicit ArgumentParser(std::string program_name = {},
                           std::string version = "1.0",
                           default_arguments add_args = default_arguments::all,
-                          bool exit_on_default_arguments = true)
+                          bool exit_on_default_arguments = true,
+                          std::ostream &os = std::cout)
       : m_program_name(std::move(program_name)), m_version(std::move(version)),
         m_exit_on_default_arguments(exit_on_default_arguments),
         m_parser_path(m_program_name) {
     if ((add_args & default_arguments::help) == default_arguments::help) {
       add_argument("-h", "--help")
           .action([&](const auto & /*unused*/) {
-            std::cout << help().str();
+            os << help().str();
             if (m_exit_on_default_arguments) {
               std::exit(0);
             }
@@ -1381,7 +1382,7 @@ public:
     if ((add_args & default_arguments::version) == default_arguments::version) {
       add_argument("-v", "--version")
           .action([&](const auto & /*unused*/) {
-            std::cout << m_version << std::endl;
+            os << m_version << std::endl;
             if (m_exit_on_default_arguments) {
               std::exit(0);
             }
@@ -1845,7 +1846,7 @@ private:
           if (m_positional_arguments.empty()) {
 
             // Ask the user if they argument they provided was a typo
-            // for some sub-parser, 
+            // for some sub-parser,
             // e.g., user provided `git totes` instead of `git notes`
             if (!m_subparser_map.empty()) {
               throw std::runtime_error(
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index c7b5c13..718e14a 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ file(GLOB ARGPARSE_TEST_SOURCES
     test_repr.cpp
     test_required_arguments.cpp
     test_scan.cpp
+    test_stringstream.cpp
     test_value_semantics.cpp
     test_version.cpp
     test_subparsers.cpp
diff --git a/test/test_error_reporting.cpp b/test/test_error_reporting.cpp
index 648cb47..0c91132 100644
--- a/test/test_error_reporting.cpp
+++ b/test/test_error_reporting.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ TEST_CASE("Missing optional argument name" * test_suite("error_reporting")) {
   }
 }
 
-TEST_CASE("Missing optional argument name (some flag arguments)" * test_suite("error_reporting")) {
+TEST_CASE("Missing optional argument name (some flag arguments)" *
+          test_suite("error_reporting")) {
   argparse::ArgumentParser parser("test");
   parser.add_argument("-a").flag();
   parser.add_argument("-b").flag();
diff --git a/test/test_stringstream.cpp b/test/test_stringstream.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..105bb40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_stringstream.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#ifdef WITH_MODULE
+import argparse;
+#else
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
+#endif
+#include <doctest.hpp>
+
+#include <cmath>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+using doctest::test_suite;
+
+TEST_CASE("Get Version String" * test_suite("stringstream")) {
+  std::stringstream os;
+  argparse::ArgumentParser program("test", "1.0",
+                                   argparse::default_arguments::all, false, os);
+  program.parse_args({"test", "--version"});
+  REQUIRE(os.str() == "1.0\n");
+}
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