diff --git a/auxiliary.go b/auxiliary.go
index ebfc34e..80141d8 100644
--- a/auxiliary.go
+++ b/auxiliary.go
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ func skipComment(r *bufio.Reader) (bool, error) {
 
 func LoadFile(l *State, fileName, mode string) error {
 	var f *os.File
+	var skipClose bool
 	fileNameIndex := l.Top() + 1
 	fileError := func(what string) error {
 		fileName, _ := l.ToString(fileNameIndex)
@@ -487,7 +488,8 @@ func LoadFile(l *State, fileName, mode string) error {
 	}
 	if fileName == "" {
 		l.PushString("=stdin")
-		f = os.Stdin
+		f = l.stdin
+		skipClose = true
 	} else {
 		l.PushString("@" + fileName)
 		var err error
@@ -504,7 +506,7 @@ func LoadFile(l *State, fileName, mode string) error {
 	}
 	s, _ := l.ToString(-1)
 	err := l.Load(r, s, mode)
-	if f != os.Stdin {
+	if !skipClose {
 		_ = f.Close()
 	}
 	if err != nil {
@@ -531,7 +533,8 @@ func NewStateEx() *State {
 	if l != nil {
 		_ = AtPanic(l, func(l *State) int {
 			s, _ := l.ToString(-1)
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "PANIC: unprotected error in call to Lua API (%s)\n", s)
+			fmt.Fprintf(l.stderr,
+				"PANIC: unprotected error in call to Lua API (%s)\n", s)
 			return 0
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/base.go b/base.go
index 2cffec2..cfbad53 100644
--- a/base.go
+++ b/base.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package lua
 
 import (
 	"io"
-	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -215,13 +214,25 @@ var baseLibrary = []RegistryFunction{
 				panic("unreachable")
 			}
 			if i > 1 {
-				os.Stdout.WriteString("\t")
+				_, err := l.stdout.WriteString("\t")
+				if err != nil {
+					Errorf(l, "failed writing to stdout: %v", err)
+					panic("unreachable")
+				}
+			}
+			_, err := l.stdout.WriteString(s)
+			if err != nil {
+				Errorf(l, "failed writing to stdout: %v", err)
+				panic("unreachable")
 			}
-			os.Stdout.WriteString(s)
 			l.Pop(1) // pop result
 		}
-		os.Stdout.WriteString("\n")
-		os.Stdout.Sync()
+		_, err := l.stdout.WriteString("\n")
+		if err != nil {
+			Errorf(l, "failed writing to stdout: %v", err)
+			panic("unreachable")
+		}
+		l.stdout.Sync()
 		return 0
 	}},
 	{"rawequal", func(l *State) int {
diff --git a/io.go b/io.go
index 2bacd86..5bb5502 100644
--- a/io.go
+++ b/io.go
@@ -316,9 +316,9 @@ func IOOpen(l *State) int {
 	SetFunctions(l, fileHandleMethods, 0)
 	l.Pop(1)
 
-	registerStdFile(l, os.Stdin, input, "stdin")
-	registerStdFile(l, os.Stdout, output, "stdout")
-	registerStdFile(l, os.Stderr, "", "stderr")
+	registerStdFile(l, l.stdin, input, "stdin")
+	registerStdFile(l, l.stdout, output, "stdout")
+	registerStdFile(l, l.stderr, "", "stderr")
 
 	return 1
 }
diff --git a/lua.go b/lua.go
index 749247a..2b548ff 100644
--- a/lua.go
+++ b/lua.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -239,6 +240,7 @@ type State struct {
 	errorFunction         int      // current error handling function (stack index)
 	baseCallInfo          callInfo // callInfo for first level (go calling lua)
 	protectFunction       func()
+	stdout, stderr, stdin *os.File
 }
 
 type globalState struct {
@@ -442,7 +444,8 @@ func (l *State) Load(r io.Reader, chunkName string, mode string) error {
 // http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/manual.html#lua_newstate
 func NewState() *State {
 	v := float64(VersionNumber)
-	l := &State{allowHook: true, error: nil, nonYieldableCallCount: 1}
+	l := &State{allowHook: true, error: nil, nonYieldableCallCount: 1,
+		stdout: os.Stdout, stderr: os.Stderr, stdin: os.Stdin}
 	g := &globalState{mainThread: l, registry: newTable(), version: &v, memoryErrorMessage: "not enough memory"}
 	l.global = g
 	l.initializeStack()
@@ -1515,3 +1518,12 @@ func (l *State) IsNoneOrNil(index int) bool { return l.TypeOf(index) <= TypeNil
 //
 // http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/manual.html#lua_pushglobaltable
 func (l *State) PushGlobalTable() { l.RawGetInt(RegistryIndex, RegistryIndexGlobals) }
+
+// SetStdout redirects interpreter stdout to the given *os.File
+func (l *State) SetStdout(stdout *os.File) { l.stdout = stdout }
+
+// SetStderr redirects interpreter stderr to the given *os.File
+func (l *State) SetStderr(stderr *os.File) { l.stderr = stderr }
+
+// SetStdin redirects interpreter stdin from the given *os.File
+func (l *State) SetStdin(stdin *os.File) { l.stdin = stdin }