diff --git a/Headers/gnustep/base/NSFormatter.h b/Headers/gnustep/base/NSFormatter.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b08271157
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Headers/gnustep/base/NSFormatter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/* Interface of NSFormatter class
+   Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   Written by:  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>
+   Created: November 1998
+
+   This file is part of the GNUstep Base Library.
+
+   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
+   Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+   */
+
+#ifndef __NSFormatter_h_GNUSTEP_BASE_INCLUDE
+#define __NSFormatter_h_GNUSTEP_BASE_INCLUDE
+
+#include	<Foundation/NSObject.h>
+
+#ifndef	STRICT_OPENSTEP
+
+@class	NSString, NSAttributedString, NSDictionary;
+
+@interface	NSFormatter : NSObject <NSCopying, NSCoding>
+{
+}
+- (NSAttributedString*) attributedStringForObjectValue: (id)anObject
+				 withDefaultAttributes: (NSDictionary*)attr;
+- (NSString*) editingStringForObjectValue: (id)anObject;
+- (BOOL) getObjectValue: (id*)anObject
+	      forString: (NSString*)string
+       errorDescription: (NSString**)error;
+- (BOOL) isPartialStringValid: (NSString*)partialString
+	     newEditingString: (NSString**)newString
+	     errorDescription: (NSString**)error;
+- (NSString*) stringForObjectValue: (id)anObject;
+@end
+
+#endif
+#endif
+
diff --git a/Source/GNUmakefile b/Source/GNUmakefile
index 31b570a05..dd84f6f47 100644
--- a/Source/GNUmakefile
+++ b/Source/GNUmakefile
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ NSEnumerator.m \
 NSException.m \
 NSFileHandle.m \
 NSFileManager.m \
+NSFormatter.m \
 NSGeometry.m \
 NSGArchiver.m \
 NSGArray.m \
@@ -413,6 +414,7 @@ Foundation/NSEnumerator.h \
 Foundation/NSException.h \
 Foundation/NSFileHandle.h \
 Foundation/NSFileManager.h \
+Foundation/NSFormatter.h \
 Foundation/NSGeometry.h \
 Foundation/NSGArchiver.h \
 Foundation/NSGArray.h \
diff --git a/Source/NSFormatter.m b/Source/NSFormatter.m
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0095d985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/NSFormatter.m
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/* Implementation of NSFormatter class
+   Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   Written by:  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>
+   Created: October 1998
+
+   This file is part of the GNUstep Base Library.
+
+   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
+   Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+   */
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include <Foundation/NSFormatter.h>
+
+@implementation NSFormatter
+
+- (NSAttributedString*) attributedStringForObjectValue: (id)anObject
+				 withDefaultAttributes: (NSDictionary*)attr
+{
+  return nil;
+}
+
+- (id) copyWithZone: (NSZone*)zone
+{
+  [self subclassResponsibility: _cmd];
+  return nil;
+}
+
+- (NSString*) editingStringForObjectValue: (id)anObject
+{
+  return [self stringForObjectValue: anObject];
+}
+
+- (void) encodeWithCoder: (NSCoder*)aCoder
+{
+  [self subclassResponsibility: _cmd];
+}
+
+- (BOOL) getObjectValue: (id*)anObject
+	      forString: (NSString*)string
+       errorDescription: (NSString**)error
+{
+  [self subclassResponsibility: _cmd];
+  return NO;
+}
+
+- (id) initWithCoder: (NSCoder*)aCoder
+{
+  [self subclassResponsibility: _cmd];
+  return nil;
+}
+
+- (BOOL) isPartialStringValid: (NSString*)partialString
+	     newEditingString: (NSString**)newString
+	     errorDescription: (NSString**)error
+{
+  *newString = nil;
+  *error = nil;
+  return YES;
+}
+
+- (NSString*) stringForObjectValue: (id)anObject
+{
+  [self subclassResponsibility: _cmd];
+  return nil;
+}
+@end
+