diff --git a/src/cfg.c b/src/cfg.c
index a88b9be..91d0128 100644
--- a/src/cfg.c
+++ b/src/cfg.c
@@ -724,6 +724,12 @@ cfg_get_stream_format(void)
 	return (cfg.stream.format);
 }
 
+const char *
+cfg_get_stream_format_str(void)
+{
+	return (cfg_stream_fmt2str(cfg.stream.format));
+}
+
 const char *
 cfg_get_stream_encoder(void)
 {
diff --git a/src/cfg.h b/src/cfg.h
index 62b8982..8c03ca2 100644
--- a/src/cfg.h
+++ b/src/cfg.h
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ const char *
 int	cfg_get_stream_server_public(void);
 enum cfg_stream_format
 	cfg_get_stream_format(void);
+const char *
+	cfg_get_stream_format_str(void);
 const char *
 	cfg_get_stream_encoder(void);
 
diff --git a/tests/check_cfg.c b/tests/check_cfg.c
index c6762fd..b5dfd76 100644
--- a/tests/check_cfg.c
+++ b/tests/check_cfg.c
@@ -347,6 +347,8 @@ START_TEST(test_stream_format)
 
 	ck_assert_int_eq(cfg_set_stream_format(CFG_SFMT_VORBIS, NULL), 0);
 	ck_assert_int_eq(cfg_get_stream_format(), CFG_STREAM_VORBIS);
+	ck_assert_str_eq(cfg_get_stream_format_str(),
+	    cfg_stream_fmt2str(CFG_STREAM_VORBIS));
 }
 END_TEST