diff --git a/format/format.go b/format/format.go
index 952726e..5cd89bc 100644
--- a/format/format.go
+++ b/format/format.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // Use MaxDepth to set the maximum recursion depth when printing deeply nested objects
@@ -22,6 +23,24 @@
 */
 var UseStringerRepresentation = false
 
+/*
+Print the content of context objects. By default it will be suppressed.
+
+Set PrintContextObjects = true to enable printing of the context internals.
+*/
+var PrintContextObjects = false
+
+// Ctx interface defined here to keep backwards compatability with go < 1.7
+// It matches the context.Context interface
+type Ctx interface {
+	Deadline() (deadline time.Time, ok bool)
+	Done() <-chan struct{}
+	Err() error
+	Value(key interface{}) interface{}
+}
+
+var contextType = reflect.TypeOf((*Ctx)(nil)).Elem()
+
 //The default indentation string emitted by the format package
 var Indent = "    "
 
@@ -57,6 +76,8 @@
 Modify format.MaxDepth to control how deep the recursion is allowed to go
 Set format.UseStringerRepresentation to true to return object.GoString() or object.String() when available instead of
 recursing into the object.
+
+Set PrintContextObjects to true to print the content of objects implementing context.Context
 */
 func Object(object interface{}, indentation uint) string {
 	indent := strings.Repeat(Indent, int(indentation))
@@ -124,6 +145,12 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	if !PrintContextObjects {
+		if value.Type().Implements(contextType) && indentation > 1 {
+			return "<suppressed context>"
+		}
+	}
+
 	switch value.Kind() {
 	case reflect.Bool:
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%v", value.Bool())
diff --git a/format/format_test.go b/format/format_test.go
index b27df8e..4d4b36c 100644
--- a/format/format_test.go
+++ b/format/format_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -72,6 +73,25 @@
 	return "string"
 }
 
+type ctx struct {
+}
+
+func (c *ctx) Deadline() (deadline time.Time, ok bool) {
+	return time.Time{}, false
+}
+
+func (c *ctx) Done() <-chan struct{} {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *ctx) Err() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *ctx) Value(key interface{}) interface{} {
+	return nil
+}
+
 var _ = Describe("Format", func() {
 	match := func(typeRepresentation string, valueRepresentation string, args ...interface{}) types.GomegaMatcher {
 		if len(args) > 0 {
@@ -465,4 +485,37 @@
 			})
 		})
 	})
+
+	Describe("Printing a context.Context field", func() {
+
+		type structWithContext struct {
+			Context Ctx
+			Value   string
+		}
+
+		context := ctx{}
+		objWithContext := structWithContext{Value: "some-value", Context: &context}
+
+		It("Suppresses the content by default", func() {
+			Ω(Object(objWithContext, 1)).Should(ContainSubstring("<suppressed context>"))
+		})
+
+		It("Doesn't supress the context if it's the object being printed", func() {
+			Ω(Object(context, 1)).ShouldNot(MatchRegexp("^.*<suppressed context>$"))
+		})
+
+		Context("PrintContextObjects is set", func() {
+			BeforeEach(func() {
+				PrintContextObjects = true
+			})
+
+			AfterEach(func() {
+				PrintContextObjects = false
+			})
+
+			It("Prints the context", func() {
+				Ω(Object(objWithContext, 1)).ShouldNot(ContainSubstring("<suppressed context>"))
+			})
+		})
+	})
 })