diff --git a/include/printf_buffer.h b/include/printf_buffer.h
index 8b9a09647d..51d5dfc84e 100644
--- a/include/printf_buffer.h
+++ b/include/printf_buffer.h
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ bool __printf_buffer_flush (struct __printf_buffer *buf) attribute_hidden;
 enum __wprintf_buffer_mode
   {
     __wprintf_buffer_mode_failed,
+    __wprintf_buffer_mode_swprintf,
     __wprintf_buffer_mode_to_file,
   };
 
diff --git a/libio/tst_swprintf.c b/libio/tst_swprintf.c
index 5ede402fff..6684749807 100644
--- a/libio/tst_swprintf.c
+++ b/libio/tst_swprintf.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <array_length.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <support/check.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ do_test (void)
 
   for (n = 0; n < array_length(tests); ++n)
     {
+      wmemset (buf, 0xabcd, array_length (buf));
+      errno = 0;
       ssize_t res = swprintf (buf, tests[n].n, L"%s", tests[n].str);
 
       if (tests[n].exp < 0 && res >= 0)
@@ -52,9 +55,31 @@ do_test (void)
 swprintf (buf, %Zu, L\"%%s\", \"%s\") expected to return %Zd, but got %Zd\n",
 		  tests[n].n, tests[n].str, tests[n].exp, res);
 	}
-      else
-	printf ("swprintf (buf, %Zu, L\"%%s\", \"%s\") OK\n",
-		tests[n].n, tests[n].str);
+      else if (res < 0
+	       && tests[n].n > 0
+	       && wcsnlen (buf, array_length (buf)) == array_length (buf))
+	{
+	  support_record_failure ();
+	  printf ("\
+error: swprintf (buf, %Zu, L\"%%s\", \"%s\") missing null terminator\n",
+		  tests[n].n, tests[n].str);
+	}
+      else if (res < 0
+	       && tests[n].n > 0
+	       && wcsnlen (buf, array_length (buf)) < array_length (buf)
+	       && buf[wcsnlen (buf, array_length (buf)) + 1] != 0xabcd)
+	{
+	  support_record_failure ();
+	  printf ("\
+error: swprintf (buf, %Zu, L\"%%s\", \"%s\") out of bounds write\n",
+		  tests[n].n, tests[n].str);
+	}
+
+      if (res < 0 && tests[n].n < 0)
+	TEST_COMPARE (errno, E2BIG);
+
+      printf ("swprintf (buf, %Zu, L\"%%s\", \"%s\") OK\n",
+	      tests[n].n, tests[n].str);
     }
 
   TEST_COMPARE (swprintf (buf, array_length (buf), L"%.0s", "foo"), 0);
diff --git a/libio/vswprintf.c b/libio/vswprintf.c
index 5a9ccdff3e..f53545c806 100644
--- a/libio/vswprintf.c
+++ b/libio/vswprintf.c
@@ -24,101 +24,37 @@
    This exception applies to code released by its copyright holders
    in files containing the exception.  */
 
-#include "libioP.h"
-#include "strfile.h"
-
-
-static wint_t _IO_wstrn_overflow (FILE *fp, wint_t c) __THROW;
-
-static wint_t
-_IO_wstrn_overflow (FILE *fp, wint_t c)
-{
-  /* When we come to here this means the user supplied buffer is
-     filled.  But since we must return the number of characters which
-     would have been written in total we must provide a buffer for
-     further use.  We can do this by writing on and on in the overflow
-     buffer in the _IO_wstrnfile structure.  */
-  _IO_wstrnfile *snf = (_IO_wstrnfile *) fp;
-
-  if (fp->_wide_data->_IO_buf_base != snf->overflow_buf)
-    {
-      _IO_wsetb (fp, snf->overflow_buf,
-		 snf->overflow_buf + (sizeof (snf->overflow_buf)
-				      / sizeof (wchar_t)), 0);
-
-      fp->_wide_data->_IO_write_base = snf->overflow_buf;
-      fp->_wide_data->_IO_read_base = snf->overflow_buf;
-      fp->_wide_data->_IO_read_ptr = snf->overflow_buf;
-      fp->_wide_data->_IO_read_end = (snf->overflow_buf
-				      + (sizeof (snf->overflow_buf)
-					 / sizeof (wchar_t)));
-    }
-
-  fp->_wide_data->_IO_write_ptr = snf->overflow_buf;
-  fp->_wide_data->_IO_write_end = snf->overflow_buf;
-
-  /* Since we are not really interested in storing the characters
-     which do not fit in the buffer we simply ignore it.  */
-  return c;
-}
-
-
-const struct _IO_jump_t _IO_wstrn_jumps libio_vtable attribute_hidden =
-{
-  JUMP_INIT_DUMMY,
-  JUMP_INIT(finish, _IO_wstr_finish),
-  JUMP_INIT(overflow, (_IO_overflow_t) _IO_wstrn_overflow),
-  JUMP_INIT(underflow, (_IO_underflow_t) _IO_wstr_underflow),
-  JUMP_INIT(uflow, (_IO_underflow_t) _IO_wdefault_uflow),
-  JUMP_INIT(pbackfail, (_IO_pbackfail_t) _IO_wstr_pbackfail),
-  JUMP_INIT(xsputn, _IO_wdefault_xsputn),
-  JUMP_INIT(xsgetn, _IO_wdefault_xsgetn),
-  JUMP_INIT(seekoff, _IO_wstr_seekoff),
-  JUMP_INIT(seekpos, _IO_default_seekpos),
-  JUMP_INIT(setbuf, _IO_default_setbuf),
-  JUMP_INIT(sync, _IO_default_sync),
-  JUMP_INIT(doallocate, _IO_wdefault_doallocate),
-  JUMP_INIT(read, _IO_default_read),
-  JUMP_INIT(write, _IO_default_write),
-  JUMP_INIT(seek, _IO_default_seek),
-  JUMP_INIT(close, _IO_default_close),
-  JUMP_INIT(stat, _IO_default_stat),
-  JUMP_INIT(showmanyc, _IO_default_showmanyc),
-  JUMP_INIT(imbue, _IO_default_imbue)
-};
-
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <math_ldbl_opt.h>
+#include <printf.h>
+#include <printf_buffer.h>
 
 int
 __vswprintf_internal (wchar_t *string, size_t maxlen, const wchar_t *format,
 		      va_list args, unsigned int mode_flags)
 {
-  _IO_wstrnfile sf;
-  int ret;
-  struct _IO_wide_data wd;
-#ifdef _IO_MTSAFE_IO
-  sf.f._sbf._f._lock = NULL;
-#endif
-
   if (maxlen == 0)
     /* Since we have to write at least the terminating L'\0' a buffer
        length of zero always makes the function fail.  */
     return -1;
 
-  _IO_no_init (&sf.f._sbf._f, _IO_USER_LOCK, 0, &wd, &_IO_wstrn_jumps);
-  _IO_fwide (&sf.f._sbf._f, 1);
-  string[0] = L'\0';
-  _IO_wstr_init_static (&sf.f._sbf._f, string, maxlen - 1, string);
-  ret = __vfwprintf_internal ((FILE *) &sf.f._sbf, format, args, mode_flags);
+  struct __wprintf_buffer buf;
+  __wprintf_buffer_init (&buf, string, maxlen, __wprintf_buffer_mode_swprintf);
 
-  if (sf.f._sbf._f._wide_data->_IO_buf_base == sf.overflow_buf)
-    /* ISO C99 requires swprintf/vswprintf to return an error if the
-       output does not fit in the provided buffer.  */
-    return -1;
+  __wprintf_buffer (&buf, format, args, mode_flags);
+
+  if (buf.write_ptr == buf.write_end)
+    {
+      /* Buffer has been filled exactly, excluding the null wide
+	 character.  This is an error because the null wide character
+	 is required.  */
+      buf.write_end[-1] = L'\0';
+      return -1;
+    }
 
-  /* Terminate the string.  */
-  *sf.f._sbf._f._wide_data->_IO_write_ptr = '\0';
+  buf.write_ptr[0] = L'\0';
 
-  return ret;
+  return __wprintf_buffer_done (&buf);
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/manual/stdio.texi b/manual/stdio.texi
index 753c50920d..278ab462ae 100644
--- a/manual/stdio.texi
+++ b/manual/stdio.texi
@@ -2412,9 +2412,10 @@ allocate at least @var{size} wide characters for the string @var{ws}.
 
 The return value is the number of characters generated for the given
 input, excluding the trailing null.  If not all output fits into the
-provided buffer a negative value is returned.  You should try again with
-a bigger output string.  @emph{Note:} this is different from how
-@code{snprintf} handles this situation.
+provided buffer a negative value is returned, and @code{errno} is set to
+@code{E2BIG}.  (The setting of @code{errno} is a GNU extension.)  You
+should try again with a bigger output string.  @emph{Note:} this is
+different from how @code{snprintf} handles this situation.
 
 Note that the corresponding narrow stream function takes fewer
 parameters.  @code{swprintf} in fact corresponds to the @code{snprintf}
diff --git a/stdio-common/wprintf_buffer_flush.c b/stdio-common/wprintf_buffer_flush.c
index 2d91095cca..46af0f348f 100644
--- a/stdio-common/wprintf_buffer_flush.c
+++ b/stdio-common/wprintf_buffer_flush.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <printf_buffer.h>
 
 #include "printf_buffer-wchar_t.h"
@@ -31,6 +32,11 @@ __wprintf_buffer_do_flush (struct __wprintf_buffer *buf)
     case __wprintf_buffer_mode_to_file:
       __wprintf_buffer_flush_to_file ((struct __wprintf_buffer_to_file *) buf);
       return;
+    case __wprintf_buffer_mode_swprintf:
+      buf->write_end[-1] = L'\0';
+      __set_errno (E2BIG);
+      __wprintf_buffer_mark_failed (buf);
+      return;
     }
   __builtin_trap ();
 }
