diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/feedexport.py b/scrapy/contrib/feedexport.py
index 53f845c22..8ab028c9e 100644
--- a/scrapy/contrib/feedexport.py
+++ b/scrapy/contrib/feedexport.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ from urlparse import urlparse
 from ftplib import FTP
 from shutil import copyfileobj
 
+from zope.interface import Interface, implements
+
 from twisted.internet import defer, threads
 from scrapy import log, signals
 from scrapy.xlib.pydispatch import dispatcher
@@ -20,8 +22,21 @@ from scrapy.utils.misc import load_object
 from scrapy.utils.url import file_uri_to_path
 from scrapy.conf import settings
 
+
+class IFeedStorage(Interface):
+    """Interface that all Feed Storages must implement"""
+
+    def __init__(uri):
+        """Initialize the storage with the parameters given in the URI"""
+
+    def store(file, spider):
+        """Store the given file stream"""
+
+
 class BlockingFeedStorage(object):
 
+    implements(IFeedStorage)
+
     def store(self, file, spider):
         return threads.deferToThread(self._store_in_thread, file, spider)
 
@@ -31,11 +46,13 @@ class BlockingFeedStorage(object):
 
 class StdoutFeedStorage(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, uri):
-        pass
+    implements(IFeedStorage)
+
+    def __init__(self, uri, _stdout=sys.stdout):
+        self._stdout = _stdout
 
     def store(self, file, spider):
-        copyfileobj(file, sys.stdout)
+        copyfileobj(file, self._stdout)
 
 
 class FileFeedStorage(BlockingFeedStorage):
diff --git a/scrapy/tests/test_contrib_feedexport.py b/scrapy/tests/test_contrib_feedexport.py
index ba2b586a6..fa3977533 100644
--- a/scrapy/tests/test_contrib_feedexport.py
+++ b/scrapy/tests/test_contrib_feedexport.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import os, urlparse
 
+from zope.interface.verify import verifyObject
 from twisted.trial import unittest
 from twisted.internet import defer
 from cStringIO import StringIO
 
 from scrapy.spider import BaseSpider
-from scrapy.contrib.feedexport import FileFeedStorage, FTPFeedStorage, S3FeedStorage
+from scrapy.contrib.feedexport import IFeedStorage, FileFeedStorage, FTPFeedStorage, S3FeedStorage, StdoutFeedStorage
 from scrapy.utils.url import path_to_file_uri
 from scrapy.utils.test import assert_aws_environ
 
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ class FeedStorageTest(unittest.TestCase):
         yield storage.store(StringIO("new content"), BaseSpider("default"))
         self.failUnlessEqual(open(path).read(), "new content")
 
-
 class FileFeedStorageTest(FeedStorageTest):
 
     def test_store_file_uri(self):
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ class FileFeedStorageTest(FeedStorageTest):
         path = self.mktemp()
         return self._assert_stores(FileFeedStorage(path), path)
 
+    def test_interface(self):
+        path = self.mktemp()
+        st = FileFeedStorage(path)
+        verifyObject(IFeedStorage, st)
+
 
 class FTPFeedStorageTest(FeedStorageTest):
 
@@ -50,7 +55,9 @@ class FTPFeedStorageTest(FeedStorageTest):
         path = os.environ.get('FEEDTEST_FTP_PATH')
         if not (uri and path):
             raise unittest.SkipTest("No FTP server available for testing")
-        return self._assert_stores(FTPFeedStorage(uri), path)
+        st = FTPFeedStorage(uri)
+        verifyObject(IFeedStorage, st)
+        return self._assert_stores(st, path)
 
 
 class S3FeedStorageTest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -63,8 +70,17 @@ class S3FeedStorageTest(unittest.TestCase):
             raise unittest.SkipTest("No S3 URI available for testing")
         from boto import connect_s3
         storage = S3FeedStorage(uri)
+        verifyObject(IFeedStorage, storage)
         yield storage.store(StringIO("content"), BaseSpider("default"))
         u = urlparse.urlparse(uri)
         key = connect_s3().get_bucket(u.hostname, validate=False).get_key(u.path)
         self.failUnlessEqual(key.get_contents_as_string(), "content")
 
+class StdoutFeedStorageTest(FeedStorageTest):
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def test_store(self):
+        out = StringIO()
+        storage = StdoutFeedStorage('stdout:', _stdout=out)
+        yield storage.store(StringIO("content"), BaseSpider("default"))
+        self.assertEqual(out.getvalue(), "content")