--- old/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.debug/src/org/graalvm/compiler/debug/TTY.java	2017-03-20 17:37:53.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.debug/src/org/graalvm/compiler/debug/TTY.java	2017-03-20 17:37:53.000000000 -0700
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     /**
      * Support for thread-local suppression of {@link TTY}.
      */
-    public static class Filter {
+    public static class Filter implements AutoCloseable {
 
         private LogStream previous;
         private final Thread thread = Thread.currentThread();
@@ -88,6 +88,16 @@
         }
 
         /**
+         * Creates an object that will overwrite {@link TTY} for the current thread with a custom
+         * log stream. To revert the overwritten state to how it was before this call, the
+         * {@link #remove()} method must be called on this filter object.
+         */
+        public Filter(LogStream newStream) {
+            previous = out();
+            log.set(newStream);
+        }
+
+        /**
          * Reverts the suppression state of {@link TTY} to how it was before this object was
          * constructed.
          */
@@ -97,6 +107,11 @@
                 log.set(previous);
             }
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void close() {
+            remove();
+        }
     }
 
     /**