diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9dfa649..3fac5ae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ py3k-install:
 
 uninstall:
 	touch installed-files.txt
-	cat installed-files.txt | sudo xargs rm -rf
+	cat installed-files.txt | xargs rm -rf
 py3k-uninstall: uninstall
 
 reinstall: uninstall install
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 4986e0b..0bb50b3 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'gnupg'
-copyright = u'2013, Isis Agora Lovecruft'
+copyright = u'2013-2014, Isis Agora Lovecruft'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
diff --git a/gnupg/_meta.py b/gnupg/_meta.py
index 00c3a68..3aafacd 100644
--- a/gnupg/_meta.py
+++ b/gnupg/_meta.py
@@ -766,10 +766,10 @@ class GPGBase(object):
                                   **recipients** keys. If False, display trust
                                   warnings. (default: True)
 
-        :param str output: The output file to write to. If not specified, the
-                           encrypted output is returned, and thus should be
-                           stored as an object in Python. For example:
-
+        :type output: str or file-like object
+        :param output: The output file to write to. If not specified, the
+                       encrypted output is returned, and thus should be stored
+                       as an object in Python. For example:
 
         >>> import shutil
         >>> import gnupg
@@ -808,17 +808,23 @@ class GPGBase(object):
         """
         args = []
 
+        ## FIXME: GnuPG appears to ignore the --output directive when being
+        ## programmatically driven. We'll handle the IO ourselves to fix this
+        ## for now.
+        output_filename = None
         if output:
             if getattr(output, 'fileno', None) is not None:
                 ## avoid overwrite confirmation message
-                if getattr(output, 'name', None) is None:
-                    if os.path.exists(output):
-                        os.remove(output)
-                    args.append('--output %s' % output)
-                else:
+                if getattr(output, 'name', None) is not None:
+                    output_filename = output.name
                     if os.path.exists(output.name):
                         os.remove(output.name)
-                    args.append('--output %s' % output.name)
+                    #args.append('--output %s' % output.name)
+            else:
+                output_filename = output
+                if os.path.exists(output):
+                    os.remove(output)
+                #args.append('--output %s' % output)
 
         if armor: args.append('--armor')
         if always_trust: args.append('--always-trust')
@@ -877,4 +883,12 @@ class GPGBase(object):
         self._handle_io(args, data, result,
                         passphrase=passphrase, binary=True)
         log.debug("\n%s" % result.data)
+
+        if output_filename:
+            log.info("Writing encrypted output to file: %s" % output_filename)
+            with open(output_filename, 'w+') as fh:
+                fh.write(result.data)
+                fh.flush()
+                log.info("Encrypted output written successfully.")
+
         return result
diff --git a/gnupg/test/test_gnupg.py b/gnupg/test/test_gnupg.py
index 9541896..46876f5 100755
--- a/gnupg/test/test_gnupg.py
+++ b/gnupg/test/test_gnupg.py
@@ -990,6 +990,49 @@ know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.
                     log.debug("new (from decryption): %r" % ddata)
                     self.assertEqual(data, ddata)
 
+    def test_encryption_to_filename(self):
+        """Test that ``encrypt(..., output='somefile.gpg')`` is successful."""
+        with open(os.path.join(_files, 'kat.sec')) as katsec:
+            self.gpg.import_keys(katsec.read())
+        fpr = self.gpg.list_keys('kat')[0]['fingerprint']
+        output = os.path.join(self.gpg.homedir, 'test-encryption-to-filename.gpg')
+
+        message_filename = os.path.join(_files, 'cypherpunk_manifesto')
+        message_file = open(message_filename)
+        message = message_file.read()
+        message_file.close()
+
+        encrypted = self.gpg.encrypt(message, fpr, output=output)
+        self.assertTrue(encrypted.ok)
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(output))
+
+        # Check the contents:
+        with open(output) as fh:
+            encrypted_message = fh.read()
+            log.debug("Encrypted file contains:\n\n%s\n" % encrypted_message)
+
+    def test_encryption_to_filehandle(self):
+        """Test that ``encrypt(..., output=filelikething)`` is successful."""
+        with open(os.path.join(_files, 'kat.sec')) as katsec:
+            self.gpg.import_keys(katsec.read())
+        fpr = self.gpg.list_keys('kat')[0]['fingerprint']
+        output = os.path.join(self.gpg.homedir, 'test-encryption-to-filehandle.gpg')
+        output_file = open(output, 'w+')
+
+        message_filename = os.path.join(_files, 'cypherpunk_manifesto')
+        message_file = open(message_filename)
+        message = message_file.read()
+        message_file.close()
+
+        encrypted = self.gpg.encrypt(message, fpr, output=output_file)
+        self.assertTrue(encrypted.ok)
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(output))
+
+        # Check the contents:
+        with open(output) as fh:
+            encrypted_message = fh.read()
+            log.debug("Encrypted file contains:\n\n%s\n" % encrypted_message)
+
 
 suites = { 'parsers': set(['test_parsers_fix_unsafe',
                            'test_parsers_fix_unsafe_semicolon',
@@ -1034,7 +1077,9 @@ suites = { 'parsers': set(['test_parsers_fix_unsafe',
                          'test_encryption_decryption_multi_recipient',
                          'test_decryption',
                          'test_symmetric_encryption_and_decryption',
-                         'test_file_encryption_and_decryption']),
+                         'test_file_encryption_and_decryption',
+                         'test_encryption_to_filename',
+                         'test_encryption_to_filehandle',]),
            'listkeys': set(['test_list_keys_after_generation']),
            'keyrings': set(['test_public_keyring',
                             'test_secret_keyring',