diff --git a/sdk/src/main/kotlin/com/pulumi/kotlin/Common.kt b/sdk/src/main/kotlin/com/pulumi/kotlin/Common.kt
index f42433e3..1afaff3e 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/kotlin/com/pulumi/kotlin/Common.kt
+++ b/sdk/src/main/kotlin/com/pulumi/kotlin/Common.kt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+@file:Suppress("unused")
+
 package com.pulumi.kotlin
 
 import com.pulumi.Context
diff --git a/sdk/src/main/kotlin/com/pulumi/kotlin/Output.kt b/sdk/src/main/kotlin/com/pulumi/kotlin/Output.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81b14249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/src/main/kotlin/com/pulumi/kotlin/Output.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+@file:Suppress("unused")
+
+package com.pulumi.kotlin
+
+import com.pulumi.core.Output
+import com.pulumi.core.internal.OutputData
+import com.pulumi.core.internal.OutputInternal
+import kotlinx.coroutines.future.await
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture
+
+object Output {
+
+    /**
+     * Use this method to open an [OutputInterpolationContext] in which the unary plus operator can be used on outputs
+     * to interpolate their asynchronous values into an asynchronous string wrapped in an output.
+     * ```kotlin
+     * val myOutput = Output.of("value")
+     * val interpolatedString = interpolate { "The value of this output is: ${+myOutput}" }
+     * ```
+     *
+     * This method is an alternative to the [Output.format] method from Java.
+     * ```java
+     * Output<String> myOutput = Output.of("value");
+     * Output<String> interpolatedString = String.format("The value of this output is: %s", myOutput);
+     * ```
+     * @param format a function returning a Kotlin-style interpolated string with [Output] instances marked with [OutputInterpolationContext.unaryPlus]
+     * @return an asynchronous [Output]-wrapped string with Kotlin-style interpolated values
+     */
+    suspend fun interpolation(format: suspend OutputInterpolationContext.() -> String): Output<String> {
+        val context = OutputInterpolationContext()
+        val value = context.format()
+        val output = if (context.isKnown) Output.of(value) else unknownOutput()
+        return if (context.isSecret) output.asSecret() else output
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ *  The context for Kotlin-style [Output] interpolation.
+ *
+ * @property isSecret denotes whether any of the interpolated values contain a secret
+ */
+class OutputInterpolationContext internal constructor(
+    var isSecret: Boolean = false,
+    var isKnown: Boolean = true,
+) {
+    /**
+     * The unary plus operator that can be used on [Output] instances within [OutputInterpolationContext].
+     *
+     * @return an asynchronous value of the [Output] in question converted to a string with [toString]
+     */
+    suspend operator fun <T> Output<T>.unaryPlus(): String? {
+        return interpolate()
+    }
+
+    // TODO: decide if we prefer this or the unary plus
+    suspend fun <T> Output<T>.interpolate(): String? {
+        val outputData = (this as OutputInternal<T>)
+            .dataAsync
+            .await()
+
+        val value = outputData.valueNullable?.toString()
+
+        if (outputData.isSecret) {
+            this@OutputInterpolationContext.isSecret = true
+        }
+        if (!outputData.isKnown) {
+            this@OutputInterpolationContext.isKnown = false
+        }
+
+        return value
+    }
+}
+
+private fun <T> unknownOutput(): Output<T> {
+    return OutputInternal(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(OutputData.unknown()))
+}
diff --git a/sdk/src/test/kotlin/com/pulumi/kotlin/OutputTest.kt b/sdk/src/test/kotlin/com/pulumi/kotlin/OutputTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..192351ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/src/test/kotlin/com/pulumi/kotlin/OutputTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+package com.pulumi.kotlin
+
+import com.pulumi.core.Output
+import com.pulumi.core.internal.OutputData
+import com.pulumi.core.internal.OutputInternal
+import com.pulumi.kotlin.Output.interpolation
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertFalse
+import kotlin.test.assertTrue
+
+class OutputTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun `interpolates known outputs`() {
+        // given
+        val output1 = Output.of("value1")
+        val output2 = Output.of("value2")
+        val output3 = Output.of("value3")
+
+        // when
+        val result = runBlocking {
+            interpolation {
+                "output1: ${+output1}, output2: ${+output2}, output3: ${+output3}"
+            }
+        }
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals("output1: value1, output2: value2, output3: value3", result.getValue())
+        assertFalse(result.isSecret())
+        assertTrue(result.isKnown())
+
+        val javaResult = Output.format("output1: %s, output2: %s, output3: %s", output1, output2, output3)
+        assertEquals(javaResult.getValue(), result.getValue())
+        assertEquals(javaResult.isKnown(), result.isKnown())
+        assertEquals(javaResult.isSecret(), result.isSecret())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `interpolates unknown outputs`() {
+        // given
+        val output1 = Output.of("value1")
+        val output2 = unknownOutput()
+        val output3 = Output.of("value3")
+
+        // when
+        val result = runBlocking {
+            interpolation {
+                "output1: ${+output1}, output2: ${+output2}, output3: ${+output3}"
+            }
+        }
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(null, result.getValue())
+        assertFalse(result.isKnown())
+        assertFalse(result.isSecret())
+
+        val javaResult = Output.format("output1: %s, output2: %s, output3: %s", output1, output2, output3)
+        assertEquals(javaResult.getValue(), result.getValue())
+        assertEquals(javaResult.isKnown(), result.isKnown())
+        assertEquals(javaResult.isSecret(), result.isSecret())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `interpolates secret outputs`() {
+        // given
+        val output1 = Output.of("value1")
+        val output2 = Output.ofSecret("value2")
+        val output3 = Output.of("value3")
+
+        // when
+        val result = runBlocking {
+            interpolation {
+                "output1: ${+output1}, output2: ${+output2}, output3: ${+output3}"
+            }
+        }
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals("output1: value1, output2: value2, output3: value3", result.getValue())
+        assertTrue(result.isSecret())
+        assertTrue(result.isKnown())
+
+        val javaResult = Output.format("output1: %s, output2: %s, output3: %s", output1, output2, output3)
+        assertEquals(javaResult.getValue(), result.getValue())
+        assertEquals(javaResult.isKnown(), result.isKnown())
+        assertEquals(javaResult.isSecret(), result.isSecret())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `interpolates unknown and secret outputs`() {
+        // given
+        val output1 = unknownOutput()
+        val output2 = Output.ofSecret("value2")
+        val output3 = unknownOutput()
+
+        // when
+        val result = runBlocking {
+            interpolation {
+                "output1: ${+output1}, output2: ${+output2}, output3: ${+output3}"
+            }
+        }
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(null, result.getValue())
+        assertFalse(result.isKnown())
+        assertTrue(result.isSecret())
+
+        val javaResult = Output.format("output1: %s, output2: %s, output3: %s", output1, output2, output3)
+        assertEquals(javaResult.getValue(), result.getValue())
+        assertEquals(javaResult.isKnown(), result.isKnown())
+        assertEquals(javaResult.isSecret(), result.isSecret())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `interpolates outputs that are both unknown and secret`() {
+        // given
+        val output1 = Output.of("value1")
+        val output2 = unknownOutput().asSecret()
+        val output3 = Output.of("value3")
+
+        // when
+        val result = runBlocking {
+            interpolation {
+                "output1: ${+output1}, output2: ${+output2}, output3: ${+output3}"
+            }
+        }
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(null, result.getValue())
+        assertFalse(result.isKnown())
+        assertTrue(result.isSecret())
+
+        val javaResult = Output.format("output1: %s, output2: %s, output3: %s", output1, output2, output3)
+        assertEquals(javaResult.getValue(), result.getValue())
+        assertEquals(javaResult.isKnown(), result.isKnown())
+        assertEquals(javaResult.isSecret(), result.isSecret())
+    }
+
+    private fun unknownOutput(): Output<String> {
+        return OutputInternal(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(OutputData.unknown()))
+    }
+
+    private fun Output<String>.getValue(): String? {
+        return (this as OutputInternal<String>)
+            .dataAsync
+            .get()
+            .valueNullable
+    }
+
+    private fun Output<String>.isKnown(): Boolean {
+        return (this as OutputInternal<String>)
+            .isKnown
+            .get()
+    }
+
+    private fun Output<String>.isSecret(): Boolean {
+        return (this as OutputInternal<String>)
+            .isSecret
+            .get()
+    }
+}