diff --git a/gclient.py b/gclient.py
index f568662ba..c038738c1 100644
--- a/gclient.py
+++ b/gclient.py
@@ -585,11 +585,15 @@ class Dependency(GClientKeywords, gclient_utils.WorkItem):
   def __str__(self):
     out = []
     for i in ('name', 'url', 'parsed_url', 'safesync_url', 'custom_deps',
-              'custom_vars', 'deps_hooks', '_file_list', 'should_process',
+              'custom_vars', 'deps_hooks', 'file_list', 'should_process',
               'processed', 'hooks_ran', 'deps_parsed', 'requirements'):
-      # 'deps_file'
-      if self.__dict__[i]:
-        out.append('%s: %s' % (i, self.__dict__[i]))
+      # First try the native property if it exists.
+      if hasattr(self, '_' + i):
+        value = getattr(self, '_' + i, False)
+      else:
+        value = getattr(self, i, False)
+      if value:
+        out.append('%s: %s' % (i, value))
 
     for d in self.dependencies:
       out.extend(['  ' + x for x in str(d).splitlines()])
diff --git a/tests/gclient_test.py b/tests/gclient_test.py
index 0a5da250f..86aa89384 100755
--- a/tests/gclient_test.py
+++ b/tests/gclient_test.py
@@ -203,6 +203,34 @@ class GclientTest(trial_dir.TestCase):
         None, '', True)
     self.assertEquals('proto://host/path@revision', d.url)
 
+  def testStr(self):
+    # Make sure __str__() works fine.
+    # pylint: disable=W0212
+    parser = gclient.Parser()
+    options, _ = parser.parse_args([])
+    obj = gclient.GClient('foo', options)
+    obj.dependencies.append(
+        gclient.Dependency(obj, 'foo', 'url', None, None, None, 'DEPS', True))
+    obj.dependencies.append(
+        gclient.Dependency(obj, 'bar', 'url', None, None, None, 'DEPS', True))
+    obj.dependencies[0].dependencies.append(
+        gclient.Dependency(
+          obj.dependencies[0], 'foo/dir1', 'url', None, None, None, 'DEPS',
+          True))
+    obj.dependencies[0].dependencies.append(
+        gclient.Dependency(
+          obj.dependencies[0], 'foo/dir2',
+          gclient.GClientKeywords.FromImpl('bar'), None, None, None, 'DEPS',
+          True))
+    obj.dependencies[0].dependencies.append(
+        gclient.Dependency(
+          obj.dependencies[0], 'foo/dir3',
+          gclient.GClientKeywords.FileImpl('url'), None, None, None, 'DEPS',
+          True))
+    obj.dependencies[0]._file_list.append('foo')
+    self.assertEquals(434, len(str(obj)), '%d\n%s' % (len(str(obj)), str(obj)))
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   logging.basicConfig(
       level=[logging.ERROR, logging.WARNING, logging.INFO, logging.DEBUG][