diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 9c6a3557e..d73136e44 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ indicates the contributor was also the author of the fix; Thanks!
 
 ***   Support elaboration assertions, bug973. [Johan Bjork]
 
+***   Support $display with non-format arguments, bug467. [Jamey Hicks]
+
 ****  Add VerilatedScopeNameMap for introspection, bug966. [Todd Strader]
 
 ****  Ignore %l in $display, bug983. [Todd Strader]
diff --git a/src/V3LinkResolve.cpp b/src/V3LinkResolve.cpp
index 759d93a42..d67aec04a 100644
--- a/src/V3LinkResolve.cpp
+++ b/src/V3LinkResolve.cpp
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ private:
 	}
     }
 
-    void expectFormat(AstNode* nodep, const string& format, AstNode* argp, bool isScan) {
+    string expectFormat(AstNode* nodep, const string& format, AstNode* argp, bool isScan) {
 	// Check display arguments
 	bool inPct = false;
 	for (string::const_iterator it = format.begin(); it != format.end(); ++it) {
@@ -290,8 +290,57 @@ private:
 		} // switch
 	    }
 	}
-	if (argp) {
-	    argp->v3error("Extra arguments for $display-like format");
+	if (argp && !isScan) {
+	    int skipCount = 0; // number of args consume by any additional format strings
+	    string newFormat(format);
+	    while (argp) {
+		if (skipCount) {
+		    argp = argp->nextp();
+		    skipCount--;
+		    continue;
+		}
+		AstConst *constp = argp->castConst();
+		bool isFromString = (constp) ? constp->num().isFromString() : false;
+		if (isFromString) {
+		    int numchars = argp->dtypep()->width()/8;
+		    string str(numchars, ' ');
+		    // now scan for % operators
+		    bool inpercent = false;
+		    for (int i = 0; i < numchars; i++) {
+			int ii = numchars - i - 1;
+			char c = constp->num().dataByte(ii);
+			str[i] = c;
+			if (!inpercent && c == '%') {
+			    inpercent = true;
+			} else if (inpercent) {
+			    inpercent = 0;
+			    switch (c) {
+			    case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4':
+			    case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9':
+			    case '.':
+				inpercent = true;
+				break;
+			    case '%':
+				break;
+			    default:
+				if (V3Number::displayedFmtLegal(c)) {
+				    skipCount++;
+				}
+			    }
+			}
+		    }
+		    newFormat.append(str);
+		    AstNode *nextp = argp->nextp();
+		    argp->unlinkFrBack(); pushDeletep(argp); VL_DANGLING(argp);
+		    argp = nextp;
+		} else {
+		    newFormat.append("%h");
+		    argp = argp->nextp();
+		}
+	    }
+	    return newFormat;
+	} else {
+	    return string();
 	}
     }
 
@@ -322,7 +371,9 @@ private:
     }
     virtual void visit(AstSFormatF* nodep, AstNUser*) {
 	nodep->iterateChildren(*this);
-	expectFormat(nodep, nodep->text(), nodep->exprsp(), false);
+	string newFormat = expectFormat(nodep, nodep->text(), nodep->exprsp(), false);
+	if (newFormat.size())
+	    nodep->text(newFormat);
 	if ((nodep->backp()->castDisplay() && nodep->backp()->castDisplay()->displayType().needScopeTracking())
 	    || nodep->formatScopeTracking()) {
 	    nodep->scopeNamep(new AstScopeName(nodep->fileline()));
diff --git a/src/V3Number.h b/src/V3Number.h
index bacf082d2..f8e7efc2d 100644
--- a/src/V3Number.h
+++ b/src/V3Number.h
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ public:
     double toDouble() const;
     uint32_t toHash() const;
     uint32_t dataWord(int word) const;
+    uint8_t dataByte(int byte) const { return (dataWord(byte/4) >> (8*(byte&3))) & 0xff; }
     uint32_t countOnes() const;
     uint32_t mostSetBitP1() const;	// Highest bit set plus one, IE for 16 return 5, for 0 return 0.
 
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_display.pl b/test_regress/t/t_display.pl
index 3f2256662..f54b434a9 100755
--- a/test_regress/t/t_display.pl
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_display.pl
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ execute (
 
 [0] %s=! %s= what! %s= hmmm!1234
 [0] hello, from a very long string. Percent %s are literally substituted in.
+hello, from a concatenated string.
+hello, from a concatenated format string [0].
+extra argument: 0000000000000000
 [0] Embedded <#013> return
 [0] Embedded
 multiline
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_display.v b/test_regress/t/t_display.v
index 0ee1e73e1..ddba4d1c1 100644
--- a/test_regress/t/t_display.v
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_display.v
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ module t;
 
       $display("[%0t] %s%s%s", $time,
 	       "hel", "lo, fr", "om a very long string. Percent %s are literally substituted in.");
+      $display("hel", "lo, fr", "om a concatenated string.");
+      $write("hel", "lo, fr", "om a concatenated format string [%0t].\n", $time);
+      $display("extra argument: ", $time);
       $write("[%0t] Embedded \r return\n", $time);
       $display("[%0t] Embedded\
 multiline", $time);
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_display_bad.pl b/test_regress/t/t_display_bad.pl
index 91992754d..a43289ea7 100755
--- a/test_regress/t/t_display_bad.pl
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_display_bad.pl
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ compile (
 	 fails=>1,
 	 expect=>
 '%Error: t/t_display_bad.v:\d+: Missing arguments for \$display-like format
-%Error: t/t_display_bad.v:\d+: Extra arguments for \$display-like format
 %Error: t/t_display_bad.v:\d+: Unknown \$display-like format code: %q
 %Error: Exiting due to.*',
 	 );
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_display_noopt.pl b/test_regress/t/t_display_noopt.pl
index 33271f3e6..cc1e647f7 100755
--- a/test_regress/t/t_display_noopt.pl
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_display_noopt.pl
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ execute (
 
 [0] %s=! %s= what! %s= hmmm!1234
 [0] hello, from a very long string. Percent %s are literally substituted in.
+hello, from a concatenated string.
+hello, from a concatenated format string [0].
+extra argument: 0000000000000000
 [0] Embedded <#013> return
 [0] Embedded
 multiline