How can I use functools.singledispatch with instance methods?

Python 3.4 added the ability to define function overloading with static methods. This is essentially the example from the documentation: from functools import singledispatch class TestClass(object): @singledispatch def test_method(arg, verbose=False): if verbose: print("Let me just say,", end=" ") print(arg) @test_method.register(int) def _(arg): print("Strength in numbers, eh?", end=" ") print(ar