diff --git a/src/build/build_options.c b/src/build/build_options.c
index 0c2117b9e..8486f4a71 100644
--- a/src/build/build_options.c
+++ b/src/build/build_options.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ static void usage(void)
 	OUTPUT("  -E                     - Lex only.");
 	OUTPUT("  -P                     - Only parse and output the AST as S-expressions.");
 	OUTPUT("  -C                     - Only lex, parse and check.");
+	OUTPUT("  -                      - Read code from standard in.");
 	OUTPUT("  -o <file>              - Write output to <file>.");
 	OUTPUT("  -O0                    - Optimizations off.");
 	OUTPUT("  -O1                    - Simple optimizations only.");
@@ -360,6 +361,9 @@ static void parse_option(BuildOptions *options)
 	const char *argopt;
 	switch (current_arg[1])
 	{
+		case '\0':
+			options->read_stdin = true;
+			return;
 		case '?':
 			if (match_shortopt("?"))
 			{
diff --git a/src/build/build_options.h b/src/build/build_options.h
index 234c03f65..45a5d2f15 100644
--- a/src/build/build_options.h
+++ b/src/build/build_options.h
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ typedef struct BuildOptions_
 	bool no_stdlib;
 	bool no_libc;
 	bool force_linker;
+	bool read_stdin;
 	const char *panicfn;
 	const char *cc;
 	const char *build_dir;
@@ -347,6 +348,7 @@ typedef struct
 	bool force_linker;
 	bool benchmarking;
 	bool testing;
+	bool read_stdin;
 	OptimizationLevel optimization_level;
 	SizeOptimizationLevel size_optimization_level;
 	bool single_module;
diff --git a/src/build/builder.c b/src/build/builder.c
index 98cc6e126..d215657e4 100644
--- a/src/build/builder.c
+++ b/src/build/builder.c
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ static void update_build_target_from_options(BuildTarget *target, BuildOptions *
 void init_default_build_target(BuildTarget *target, BuildOptions *options)
 {
 	*target = (BuildTarget) {
+		.read_stdin = options->read_stdin,
 		.type = TARGET_TYPE_EXECUTABLE,
 		.source_dirs = options->files,
 		.name = options->output_name,
diff --git a/src/compiler/compiler.c b/src/compiler/compiler.c
index a030821f7..8928bcf72 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compiler.c
+++ b/src/compiler/compiler.c
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ void compiler_parse(void)
 		global_context_clear_errors();
 		parse_file(file);
 	}
+	if (active_target.read_stdin)
+	{
+		global_context_clear_errors();
+		parse_stdin();
+	}
 	exit_compiler(COMPILER_SUCCESS_EXIT);
 }
 
@@ -663,7 +668,7 @@ void compile()
 
 	compiler_init_time = bench_mark();
 
-	if (!vec_size(active_target.sources)) error_exit("No files to compile.");
+	if (!vec_size(active_target.sources) && !active_target.read_stdin) error_exit("No files to compile.");
 	if (active_target.lex_only)
 	{
 		compiler_lex();
diff --git a/src/compiler/compiler_internal.h b/src/compiler/compiler_internal.h
index a62fcd210..40fe4c0d7 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compiler_internal.h
+++ b/src/compiler/compiler_internal.h
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ typedef union
 	uint64_t a;
 } SourceSpan;
 
+extern File stdin_file;
+#define stdin_file_id 0xFFFF
+
 static_assert(sizeof(SourceSpan) == 8, "Expected 8 bytes");
 
 typedef struct
@@ -2145,6 +2148,7 @@ Decl *module_find_symbol(Module *module, const char *symbol);
 const char *module_create_object_file_name(Module *module);
 
 bool parse_file(File *file);
+bool parse_stdin(void);
 Path *path_create_from_string(const char *string, uint32_t len, SourceSpan span);
 
 #define SEMA_ERROR_HERE(...) sema_error_at(c->span, __VA_ARGS__)
diff --git a/src/compiler/parser.c b/src/compiler/parser.c
index 08436e344..053a6c7ac 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parser.c
+++ b/src/compiler/parser.c
@@ -108,6 +108,57 @@ bool parse_file(File *file)
 	return !global_context.errors_found;
 }
 
+File stdin_file;
+
+/**
+ * Parse stdin
+ *
+ * @return true if parsing succeeds.
+ */
+bool parse_stdin(void)
+{
+	stdin_file = (File){
+			.name = "stdin",
+			.file_id = stdin_file_id,
+			.full_path = "<stdin>",
+	};
+#define BUF_SIZE 65536
+	char buffer[BUF_SIZE];
+	size_t capacity = BUF_SIZE;
+	size_t len = 0;
+	char *data = buffer;
+	while (true)
+	{
+		int c = getchar();
+		if (c == -1) break;
+		if (len >= capacity - 1)
+		{
+			capacity *= 2;
+			if (buffer == data)
+			{
+				data = malloc(capacity);
+				memcpy(data, buffer, len);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				data = realloc(data, capacity);
+			}
+		}
+		data[len++] = c;
+	}
+	buffer[len] = 0;
+	char *stdin_data = MALLOC(len + 1);
+	memcpy(stdin_data, data, len + 1);
+	if (data != buffer) free(data);
+	stdin_file.contents = stdin_data;
+	CompilationUnit *unit = unit_create(&stdin_file);
+	ParseContext parse_context = { .unit = unit };
+	parse_context.lexer = (Lexer) { .file = &stdin_file, .context =  &parse_context };
+	lexer_init(&parse_context.lexer);
+	if (global_context.errors_found) return false;
+	parse_translation_unit(&parse_context);
+	return !global_context.errors_found;
+}
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/semantic_analyser.c b/src/compiler/semantic_analyser.c
index 7ffb72b3d..277dfb914 100644
--- a/src/compiler/semantic_analyser.c
+++ b/src/compiler/semantic_analyser.c
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ void sema_analysis_run(void)
 		if (loaded) continue;
 		if (!parse_file(file)) has_error = true;
 	}
+	if (active_target.read_stdin)
+	{
+		if (!parse_stdin()) has_error = true;
+	}
+
 	if (has_error) exit_compiler(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	compiler_parsing_time = bench_mark();
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/source_file.c b/src/compiler/source_file.c
index 7a40acd8f..0858c4e0f 100644
--- a/src/compiler/source_file.c
+++ b/src/compiler/source_file.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ static const size_t LEXER_FILES_START_CAPACITY = 128;
 
 File *source_file_by_id(FileId file)
 {
+	if (file == stdin_file_id) return &stdin_file;
 	assert(file < vec_size(global_context.loaded_sources));
 	return global_context.loaded_sources[file];
 }
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index bd3bcb1e8..3afdc1add 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define COMPILER_VERSION "0.3.87"
\ No newline at end of file
+#define COMPILER_VERSION "0.3.88"
\ No newline at end of file