diff --git a/ppss b/ppss
index e684f85..997e11e 100755
--- a/ppss
+++ b/ppss
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ showusage_normal () {
     echo -e "                   are fed as an argument to the command that has been specified with -c." 
     echo 
     echo -e "--sourcefile | -f  Each single line of the supplied file will be fed as an item to the"
-    echo -e "                   command that has been specified with -c."
+    echo -e "                   command that has been specified with -c. Read input from stdin with"
+    echo -e "                   -f -"
     echo 
     echo -e "--config | -C      If the mode is config, a config file with the specified name will be"
     echo -e "                   generated based on all the options specified. In the other modes". 
@@ -221,7 +222,9 @@ showusage_long () {
     echo -e "                   are fed as an argument to the command that has been specified with -c." 
     echo 
     echo -e "--sourcefile | -f  Each single line of the supplied file will be fed as an item to the"
-    echo -e "                   command that has been specified with -c."
+    echo -e "                   command that has been specified with -c. Instead of a file, stdin can"
+    echo -e "                   be specified like \"-f -\" in order to 'pipe' items to ppss."
+    echo -e "                   Example: cat file | ppss -f - -c 'echo '"
     echo 
     echo -e "--config | -C      If the mode is config, a config file with the specified name will be"
     echo -e "                   generated based on all the options specified. In the other modes". 
diff --git a/ppss-test.sh b/ppss-test.sh
index 408f08e..d386435 100755
--- a/ppss-test.sh
+++ b/ppss-test.sh
@@ -136,13 +136,16 @@ testSpecialCharacterHandling () {
 
     RES=$( { $PPSS -f "$INPUTFILESPECIAL" -c 'echo ' >> /dev/null ; } 2>&1 )  
 	assertEquals "PPSS did not execute properly." 0 "$?"
-
     assertNull "PPSS retured some errors..." "$RES"
     if [ ! "$?" == "0" ]
     then
         echo "RES IS $RES"
     fi
 
+    RES=$( { cat "$INPUTFILESPECIAL" | $PPSS -f - -c 'echo ' >> /dev/null ; } 2>&1 )  
+	assertEquals "PPSS did not execute properly." 0 "$?"
+    assertNull "PPSS retured some errors..." "$RES"
+
     RES=`find ppss_dir/PPSS_LOCAL_OUTPUT | wc -l | sed 's/\ //g'`
     LINES=`wc -l "$INPUTFILESPECIAL" | awk '{ print $1 }'`
     assertEquals "To many lock files..." "$((LINES+1))" "$RES"