--- html2text.C
+++ html2text.C
@@ -356,18 +356,23 @@
     istream    *isp;
     ifstream     uis;
 
-    uis.open(input_url);
-    if (!uis.is_open()) {
-      std::cerr
-        << "Cannot open input file \""
-	<< input_url
-        << "\"."
-        << std::endl;
-      exit(1);
+    if (!strcmp(input_url, "-")) {
+      isp = &std::cin;
+    } else {
+      uis.open(input_url);
+      if (!uis.is_open()) {
+        std::cerr
+          << "Cannot open input file \""
+          << input_url
+          << "\"."
+          << std::endl;
+        exit(1);
+      }
+      isp = &uis;
     }
 
     MyParser parser(
-      uis,
+      *isp,
       debug_scanner,
       debug_parser,
       *osp,