diff --git a/owlps-positioning/src/textfilereader.cc b/owlps-positioning/src/textfilereader.cc
index 6ae90c6..9f9f2cb 100644
--- a/owlps-positioning/src/textfilereader.cc
+++ b/owlps-positioning/src/textfilereader.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include "textfilereader.hh"
 #include "posexcept.hh"
 
+#include <iostream>
+
 using namespace std ;
 
 
@@ -15,15 +17,26 @@ using namespace std ;
 TextFileReader::TextFileReader(const string &_file_name):
   file_name(_file_name), current_line_nb(0)
 {
-  file.open(file_name.c_str()) ;
-  if (! file)
-    throw error_opening_input_file(file_name) ;
+  if (file_name == "-")
+    {
+      file_buf = file.rdbuf() ;
+      file.std::ios::rdbuf(std::cin.rdbuf()) ;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      file.open(file_name.c_str()) ;
+      if (! file)
+        throw error_opening_input_file(file_name) ;
+    }
 }
 
 
 TextFileReader::~TextFileReader()
 {
-  file.close() ;
+  if (file_name == "-")
+    file.std::ios::rdbuf(file_buf) ;
+  else
+    file.close() ;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/owlps-positioning/src/textfilereader.hh b/owlps-positioning/src/textfilereader.hh
index 9a55f53..7b5fdae 100644
--- a/owlps-positioning/src/textfilereader.hh
+++ b/owlps-positioning/src/textfilereader.hh
@@ -4,12 +4,20 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <fstream>
 
-/// Read text from a file, line by line
+/// Reads text from a file, line by line
+/**
+ * If the file name is a dash ('-'), the standard input is used.
+ */
 class TextFileReader
 {
 protected:
+  /// Name of the input file
   std::string file_name ;
+  /// Stream associated with the file
   std::ifstream file ;
+/// Original rdbuf of the stream
+  std::streambuf *file_buf ;
+  /// Number of the last line read
   unsigned int current_line_nb ;
 
   /// Checks if the file is readable and closes it if not