diff --git a/core/commands/add.go b/core/commands/add.go
index a178f31e294..1660c125619 100644
--- a/core/commands/add.go
+++ b/core/commands/add.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const (
 	progressOptionName    = "progress"
 	trickleOptionName     = "trickle"
 	wrapOptionName        = "wrap-with-directory"
+	stdinPathName         = "stdin-name"
 	hiddenOptionName      = "hidden"
 	onlyHashOptionName    = "only-hash"
 	chunkerOptionName     = "chunker"
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ You can now check what blocks have been created by:
 		cmdkit.BoolOption(trickleOptionName, "t", "Use trickle-dag format for dag generation."),
 		cmdkit.BoolOption(onlyHashOptionName, "n", "Only chunk and hash - do not write to disk."),
 		cmdkit.BoolOption(wrapOptionName, "w", "Wrap files with a directory object."),
+		cmdkit.StringOption(stdinPathName, "Assign a name if the file source is stdin."),
 		cmdkit.BoolOption(hiddenOptionName, "H", "Include files that are hidden. Only takes effect on recursive add."),
 		cmdkit.StringOption(chunkerOptionName, "s", "Chunking algorithm, size-[bytes] or rabin-[min]-[avg]-[max]").WithDefault("size-262144"),
 		cmdkit.BoolOption(pinOptionName, "Pin this object when adding.").WithDefault(true),
@@ -181,6 +183,7 @@ You can now check what blocks have been created by:
 		hashFunStr, _ := req.Options[hashOptionName].(string)
 		inline, _ := req.Options[inlineOptionName].(bool)
 		inlineLimit, _ := req.Options[inlineLimitOptionName].(int)
+		pathName, _ := req.Options[stdinPathName].(string)
 
 		// The arguments are subject to the following constraints.
 		//
@@ -287,6 +290,7 @@ You can now check what blocks have been created by:
 		fileAdder.Silent = silent
 		fileAdder.RawLeaves = rawblks
 		fileAdder.NoCopy = nocopy
+		fileAdder.Name = pathName
 		fileAdder.CidBuilder = prefix
 
 		if inline {
diff --git a/core/coreunix/add.go b/core/coreunix/add.go
index ced043b9e1f..04d79ac65b3 100644
--- a/core/coreunix/add.go
+++ b/core/coreunix/add.go
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ type Adder struct {
 	RawLeaves  bool
 	Silent     bool
 	Wrap       bool
+	Name       string
 	NoCopy     bool
 	Chunker    string
 	root       ipld.Node
@@ -470,8 +471,16 @@ func (adder *Adder) addFile(file files.File) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	addFileName := file.FileName()
+	addFileInfo, ok := file.(files.FileInfo)
+	if ok {
+		if addFileInfo.AbsPath() == os.Stdin.Name() && adder.Name != "" {
+			addFileName = adder.Name
+			adder.Name = ""
+		}
+	}
 	// patch it into the root
-	return adder.addNode(dagnode, file.FileName())
+	return adder.addNode(dagnode, addFileName)
 }
 
 func (adder *Adder) addDir(dir files.File) error {
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh b/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
index bd60140f58f..0977c32890e 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
@@ -184,6 +184,27 @@ test_add_cat_file() {
   test_expect_success "make sure it looks good" '
     test_cmp zero-length-file zero-length-file_out
   '
+
+  test_expect_success "ipfs add --stdin-name" '
+    NAMEHASH="QmdFyxZXsFiP4csgfM5uPu99AvFiKH62CSPDw5TP92nr7w" &&
+    echo "IPFS" | ipfs add --stdin-name file.txt > actual &&
+    echo "added $NAMEHASH file.txt" > expected &&
+    test_cmp expected actual
+  '
+
+  test_expect_success "ipfs add --stdin-name -w" '
+    NAMEHASH="QmdFyxZXsFiP4csgfM5uPu99AvFiKH62CSPDw5TP92nr7w" &&
+    echo "IPFS" | ipfs add -w --stdin-name file.txt | head -n1> actual &&
+    echo "added $NAMEHASH file.txt" > expected &&
+    test_cmp expected actual
+  '
+
+  test_expect_success "ipfs cat with stdin-name" '
+    NAMEHASH=$(echo "IPFS" | ipfs add -w --stdin-name file.txt -Q) &&
+    ipfs cat /ipfs/$NAMEHASH/file.txt > expected &&
+    echo "IPFS" > actual &&
+    test_cmp expected actual
+  '
 }
 
 test_add_cat_5MB() {