diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25cf389..f212da6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -196,11 +196,30 @@ logging.getLogger('command_runner').setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
 Example:
 ```python
 from command_runner import command_runner
+
+
 exit_code, output = command_runner('ping 127.0.0.1', method='poller')
 exit_code, output = command_runner('ping 127.0.0.1', method='monitor')
 ```
 
-#### Stream redirection
+#### stdin stream redirection
+
+`command_runner` allows to redirect some stream directly into the subprocess it spawns.
+
+Example code
+```python
+import sys
+from command_runner import command_runner
+
+
+exit_code, output = command_runner("gzip -d", stdin=sys.stdin.buffer)
+print("Uncompressed data", output)
+```
+The above program, when run with `echo "Hello, World!" | gzip | python myscript.py` will show the uncompressed  string `Hello, World!`
+
+You can use whatever file descriptor you want, basic ones being sys.stdin for text input and sys.stdin.buffer for binary input.
+
+#### stdout / stderr stream redirection
 
 command_runner can redirect stdout and/or stderr streams to different outputs:
  - subprocess pipes
@@ -426,6 +445,7 @@ It also uses the following standard arguments:
  - timeout (int): seconds before a process tree is killed forcefully, defaults to 3600
  - shell (bool): Shall we use the cmd.exe or /usr/bin/env shell for command execution, defaults to False
  - encoding (str/bool): Which text encoding the command produces, defaults to cp437 under Windows and utf-8 under Linux
+ - stdin (sys.stdin/int): Optional stdin file descriptor, sent to the process command_runner spawns
  - stdout (str/queue.Queue/function/False/None): Optional path to filename where to dump stdout, or queue where to write stdout, or callback function which is called when stdout has output
  - stderr (str/queue.Queue/function/False/None): Optional path to filename where to dump stderr, or queue where to write stderr, or callback function which is called when stderr has output
  - no_close_queues (bool): Normally, command_runner sends None to stdout / stderr queues when process is finished. This behavior can be disabled allowing to reuse those queues for other functions wrapping command_runner
diff --git a/command_runner/__init__.py b/command_runner/__init__.py
index 6a5f746..70267b2 100644
--- a/command_runner/__init__.py
+++ b/command_runner/__init__.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 __intname__ = "command_runner"
 __author__ = "Orsiris de Jong"
-__copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2015-2023 Orsiris de Jong for NetInvent SASU"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2015-2024 Orsiris de Jong for NetInvent SASU"
 __licence__ = "BSD 3 Clause"
-__version__ = "1.5.2"
-__build__ = "2023122701"
+__version__ = "1.6.0"
+__build__ = "2024010401"
 __compat__ = "python2.7+"
 
 import io
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ def command_runner(
     timeout=3600,  # type: Optional[int]
     shell=False,  # type: bool
     encoding=None,  # type: Optional[Union[str, bool]]
+    stdin=None,  # type: Optional[Union[int, str, Callable, queue.Queue]]
     stdout=None,  # type: Optional[Union[int, str, Callable, queue.Queue]]
     stderr=None,  # type: Optional[Union[int, str, Callable, queue.Queue]]
     no_close_queues=False,  # type: Optional[bool]
@@ -910,6 +911,7 @@ def _monitor_process(
         if sys.version_info >= (3, 6):
             process = subprocess.Popen(
                 command,
+                stdin=stdin,
                 stdout=_stdout,
                 stderr=_stderr,
                 shell=shell,
@@ -924,6 +926,7 @@ def _monitor_process(
         else:
             process = subprocess.Popen(
                 command,
+                stdin=stdin,
                 stdout=_stdout,
                 stderr=_stderr,
                 shell=shell,