diff --git a/ocrmypdf/__main__.py b/ocrmypdf/__main__.py
index 42208860..91f9db4e 100755
--- a/ocrmypdf/__main__.py
+++ b/ocrmypdf/__main__.py
@@ -1313,7 +1313,13 @@ def copy_final(
         pdfinfo,
         pdfinfo_lock):
     input_file = next((ii for ii in input_files if ii.endswith('.pdf')))
-    shutil.copy(input_file, output_file)
+
+    if output_file == '-':
+        from shutil import copyfileobj
+        with open(input_file, 'rb') as input_stream:
+            copyfileobj(input_stream, sys.stdout.buffer)
+    else:
+        shutil.copy(input_file, output_file)
 
 
 def available_cpu_count():
@@ -1470,20 +1476,22 @@ def run_pipeline():
         _log.error(e)
         return ExitCode.other_error
 
-    if options.output_type == 'pdfa':
-        pdfa_info = file_claims_pdfa(options.output_file)
-        if pdfa_info['pass']:
-            msg = 'Output file is a {} (as expected)'
-            _log.info(msg.format(pdfa_info['conformance']))
-        else:
-            msg = 'Output file was generated but is not PDF/A (seems to be {})'
-            _log.warning(msg.format(pdfa_info['conformance']))
+    if options.output_file != '-':
+        if options.output_type == 'pdfa':
+            pdfa_info = file_claims_pdfa(options.output_file)
+            if pdfa_info['pass']:
+                msg = 'Output file is a {} (as expected)'
+                _log.info(msg.format(pdfa_info['conformance']))
+            else:
+                msg = 'Output file is okay but is not PDF/A (seems to be {})'
+                _log.warning(msg.format(pdfa_info['conformance']))
 
+                return ExitCode.invalid_output_pdf
+        if not qpdf.check(options.output_file, _log):
+            _log.warning('Output file: The generated PDF is INVALID')
             return ExitCode.invalid_output_pdf
-
-    if not qpdf.check(options.output_file, _log):
-        _log.warning('Output file: The generated PDF is INVALID')
-        return ExitCode.invalid_output_pdf
+    else:
+        _log.info("Output sent to stdout")
 
     with _pdfinfo_lock:
         _log.debug(_pdfinfo)
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index 66ff711b..0f0771dc 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -662,6 +662,24 @@ def test_stdin(spoof_tesseract_noop):
         assert p.returncode == ExitCode.ok
 
 
+def test_stdout(spoof_tesseract_noop):
+    input_file = _infile('francais.pdf')
+    output_file = _outfile('test_stdout.pdf')
+
+    # Runs: ocrmypdf francais.pdf - > test_stdout.pdf
+    with open(output_file, 'wb') as output_stream:
+        p_args = OCRMYPDF + [input_file, '-']
+        p = Popen(
+            p_args, close_fds=True, stdout=output_stream, stderr=PIPE,
+            stdin=DEVNULL, env=spoof_tesseract_noop)
+        out, err = p.communicate()
+
+        assert p.returncode == ExitCode.ok
+
+    from ocrmypdf import qpdf
+    assert qpdf.check(output_file, log=None)
+
+
 def test_masks(spoof_tesseract_noop):
     check_ocrmypdf('masks.pdf', 'test_masks.pdf', env=spoof_tesseract_noop)