diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 7478bf242..6a8afd535 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ from lib.core.settings import REFLECTIVE_MISS_THRESHOLD
 from lib.core.settings import SAFE_VARIABLE_MARKER
 from lib.core.settings import SENSITIVE_DATA_REGEX
 from lib.core.settings import SENSITIVE_OPTIONS
+from lib.core.settings import STDIN_PIPE_DASH
 from lib.core.settings import SUPPORTED_DBMS
 from lib.core.settings import TEXT_TAG_REGEX
 from lib.core.settings import TIME_STDEV_COEFF
@@ -1165,6 +1166,14 @@ def getHeader(headers, key):
             break
     return retVal
 
+def checkPipedInput():
+    """
+    Checks whether input to program has been provided via standard input (e.g. cat /tmp/req.txt | python sqlmap.py -r -)
+    # Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/33873570
+    """
+
+    return not os.isatty(sys.stdin.fileno())
+
 def checkFile(filename, raiseOnError=True):
     """
     Checks for file existence and readability
@@ -1178,19 +1187,22 @@ def checkFile(filename, raiseOnError=True):
     if filename:
         filename = filename.strip('"\'')
 
-    try:
-        if filename is None or not os.path.isfile(filename):
-            valid = False
-    except:
-        valid = False
-
-    if valid:
+    if filename == STDIN_PIPE_DASH:
+        return checkPipedInput()
+    else:
         try:
-            with open(filename, "rb"):
-                pass
+            if filename is None or not os.path.isfile(filename):
+                valid = False
         except:
             valid = False
 
+        if valid:
+            try:
+                with open(filename, "rb"):
+                    pass
+            except:
+                valid = False
+
     if not valid and raiseOnError:
         raise SqlmapSystemException("unable to read file '%s'" % filename)
 
@@ -3305,13 +3317,19 @@ def openFile(filename, mode='r', encoding=UNICODE_ENCODING, errors="replace", bu
     Returns file handle of a given filename
     """
 
-    try:
-        return codecs.open(filename, mode, encoding, errors, buffering)
-    except IOError:
-        errMsg = "there has been a file opening error for filename '%s'. " % filename
-        errMsg += "Please check %s permissions on a file " % ("write" if mode and ('w' in mode or 'a' in mode or '+' in mode) else "read")
-        errMsg += "and that it's not locked by another process."
-        raise SqlmapSystemException(errMsg)
+    if filename == STDIN_PIPE_DASH:
+        if filename not in kb.cache.content:
+            kb.cache.content[filename] = sys.stdin.read()
+
+        return contextlib.closing(StringIO(readCachedFileContent(filename)))
+    else:
+        try:
+            return codecs.open(filename, mode, encoding, errors, buffering)
+        except IOError:
+            errMsg = "there has been a file opening error for filename '%s'. " % filename
+            errMsg += "Please check %s permissions on a file " % ("write" if mode and ('w' in mode or 'a' in mode or '+' in mode) else "read")
+            errMsg += "and that it's not locked by another process."
+            raise SqlmapSystemException(errMsg)
 
 def decodeIntToUnicode(value):
     """
@@ -4797,14 +4815,7 @@ def parseRequestFile(reqFile, checkParams=True):
                 if not(conf.scope and not re.search(conf.scope, url, re.I)):
                     yield (url, conf.method or method, data, cookie, tuple(headers))
 
-    checkFile(reqFile)
-    try:
-        with openFile(reqFile, "rb") as f:
-            content = f.read()
-    except (IOError, OSError, MemoryError) as ex:
-        errMsg = "something went wrong while trying "
-        errMsg += "to read the content of file '%s' ('%s')" % (reqFile, getSafeExString(ex))
-        raise SqlmapSystemException(errMsg)
+    content = readCachedFileContent(reqFile)
 
     if conf.scope:
         logger.info("using regular expression '%s' for filtering targets" % conf.scope)
diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index 9309e0353..4204de6db 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def _setMultipleTargets():
         errMsg = "the specified list of targets does not exist"
         raise SqlmapFilePathException(errMsg)
 
-    if os.path.isfile(conf.logFile):
+    if checkFile(conf.logFile, False):
         for target in parseRequestFile(conf.logFile):
             url, _, data, _, _ = target
             key = re.sub(r"(\w+=)[^%s ]*" % (conf.paramDel or DEFAULT_GET_POST_DELIMITER), r"\g<1>", "%s %s" % (url, data))
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ def _setRequestFromFile():
         conf.requestFile = safeExpandUser(conf.requestFile)
         seen = set()
 
-        if not os.path.isfile(conf.requestFile):
+        if not checkFile(conf.requestFile, False):
             errMsg = "specified HTTP request file '%s' " % conf.requestFile
             errMsg += "does not exist"
             raise SqlmapFilePathException(errMsg)
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ def _setRequestFromFile():
     if conf.secondReq:
         conf.secondReq = safeExpandUser(conf.secondReq)
 
-        if not os.path.isfile(conf.secondReq):
+        if not checkFile(conf.secondReq, False):
             errMsg = "specified second-order HTTP request file '%s' " % conf.secondReq
             errMsg += "does not exist"
             raise SqlmapFilePathException(errMsg)
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ def _setBulkMultipleTargets():
     infoMsg = "parsing multiple targets list from '%s'" % conf.bulkFile
     logger.info(infoMsg)
 
-    if not os.path.isfile(conf.bulkFile):
+    if not checkFile(conf.bulkFile, False):
         errMsg = "the specified bulk file "
         errMsg += "does not exist"
         raise SqlmapFilePathException(errMsg)
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 6a9be7b74..a638906af 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import DBMS_DIRECTORY_NAME
 from lib.core.enums import OS
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.3.3.29"
+VERSION = "1.3.3.30"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ try:
 except LookupError:
     DEFAULT_PAGE_ENCODING = "utf8"
 
+# Marker for program piped input
+STDIN_PIPE_DASH = '-'
+
 # URL used in dummy runs
 DUMMY_URL = "http://foo/bar?id=1"
 
diff --git a/sqlmap.py b/sqlmap.py
index ce3b4cbf8..22821ed84 100755
--- a/sqlmap.py
+++ b/sqlmap.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ try:
 
     from lib.core.common import banner
     from lib.core.common import checkIntegrity
+    from lib.core.common import checkPipedInput
     from lib.core.common import createGithubIssue
     from lib.core.common import dataToStdout
     from lib.core.common import getSafeExString
@@ -131,6 +132,9 @@ def main():
         cmdLineOptions.update(cmdLineParser().__dict__)
         initOptions(cmdLineOptions)
 
+        if checkPipedInput():
+            conf.batch = True
+
         if conf.get("api"):
             # heavy imports
             from lib.utils.api import StdDbOut
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index a93570f4b..e1f6e65cb 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ c1da277517c7ec4c23e953a51b51e203  lib/controller/handler.py
 fb6be55d21a70765e35549af2484f762  lib/controller/__init__.py
 ed7874be0d2d3802f3d20184f2b280d5  lib/core/agent.py
 a932126e7d80e545c5d44af178d0bc0c  lib/core/bigarray.py
-c775aa0369c9eb044efb5065f60a25cd  lib/core/common.py
+b096680d917729fd9658f9b75d44bb3b  lib/core/common.py
 de8d27ae6241163ff9e97aa9e7c51a18  lib/core/convert.py
 abcb1121eb56d3401839d14e8ed06b6e  lib/core/data.py
 f89512ef3ebea85611c5dde6c891b657  lib/core/datatype.py
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ f89512ef3ebea85611c5dde6c891b657  lib/core/datatype.py
 fb6be55d21a70765e35549af2484f762  lib/core/__init__.py
 18c896b157b03af716542e5fe9233ef9  lib/core/log.py
 947f41084e551ff3b7ef7dda2f25ef20  lib/core/optiondict.py
-63c5c71af3fd05cd0a1c97dbbe7216b5  lib/core/option.py
+94679a06c134ca5c1db1e435e1cb9fb1  lib/core/option.py
 fe370021c6bc99daf44b2bfc0d1effb3  lib/core/patch.py
 4b12aa67fbf6c973d12e54cf9cb54ea0  lib/core/profiling.py
 d5ef43fe3cdd6c2602d7db45651f9ceb  lib/core/readlineng.py
 7d8a22c582ad201f65b73225e4456170  lib/core/replication.py
 3179d34f371e0295dd4604568fb30bcd  lib/core/revision.py
 d6269c55789f78cf707e09a0f5b45443  lib/core/session.py
-96b86cf1a93128720caa88a22f604ea1  lib/core/settings.py
+2d4b155258f2ae85c7f287c58742e1fb  lib/core/settings.py
 4483b4a5b601d8f1c4281071dff21ecc  lib/core/shell.py
 10fd19b0716ed261e6d04f311f6f527c  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 10d7e4f7ba2502cce5cf69223c52eddc  lib/core/target.py
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ ec2ba8c757ac96425dcd2b97970edd3a  shell/stagers/stager.asp_
 0c48ddb1feb7e38a951ef05a0d48e032  shell/stagers/stager.jsp_
 2f9e459a4cf6a58680978cdce5ff7971  shell/stagers/stager.php_
 41522f8ad02ac133ca0aeaab374c36a8  sqlmapapi.py
-a436dd078b06bf664637b27f42889a35  sqlmap.py
+05fe39a2fbd1cff87cb43c5c36e64365  sqlmap.py
 772fb3dd15edc9d4055ab9f9dee0c203  tamper/0x2char.py
 3d89a5c4c33d4d1d9303f5e3bd11f0ae  tamper/apostrophemask.py
 1fd0eec63970728c1e6628b2e4c21d81  tamper/apostrophenullencode.py