diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index 95d7285b..80d2585b 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use anyhow::{bail, Context, Error};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Context, Error};
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use flate2::read::MultiGzDecoder;
 use oxhttp::model::{Body, HeaderName, HeaderValue, Request, Response, Status};
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use std::cmp::{max, min};
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::{self, BufReader, Read, Write};
+use std::io::{self, stdin, BufRead, BufReader, Read, Write};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::str;
@@ -132,77 +132,109 @@ pub fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             } else {
                 None
             };
-            ThreadPoolBuilder::new()
-                .num_threads(max(1, available_parallelism()?.get() / 2))
-                .thread_name(|i| format!("Oxigraph bulk loader thread {i}"))
-                .build()?
-                .scope(|s| {
-                    for file in file {
-                        let store = store.clone();
-                        s.spawn(move |_| {
-                            let f = file.clone();
-                            let start = Instant::now();
-                            let mut loader = store.bulk_loader().on_progress(move |size| {
-                                let elapsed = start.elapsed();
-                                eprintln!(
-                                    "{} triples loaded in {}s ({} t/s) from {}",
-                                    size,
-                                    elapsed.as_secs(),
-                                    ((size as f64) / elapsed.as_secs_f64()).round(),
-                                    f.display()
-                                )
-                            });
-                            if lenient {
+            if file.is_empty() {
+                // We read from stdin
+                let start = Instant::now();
+                let mut loader = store.bulk_loader().on_progress(move |size| {
+                    let elapsed = start.elapsed();
+                    eprintln!(
+                        "{size} triples loaded in {}s ({} t/s)",
+                        elapsed.as_secs(),
+                        ((size as f64) / elapsed.as_secs_f64()).round()
+                    )
+                });
+                if lenient {
+                    loader = loader.on_parse_error(move |e| {
+                        eprintln!("Parsing error: {e}");
+                        Ok(())
+                    })
+                }
+                bulk_load(
+                    loader,
+                    stdin().lock(),
+                    format.ok_or_else(|| {
+                        anyhow!("The --format option must be set when loading from stdin")
+                    })?,
+                    None,
+                    graph,
+                )
+            } else {
+                ThreadPoolBuilder::new()
+                    .num_threads(max(1, available_parallelism()?.get() / 2))
+                    .thread_name(|i| format!("Oxigraph bulk loader thread {i}"))
+                    .build()?
+                    .scope(|s| {
+                        for file in file {
+                            let store = store.clone();
+                            s.spawn(move |_| {
                                 let f = file.clone();
-                                loader = loader.on_parse_error(move |e| {
-                                    eprintln!("Parsing error on file {}: {}", f.display(), e);
-                                    Ok(())
-                                })
-                            }
-                            let fp = match File::open(&file) {
-                                Ok(fp) => fp,
-                                Err(error) => {
+                                let start = Instant::now();
+                                let mut loader = store.bulk_loader().on_progress(move |size| {
+                                    let elapsed = start.elapsed();
+                                    eprintln!(
+                                        "{} triples loaded in {}s ({} t/s) from {}",
+                                        size,
+                                        elapsed.as_secs(),
+                                        ((size as f64) / elapsed.as_secs_f64()).round(),
+                                        f.display()
+                                    )
+                                });
+                                if lenient {
+                                    let f = file.clone();
+                                    loader = loader.on_parse_error(move |e| {
+                                        eprintln!("Parsing error on file {}: {}", f.display(), e);
+                                        Ok(())
+                                    })
+                                }
+                                let fp = match File::open(&file) {
+                                    Ok(fp) => fp,
+                                    Err(error) => {
+                                        eprintln!(
+                                            "Error while opening file {}: {}",
+                                            file.display(),
+                                            error
+                                        );
+                                        return;
+                                    }
+                                };
+                                if let Err(error) = {
+                                    if file.extension().map_or(false, |e| e == OsStr::new("gz")) {
+                                        bulk_load(
+                                            loader,
+                                            BufReader::new(MultiGzDecoder::new(fp)),
+                                            format.unwrap_or_else(|| {
+                                                GraphOrDatasetFormat::from_path(
+                                                    &file.with_extension(""),
+                                                )
+                                                .unwrap()
+                                            }),
+                                            None,
+                                            graph,
+                                        )
+                                    } else {
+                                        bulk_load(
+                                            loader,
+                                            BufReader::new(fp),
+                                            format.unwrap_or_else(|| {
+                                                GraphOrDatasetFormat::from_path(&file).unwrap()
+                                            }),
+                                            None,
+                                            graph,
+                                        )
+                                    }
+                                } {
                                     eprintln!(
-                                        "Error while opening file {}: {}",
+                                        "Error while loading file {}: {}",
                                         file.display(),
                                         error
-                                    );
-                                    return;
-                                }
-                            };
-                            if let Err(error) = {
-                                if file.extension().map_or(false, |e| e == OsStr::new("gz")) {
-                                    bulk_load(
-                                        loader,
-                                        MultiGzDecoder::new(fp),
-                                        format.unwrap_or_else(|| {
-                                            GraphOrDatasetFormat::from_path(
-                                                &file.with_extension(""),
-                                            )
-                                            .unwrap()
-                                        }),
-                                        None,
-                                        graph,
-                                    )
-                                } else {
-                                    bulk_load(
-                                        loader,
-                                        fp,
-                                        format.unwrap_or_else(|| {
-                                            GraphOrDatasetFormat::from_path(&file).unwrap()
-                                        }),
-                                        None,
-                                        None,
                                     )
+                                    //TODO: hard fail
                                 }
-                            } {
-                                eprintln!("Error while loading file {}: {}", file.display(), error)
-                                //TODO: hard fail
-                            }
-                        })
-                    }
-                });
-            Ok(())
+                            })
+                        }
+                    });
+                Ok(())
+            }
         }
         Command::Serve { bind } => {
             let mut server = Server::new(move |request| {
@@ -220,12 +252,11 @@ pub fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
 fn bulk_load(
     loader: BulkLoader,
-    reader: impl Read,
+    reader: impl BufRead,
     format: GraphOrDatasetFormat,
     base_iri: Option<&str>,
     to_graph_name: Option<NamedNodeRef<'_>>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let reader = BufReader::new(reader);
     match format {
         GraphOrDatasetFormat::Graph(format) => loader.load_graph(
             reader,
@@ -1259,6 +1290,20 @@ mod tests {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn cli_load_from_stdin() -> Result<()> {
+        cli_command()?
+            .arg("load")
+            .arg("--format")
+            .arg("nq")
+            .write_stdin("<http://example.com/s> <http://example.com/p> <http://example.com/o> .")
+            .assert()
+            .success()
+            .stdout("")
+            .stderr(predicate::str::starts_with("1 triples loaded"));
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn get_ui() -> Result<()> {
         ServerTest::new()?.test_status(