diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
index 9499701aa..d07b89a5d 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ type BackupOptions struct {
 	ExcludeLargerThan string
 	Stdin             bool
 	StdinFilename     string
+	StdinCommand      bool
 	Tags              restic.TagLists
 	Host              string
 	FilesFrom         []string
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ func init() {
 	f.StringVar(&backupOptions.ExcludeLargerThan, "exclude-larger-than", "", "max `size` of the files to be backed up (allowed suffixes: k/K, m/M, g/G, t/T)")
 	f.BoolVar(&backupOptions.Stdin, "stdin", false, "read backup from stdin")
 	f.StringVar(&backupOptions.StdinFilename, "stdin-filename", "stdin", "`filename` to use when reading from stdin")
+	f.BoolVar(&backupOptions.StdinCommand, "stdin-from-command", false, "execute command and store its stdout")
 	f.Var(&backupOptions.Tags, "tag", "add `tags` for the new snapshot in the format `tag[,tag,...]` (can be specified multiple times)")
 	f.UintVar(&backupOptions.ReadConcurrency, "read-concurrency", 0, "read `n` files concurrently (default: $RESTIC_READ_CONCURRENCY or 2)")
 	f.StringVarP(&backupOptions.Host, "host", "H", "", "set the `hostname` for the snapshot manually. To prevent an expensive rescan use the \"parent\" flag")