diff --git a/man/logkeys.8 b/man/logkeys.8
index dc99c42..c398ee1 100644
--- a/man/logkeys.8
+++ b/man/logkeys.8
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ Set ouput log file to \fIlogfile\fR. If no \fB-o\fR option is provided, logkeys
 appends to \fI/var/log/logkeys.log\fR file. If \fIlogfile\fR doesn't exist, logkeys
 creates the file with 600 permissions.
 .IP
+To print output to standard output, use '-' as logfile: \fB-o\fR \fI-\fR.
+.IP
 See also \fBLOGFILE FORMAT\fR section.
 
 .TP
diff --git a/src/logkeys.cc b/src/logkeys.cc
index 58bf5b8..c94b4e4 100644
--- a/src/logkeys.cc
+++ b/src/logkeys.cc
@@ -393,6 +393,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   if (!args.keymap.empty() && (!(args.flags & FLAG_EXPORT_KEYMAP) && args.us_keymap)) {  // exporting uses args.keymap also
     error(EXIT_FAILURE, 0, "Incompatible flags '-m' and '-u'. See usage.");
   }
+
+  // check for incompatible flags: if posting remote and output is set to stdout
+  if (args.post_size != 0 && ( args.logfile == "-" )) {
+    error(EXIT_FAILURE, 0, "Incompatible flags [--post-size | --post-http] and --output to stdout");
+  }
   
   set_utf8_locale();
   
@@ -423,7 +428,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   int noclose = 1;  // don't close streams (stderr used)
   if (daemon(nochdir, noclose) == -1)  // become daemon
     error(EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "Failed to become daemon");
-  close(STDIN_FILENO); close(STDOUT_FILENO);  // leave stderr open
+  close(STDIN_FILENO);
+  // leave stderr open
+  if (args.logfile != "-") {
+    close(STDOUT_FILENO);
+  }
   
   // open input device for reading
   input_fd = open(args.device.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
@@ -439,7 +448,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   
   // open log file (if file doesn't exist, create it with safe 0600 permissions)
   umask(0177);
-  FILE *out = fopen(args.logfile.c_str(), "a");
+  FILE *out = NULL;
+  if (args.logfile == "-") {
+    out = stdout;
+  }
+  else {
+    out = fopen(args.logfile.c_str(), "a");
+  }
   if (!out)
     error(EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "Error opening output file '%s'", args.logfile.c_str());
   
diff --git a/src/usage.cc b/src/usage.cc
index c734614..dde8bd5 100644
--- a/src/usage.cc
+++ b/src/usage.cc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ void usage()
 "\n"
 "  -s, --start               start logging keypresses\n"
 "  -m, --keymap=FILE         use keymap FILE\n"
-"  -o, --output=FILE         log output to FILE [" DEFAULT_LOG_FILE "]\n"
+"  -o, --output=FILE         log output to FILE [" DEFAULT_LOG_FILE "] or standard output '-'\n"
 "  -u, --us-keymap           use en_US keymap instead of configured default\n"
 "  -k, --kill                kill running logkeys process\n"
 "  -d, --device=FILE         input event device [eventX from " INPUT_EVENT_PATH "]\n"