diff --git a/e2etests/bats-tests.sh b/e2etests/bats-tests.sh
index cbf54700d..808f1ca44 100755
--- a/e2etests/bats-tests.sh
+++ b/e2etests/bats-tests.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,21 @@ get_value_from() {
     [[ "${BASH_VERSION:0:1}" -ge '4' ]] || false
 }
 
+@test "access-to-create-pods from stdin" {
+  tmp="tests/checks/access-to-create-pods.yml"
+  cmd="cat ${tmp} | ${KUBE_LINTER_BIN} lint --include access-to-create-pods --do-not-auto-add-defaults --format json -"
+  run ${cmd}
+
+  print_info "${status}" "${output}" "${cmd}" "${tmp}"
+  [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+
+  message1=$(get_value_from "${lines[0]}" '.Reports[0].Object.K8sObject.GroupVersionKind.Kind + ": " + .Reports[0].Diagnostic.Message')
+  count=$(get_value_from "${lines[0]}" '.Reports | length')
+
+  [[ "${message1}" == "RoleBinding: binding to \"role1\" role that has [create] access to [pods]" ]]
+  [[ "${count}" == "1" ]]
+}
+
 @test "access-to-create-pods" {
   tmp="tests/checks/access-to-create-pods.yml"
   cmd="${KUBE_LINTER_BIN} lint --include access-to-create-pods --do-not-auto-add-defaults --format json ${tmp}"
diff --git a/pkg/command/lint/command.go b/pkg/command/lint/command.go
index 56c79694d..634b79cd6 100644
--- a/pkg/command/lint/command.go
+++ b/pkg/command/lint/command.go
@@ -87,8 +87,12 @@ func Command() *cobra.Command {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			absArgs := []string{}
+			absArgs := make([]string, 0, len(args))
 			for _, arg := range args {
+				if arg == lintcontext.ReadFromStdin {
+					absArgs = append(absArgs, lintcontext.ReadFromStdin)
+					continue
+				}
 				absArg, err := pathutil.GetAbsolutPath(arg)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
diff --git a/pkg/lintcontext/create_contexts.go b/pkg/lintcontext/create_contexts.go
index 64b9b32d9..6dd888f21 100644
--- a/pkg/lintcontext/create_contexts.go
+++ b/pkg/lintcontext/create_contexts.go
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 )
 
+// ReadFromStdin is a path used to indicate reading from os.Stdin
+const ReadFromStdin = "-"
+
 var (
 	knownYAMLExtensions = set.NewFrozenStringSet(".yaml", ".yml")
 )
@@ -41,16 +44,15 @@ func CreateContextsWithOptions(options Options, ignorePaths []string, filesOrDir
 	contextsByDir := make(map[string]*lintContextImpl)
 fileOrDirsLoop:
 	for _, fileOrDir := range filesOrDirs {
-		// Stdin
-		if fileOrDir == "-" {
-			if _, alreadyExists := contextsByDir["-"]; alreadyExists {
+		if fileOrDir == ReadFromStdin {
+			if _, alreadyExists := contextsByDir[ReadFromStdin]; alreadyExists {
 				continue
 			}
 			ctx := newCtx(options)
 			if err := ctx.loadObjectsFromReader("<standard input>", os.Stdin); err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			contextsByDir["-"] = ctx
+			contextsByDir[ReadFromStdin] = ctx
 			continue
 		}