diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d12287..d7d6b1e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,3 +40,5 @@ to see Haggis implemented in other languages.
 - [x] Override user/group when extracting archives
 - [x] Automatically detect zstd compressed archives
 - [ ] Add path to error message when passing between threads
+- [x] Add ability to write archives to stdout
+- [ ] Add ability to read archives from stdin
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1e00ae8..4e9fdf8 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
     fs,
-    io::{BufWriter, Read, Seek, Write},
+    io::{self, BufWriter, Read, Seek, Write},
     sync::Mutex,
 };
 #[cfg(feature = "parallel")]
@@ -72,6 +72,21 @@ pub fn create_archive(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Creates a haggis archive and writes it to stdout
+/// # Errors
+/// Returns `crate::Error` if io fails
+pub fn create_archive_stdout(
+    files: &[String],
+    algorithm: Algorithm,
+    uid: Option<u32>,
+    gid: Option<u32>,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let stdout = io::stdout().lock();
+    let mut writer = BufWriter::new(stdout);
+    stream_archive(&mut writer, files, algorithm, uid, gid)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Streams a haggis archive over something which implements `Write`
 /// # Errors
 /// Returns `crate::Error` if io fails or several other error conditions
@@ -130,6 +145,24 @@ pub fn par_create_archive(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Creates a Haggis archive from a list of file, processing each file in parallel
+/// and writing the resulting archive to stdout
+/// # Errors
+/// Returns `crate::Error` if io fails of one of several other conditions
+#[cfg(feature = "parallel")]
+pub fn par_create_archive_stdout(
+    files: &[String],
+    algorithm: Algorithm,
+    sender: &Sender<Message>,
+    uid: Option<u32>,
+    gid: Option<u32>,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let stdout = io::stdout().lock();
+    let writer = BufWriter::new(stdout);
+    par_stream_archive(writer, files, algorithm, uid, gid)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Streams a Haggis archive from a list of files, processing each file in parallel
 /// # Errors
 /// Returns `crate::Error` if io fails or several other error conditions