diff --git a/src/uu/dircolors/src/dircolors.rs b/src/uu/dircolors/src/dircolors.rs
index 6bc96adbf38..4062b0b7a3a 100644
--- a/src/uu/dircolors/src/dircolors.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dircolors/src/dircolors.rs
@@ -135,13 +135,15 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let result;
     if files.is_empty() {
         result = parse(INTERNAL_DB.lines(), &out_format, "");
+    } else if files.len() > 1 {
+        return Err(UUsageError::new(
+            1,
+            format!("extra operand {}", files[1].quote()),
+        ));
+    } else if files[0].eq("-") {
+        let fin = BufReader::new(std::io::stdin());
+        result = parse(fin.lines().filter_map(Result::ok), &out_format, files[0]);
     } else {
-        if files.len() > 1 {
-            return Err(UUsageError::new(
-                1,
-                format!("extra operand {}", files[1].quote()),
-            ));
-        }
         match File::open(files[0]) {
             Ok(f) => {
                 let fin = BufReader::new(f);
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_dircolors.rs b/tests/by-util/test_dircolors.rs
index a4ad0df32bd..f34f5573bb9 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_dircolors.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_dircolors.rs
@@ -131,6 +131,25 @@ fn test_exclusive_option() {
         .stderr_contains("mutually exclusive");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_stdin() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .pipe_in("owt 40;33\n")
+        .args(&["-b", "-"])
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_is("LS_COLORS='tw=40;33:';\nexport LS_COLORS\n")
+        .no_stderr();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_extra_operand() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["-c", "file1", "file2"])
+        .fails()
+        .stderr_contains("dircolors: extra operand 'file2'\n")
+        .no_stdout();
+}
+
 fn test_helper(file_name: &str, term: &str) {
     new_ucmd!()
         .env("TERM", term)