diff --git a/clients/go/camput/blobs.go b/clients/go/camput/blobs.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f711d10f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/go/camput/blobs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2011 Google Inc.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"camli/client"
+)
+
+type blobCmd struct {
+	flags *flag.FlagSet
+}
+
+func init() {
+	flags := flag.NewFlagSet("blob options", flag.ContinueOnError)
+	flags.Usage = func() {}
+	cmd := &blobCmd{flags: flags}
+
+	RegisterCommand("blob", cmd)
+}
+
+func (c *blobCmd) Usage() {
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Usage: camput [globalopts] blob <files>\n	camput [globalopts] blob -\n")
+	c.flags.PrintDefaults()
+}
+
+func (c *blobCmd) RunCommand(up *Uploader, args []string) os.Error {
+	if err := c.flags.Parse(args); err != nil {
+		return ErrUsage
+	}
+	args = c.flags.Args()
+	if len(args) == 0 {
+		return os.NewError("No files given.")
+	}
+
+	var (
+		err os.Error
+		put *client.PutResult
+	)
+
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		put, err = up.UploadFileBlob(arg)
+		handleResult("blob", put, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/clients/go/camput/camput.go b/clients/go/camput/camput.go
index 2d9952c0e..d2bd25f60 100644
--- a/clients/go/camput/camput.go
+++ b/clients/go/camput/camput.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto/sha1"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
@@ -108,24 +109,47 @@ func blobDetails(contents io.ReadSeeker) (bref *blobref.BlobRef, size int64, err
 }
 
 func (up *Uploader) UploadFileBlob(filename string) (*client.PutResult, os.Error) {
-	fi, err := os.Stat(filename)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if !fi.IsRegular() {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%q is not a regular file", filename)
-	}
-	file, err := os.Open(filename)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	var (
+		err  os.Error
+		size int64
+		ref  *blobref.BlobRef
+		body io.Reader
+	)
+	if filename == "-" {
+		buf := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0))
+		size, err = io.Copy(buf, os.Stdin)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		// assuming what I did here is not too lame, maybe I should set a limit on how much we accept from the stdin?
+		file := buf.Bytes()
+		s1 := sha1.New()
+		size, err = io.Copy(s1, buf)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		ref = blobref.FromHash("sha1", s1)
+		body = io.LimitReader(bytes.NewBuffer(file), size)
+	} else {
+		fi, err := os.Stat(filename)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if !fi.IsRegular() {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%q is not a regular file", filename)
+		}
+		file, err := os.Open(filename)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		ref, size, err = blobDetails(file)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		file.Seek(0, 0)
+		body = io.LimitReader(file, size)
 	}
 
-	ref, size, err := blobDetails(file)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	file.Seek(0, 0)
-	body := io.LimitReader(file, size)
 	handle := &client.UploadHandle{ref, size, body}
 	return up.Upload(handle)
 }