diff --git a/go-junit-report.go b/go-junit-report.go
index 08caaca..eff031a 100644
--- a/go-junit-report.go
+++ b/go-junit-report.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ var (
 	goVersionFlag = flag.String("go-version", "", "specify the value to use for the go.version property in the generated XML")
 	setExitCode   = flag.Bool("set-exit-code", false, "set exit code to 1 if tests failed")
 	version       = flag.Bool("version", false, "print version")
+	input         = flag.String("in", "", "read go test log from file")
+	output        = flag.String("out", "", "write XML report to file")
 
 	// debug flags
 	printEvents = flag.Bool("debug.print-events", false, "print events generated by the go test parser")
@@ -43,7 +46,16 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// Read input
-	events, err := gotest.Parse(os.Stdin)
+	var in io.Reader = os.Stdin
+	if *input != "" {
+		f, err := os.Open(*input)
+		if err != nil {
+			exitf("error opening input file: %v", err)
+		}
+		defer f.Close()
+		in = f
+	}
+	events, err := gotest.Parse(in)
 	if err != nil {
 		exitf("error reading input: %s\n", err)
 	}
@@ -58,11 +70,20 @@ func main() {
 	hostname, _ := os.Hostname() // ignore error
 	testsuites := gtr.JUnit(report, hostname, time.Now())
 
+	var out io.Writer = os.Stdout
+	if *output != "" {
+		f, err := os.Create(*output)
+		if err != nil {
+			exitf("error creating output file: %v", err)
+		}
+		defer f.Close()
+		out = f
+	}
 	if !*noXMLHeader {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, xml.Header)
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, xml.Header)
 	}
 
-	enc := xml.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
+	enc := xml.NewEncoder(out)
 	enc.Indent("", "\t")
 	if err := enc.Encode(testsuites); err != nil {
 		exitf("error writing XML: %v", err)
@@ -70,7 +91,7 @@ func main() {
 	if err := enc.Flush(); err != nil {
 		exitf("error flusing XML: %v", err)
 	}
-	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "\n")
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, "\n")
 
 	if *setExitCode && report.HasFailures() {
 		os.Exit(1)