diff --git a/client/src/command/push.rs b/client/src/command/push.rs
index c93d22d..b2bb661 100644
--- a/client/src/command/push.rs
+++ b/client/src/command/push.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::io::IsTerminal;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -57,6 +58,16 @@ struct PushContext {
 
 impl PushContext {
     async fn push_static(self, paths: Vec<PathBuf>) -> Result<()> {
+        if paths.is_empty() {
+            eprintln!("🤷 Nothing specified.");
+            if !std::io::stdin().is_terminal() {
+                eprintln!(
+                    "Hint: Pass --stdin to read the list of store paths from standard input."
+                );
+            }
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
         let roots = paths
             .into_iter()
             .map(|p| self.store.follow_store_path(p))
@@ -108,6 +119,10 @@ impl PushContext {
         let stdin = BufReader::new(io::stdin());
         let mut lines = stdin.lines();
         while let Some(line) = lines.next_line().await? {
+            if line.is_empty() {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             let path = self.store.follow_store_path(line)?;
             session.queue_many(vec![path])?;
         }
@@ -167,6 +182,12 @@ pub async fn run(opts: Opts) -> Result<()> {
     };
 
     if sub.stdin {
+        if !sub.paths.is_empty() {
+            return Err(anyhow!(
+                "No paths can be specified on the command line with --stdin"
+            ));
+        }
+
         push_ctx.push_stdin().await?;
     } else {
         push_ctx.push_static(sub.paths.clone()).await?;
diff --git a/integration-tests/basic/default.nix b/integration-tests/basic/default.nix
index 9896d29..f54b467 100644
--- a/integration-tests/basic/default.nix
+++ b/integration-tests/basic/default.nix
@@ -203,12 +203,12 @@ in {
 
       with subtest("Check that we can push a path"):
           client.succeed("${makeTestDerivation} test.nix")
-          test_file = client.succeed("nix-build --no-out-link test.nix")
+          test_file = client.succeed("nix-build --no-out-link test.nix").strip()
           test_file_hash = test_file.removeprefix("/nix/store/")[:32]
 
           client.succeed(f"attic push test {test_file}")
           client.succeed(f"nix-store --delete {test_file}")
-          client.fail(f"grep hello {test_file}")
+          client.fail(f"ls {test_file}")
 
       with subtest("Check that we can pull a path"):
           client.succeed("attic use readonly:test")
@@ -219,6 +219,25 @@ in {
           client.fail(f"attic push readonly:test {test_file}")
           client.fail(f"attic push anon:test {test_file} 2>&1")
 
+      with subtest("Check that we can push a list of paths from stdin"):
+          paths = []
+          for i in range(10):
+              client.succeed(f"${makeTestDerivation} seq{i}.nix")
+              path = client.succeed(f"nix-build --no-out-link seq{i}.nix").strip()
+              client.succeed(f"echo {path} >>paths.txt")
+              paths.append(path)
+
+          client.succeed("attic push test --stdin <paths.txt 2>&1")
+
+          for path in paths:
+              client.succeed(f"nix-store --delete {path}")
+
+      with subtest("Check that we can pull the paths back"):
+          for path in paths:
+              client.fail(f"ls {path}")
+              client.succeed(f"nix-store -r {path}")
+              client.succeed(f"grep hello {path}")
+
       with subtest("Check that we can make the cache public"):
           client.fail("curl -sL --fail-with-body http://server:8080/test/nix-cache-info")
           client.fail(f"curl -sL --fail-with-body http://server:8080/test/{test_file_hash}.narinfo")