diff --git a/src/cfg.c b/src/cfg.c
index 7aa2f7f..dfa4396 100644
--- a/src/cfg.c
+++ b/src/cfg.c
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ cfg_check(const char **errstrp)
 		return (-1);
 	}
 
-	if (!cfg_get_media_filename()) {
+	if (!cfg_get_media_filename() &&
+	    CFG_MEDIA_STDIN != cfg_get_media_type()) {
 		if (NULL != errstrp)
 			*errstrp = "media filename missing";
 		return (-1);
diff --git a/src/ezstream.c b/src/ezstream.c
index 0995178..0bff301 100644
--- a/src/ezstream.c
+++ b/src/ezstream.c
@@ -275,7 +275,8 @@ openResource(stream_t stream, const char *fileName, int *popenFlag,
 	if (songLen != NULL)
 		*songLen = 0;
 
-	if (strcmp(fileName, "stdin") == 0) {
+	if ((isStdin && *isStdin) ||
+	    strcasecmp(fileName, "stdin") == 0) {
 		if (cfg_get_metadata_program()) {
 			if ((mdata = getMetadata(cfg_get_metadata_program())) == NULL)
 				return (NULL);
@@ -566,7 +567,7 @@ streamFile(stream_t stream, const char *fileName)
 	FILE		*filepstream = NULL;
 	int		 popenFlag = 0;
 	char		*songLenStr = NULL;
-	int		 isStdin = 0;
+	int		 isStdin = cfg_get_media_type() == CFG_MEDIA_STDIN;
 	int		 ret, retval = 0;
 	long		 songLen;
 	metadata_t	 mdata;
@@ -590,7 +591,8 @@ streamFile(stream_t stream, const char *fileName)
 		if ((metaData = util_utf82char(tmp, ICONV_REPLACE)) == NULL)
 			metaData = xstrdup("(unknown title)");
 		xfree(tmp);
-		log_notice("streaming: %s (%s)", metaData, fileName);
+		log_notice("streaming: %s (%s)", metaData,
+		    isStdin ? "stdin" : fileName);
 		xfree(metaData);
 
 		/* MP3 streams are special, so set the metadata explicitly: */
diff --git a/tests/check_cfg.c b/tests/check_cfg.c
index 4ba5820..75b6f4f 100644
--- a/tests/check_cfg.c
+++ b/tests/check_cfg.c
@@ -136,8 +136,7 @@ START_TEST(test_check)
 	ck_assert_int_eq(cfg_check(NULL), -1);
 	ck_assert_int_eq(cfg_check(&errstr), -1);
 	ck_assert_str_eq(errstr, "media filename missing");
-	ck_assert_int_eq(cfg_set_media_filename(SRCDIR "/playlist.txt", NULL),
-	    0);
+	ck_assert_int_eq(cfg_set_media_type("stdin", NULL), 0);
 
 	ck_assert_int_eq(cfg_check(NULL), -1);
 	ck_assert_int_eq(cfg_check(&errstr), -1);
@@ -145,6 +144,15 @@ START_TEST(test_check)
 	ck_assert_int_eq(cfg_set_stream_format(CFG_SFMT_VORBIS, NULL), 0);
 
 	ck_assert_int_eq(cfg_check(NULL), 0);
+
+	ck_assert_int_eq(cfg_set_media_type("autodetect", NULL), 0);
+	ck_assert_int_eq(cfg_check(NULL), -1);
+	ck_assert_int_eq(cfg_check(&errstr), -1);
+	ck_assert_str_eq(errstr, "media filename missing");
+	ck_assert_int_eq(cfg_set_media_filename(SRCDIR "/playlist.txt", NULL),
+	    0);
+
+	ck_assert_int_eq(cfg_check(NULL), 0);
 }
 END_TEST