diff -uNr faac.origin/frontend/main.c faac/frontend/main.c
--- faac.origin/frontend/main.c 2004-12-08 13:07:17.000000000 +0200
+++ faac/frontend/main.c        2007-04-17 14:45:01.000000000 +0300
@@ -918,7 +918,15 @@
     {
 #endif
         /* open the aac output file */
-        outfile = fopen(aacFileName, "wb");
+        if(('-' == aacFileName[0])&&(0 == aacFileName[1]))
+        {
+            outfile = stdout;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            outfile = fopen(aacFileName, "wb");
+        };
+
         if (!outfile)
         {
             fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't create output file %s\n", aacFileName);