diff --git a/cli/wallet/multisig.go b/cli/wallet/multisig.go
index c1c4b0104..6612e5c56 100644
--- a/cli/wallet/multisig.go
+++ b/cli/wallet/multisig.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func signStoredTransaction(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	wall, err := openWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
+	wall, err := readWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
 	}
diff --git a/cli/wallet/nep11.go b/cli/wallet/nep11.go
index b22d30245..5ce8ea7b8 100644
--- a/cli/wallet/nep11.go
+++ b/cli/wallet/nep11.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func removeNEP11Token(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 func getNEP11Balance(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	var accounts []*wallet.Account
 
-	wall, err := openWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
+	wall, err := readWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return cli.NewExitError(fmt.Errorf("bad wallet: %w", err), 1)
 	}
diff --git a/cli/wallet/nep17.go b/cli/wallet/nep17.go
index bb6965122..2fec82629 100644
--- a/cli/wallet/nep17.go
+++ b/cli/wallet/nep17.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func newNEP17Commands() []cli.Command {
 func getNEP17Balance(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	var accounts []*wallet.Account
 
-	wall, err := openWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
+	wall, err := readWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return cli.NewExitError(fmt.Errorf("bad wallet: %w", err), 1)
 	}
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ func printNEP17Info(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 func printNEPInfo(ctx *cli.Context, standard string) error {
-	wall, err := openWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
+	wall, err := readWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
 	}
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ func removeNEPToken(ctx *cli.Context, standard string) error {
 }
 
 func multiTransferNEP17(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	wall, err := openWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
+	wall, err := readWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
 	}
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ func transferNEP17(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 func transferNEP(ctx *cli.Context, standard string) error {
-	wall, err := openWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
+	wall, err := readWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
 	}
diff --git a/cli/wallet/validator.go b/cli/wallet/validator.go
index a524be3a1..537d52211 100644
--- a/cli/wallet/validator.go
+++ b/cli/wallet/validator.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func handleUnregister(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 func handleCandidate(ctx *cli.Context, method string, sysGas int64) error {
-	wall, err := openWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
+	wall, err := readWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
 	}
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func handleCandidate(ctx *cli.Context, method string, sysGas int64) error {
 }
 
 func handleVote(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	wall, err := openWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
+	wall, err := readWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
 	}
diff --git a/cli/wallet/wallet.go b/cli/wallet/wallet.go
index 772b5d8a5..be36f4016 100644
--- a/cli/wallet/wallet.go
+++ b/cli/wallet/wallet.go
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package wallet
 
 import (
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/cli/flags"
@@ -21,14 +23,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	errNoPath         = errors.New("target path where the wallet should be stored is mandatory and should be passed using (--wallet, -w) flags")
+	errNoPath         = errors.New("wallet path is mandatory and should be passed using (--wallet, -w) flags")
 	errPhraseMismatch = errors.New("the entered pass-phrases do not match. Maybe you have misspelled them")
+	errNoStdin        = errors.New("can't read wallet from stdin for this command")
 )
 
 var (
 	walletPathFlag = cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "wallet, w",
-		Usage: "Target location of the wallet file.",
+		Usage: "Target location of the wallet file ('-' to read from stdin).",
 	}
 	wifFlag = cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "wif",
@@ -249,7 +252,7 @@ func NewCommands() []cli.Command {
 }
 
 func claimGas(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	wall, err := openWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
+	wall, err := readWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
 	}
@@ -332,7 +335,7 @@ func addAccount(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 func exportKeys(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	wall, err := openWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
+	wall, err := readWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
 	}
@@ -560,7 +563,7 @@ func askForConsent(w io.Writer) bool {
 }
 
 func dumpWallet(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	wall, err := openWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
+	wall, err := readWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
 	}
@@ -582,7 +585,7 @@ func dumpWallet(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 func dumpKeys(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	wall, err := openWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
+	wall, err := readWallet(ctx.String("wallet"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
 	}
@@ -683,6 +686,23 @@ func openWallet(path string) (*wallet.Wallet, error) {
 	if len(path) == 0 {
 		return nil, errNoPath
 	}
+	if path == "-" {
+		return nil, errNoStdin
+	}
+	return wallet.NewWalletFromFile(path)
+}
+
+func readWallet(path string) (*wallet.Wallet, error) {
+	if len(path) == 0 {
+		return nil, errNoPath
+	}
+	if path == "-" {
+		w := &wallet.Wallet{}
+		if err := json.NewDecoder(os.Stdin).Decode(w); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("js %s", err)
+		}
+		return w, nil
+	}
 	return wallet.NewWalletFromFile(path)
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/wallet_test.go b/cli/wallet_test.go
index 5a7bb2ede..d3ee32da9 100644
--- a/cli/wallet_test.go
+++ b/cli/wallet_test.go
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ func TestWalletInit(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("CreateAccount", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Run("stdin", func(t *testing.T) {
+			e.RunWithError(t, "neo-go", "wallet", "create", "--wallet", "-")
+		})
 		e.In.WriteString("testname\r")
 		e.In.WriteString("testpass\r")
 		e.In.WriteString("testpass\r")
diff --git a/docs/cli.md b/docs/cli.md
index cbd2adcc2..dce0bd573 100644
--- a/docs/cli.md
+++ b/docs/cli.md
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ see [compiler documentation](compiler.md).
 deploy` and `contract invokefunction`). Wallet management (creating wallet,
 adding addresses/keys to it) is available there as well as wallet-related
 functions like NEP-17 transfers, NEO votes, multi-signature signing and other
-things.
+things. For all commands requiring read-only wallet (like `dump-keys`) a
+special `-` path can be used to read the wallet from the standard input.
 
 ### Wallet management