diff --git a/src/ddmd/mars.d b/src/ddmd/mars.d
index c9cf32b168e2..ed966561ab4a 100644
--- a/src/ddmd/mars.d
+++ b/src/ddmd/mars.d
@@ -2156,7 +2156,10 @@ private bool parseCommandLine(const ref Strings arguments, const size_t argc, re
                         error("-run must be followed by a source file, not '%s'", arguments[i + 1]);
                         break;
                     }
-                    files.push(arguments[i + 1]);
+                    if (strcmp(arguments[i + 1], "-") == 0)
+                        files.push("__stdin.d");
+                    else
+                        files.push(arguments[i + 1]);
                     params.runargs.setDim(length - 1);
                     for (size_t j = 0; j < length - 1; ++j)
                     {
diff --git a/test/runnable/test18076.sh b/test/runnable/test18076.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..11ce77cf380c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runnable/test18076.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+dir=${RESULTS_DIR}${SEP}runnable
+output_file=${dir}/test18076.sh.out
+
+echo 'import std.stdio; void main() { writeln("Success"); }' | \
+	$DMD -m${MODEL} -run - > ${output_file} || exit 1
+grep -q '^Success$' ${output_file} || exit 1