1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gzip.c b/gzip.c
index 591b8cc7f..c0832680f 100644
--- a/gzip.c
+++ b/gzip.c
@@ -1802,9 +1802,6 @@ int gzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
        int fromstdin = 0;
        int force = 0;
-        if (argc == 1)
-                usage(gzip_usage);
        /* Parse any options */
        while (--argc > 0 && **(++argv) == '-') {
                if (*((*argv) + 1) == '\0') {
@@ -1827,8 +1824,10 @@ int gzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
                        }
                }
        }
-        if (argc <= 0)
+        if (argc <= 0 ) {
                fromstdin = 1;
+                tostdout = 1;
+        }
        if (isatty(fileno(stdin)) && fromstdin==1 && force==0)
                fatalError( "data not read from terminal. Use -f to force it.\n");