diff --git a/crates/ruff_cli/src/commands/check_stdin.rs b/crates/ruff_cli/src/commands/check_stdin.rs
index 942a80ada3..e1fbf3f44d 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_cli/src/commands/check_stdin.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_cli/src/commands/check_stdin.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use std::io::{self, Read};
 use std::path::Path;
 
 use anyhow::Result;
@@ -9,13 +8,7 @@ use ruff_workspace::resolver::{python_file_at_path, PyprojectConfig};
 
 use crate::args::Overrides;
 use crate::diagnostics::{lint_stdin, Diagnostics};
-
-/// Read a `String` from `stdin`.
-pub(crate) fn read_from_stdin() -> Result<String> {
-    let mut buffer = String::new();
-    io::stdin().lock().read_to_string(&mut buffer)?;
-    Ok(buffer)
-}
+use crate::stdin::read_from_stdin;
 
 /// Run the linter over a single file, read from `stdin`.
 pub(crate) fn check_stdin(
diff --git a/crates/ruff_cli/src/commands/format_stdin.rs b/crates/ruff_cli/src/commands/format_stdin.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa8ff2678c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ruff_cli/src/commands/format_stdin.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+use std::io::{stdout, Write};
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+
+use ruff_python_formatter::{format_module, PyFormatOptions};
+use ruff_workspace::resolver::python_file_at_path;
+
+use crate::args::{FormatArguments, Overrides};
+use crate::resolve::resolve;
+use crate::stdin::read_from_stdin;
+use crate::ExitStatus;
+
+/// Run the formatter over a single file, read from `stdin`.
+pub(crate) fn format_stdin(cli: &FormatArguments, overrides: &Overrides) -> Result<ExitStatus> {
+    let pyproject_config = resolve(
+        cli.isolated,
+        cli.config.as_deref(),
+        overrides,
+        cli.stdin_filename.as_deref(),
+    )?;
+
+    if let Some(filename) = cli.stdin_filename.as_deref() {
+        if !python_file_at_path(filename, &pyproject_config, overrides)? {
+            return Ok(ExitStatus::Success);
+        }
+    }
+
+    let stdin = read_from_stdin()?;
+    let options = cli
+        .stdin_filename
+        .as_deref()
+        .map(PyFormatOptions::from_extension)
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+    let formatted = format_module(&stdin, options)?;
+    stdout().lock().write_all(formatted.as_code().as_bytes())?;
+    Ok(ExitStatus::Success)
+}
diff --git a/crates/ruff_cli/src/commands/mod.rs b/crates/ruff_cli/src/commands/mod.rs
index 8b838769bb..794a58788b 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_cli/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_cli/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pub(crate) mod check_stdin;
 pub(crate) mod clean;
 pub(crate) mod config;
 pub(crate) mod format;
+pub(crate) mod format_stdin;
 pub(crate) mod linter;
 pub(crate) mod rule;
 pub(crate) mod show_files;
diff --git a/crates/ruff_cli/src/lib.rs b/crates/ruff_cli/src/lib.rs
index 3d5c7dd8f9..130631f0e9 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@ use ruff::logging::{set_up_logging, LogLevel};
 use ruff::settings::types::SerializationFormat;
 use ruff::settings::{flags, CliSettings};
 use ruff::{fs, warn_user_once};
-use ruff_python_formatter::{format_module, PyFormatOptions};
 
 use crate::args::{Args, CheckCommand, Command, FormatCommand};
-use crate::commands::check_stdin::read_from_stdin;
 use crate::printer::{Flags as PrinterFlags, Printer};
 
 pub mod args;
@@ -26,6 +24,7 @@ mod diagnostics;
 mod panic;
 mod printer;
 pub mod resolve;
+mod stdin;
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 pub enum ExitStatus {
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ fn change_detected(paths: &[PathBuf]) -> Option<ChangeKind> {
     None
 }
 
-/// Returns true if the linter should read from standard input.
+/// Returns true if the command should read from standard input.
 fn is_stdin(files: &[PathBuf], stdin_filename: Option<&Path>) -> bool {
     // If the user provided a `--stdin-filename`, always read from standard input.
     if stdin_filename.is_some() {
@@ -163,15 +162,7 @@ fn format(args: FormatCommand, log_level: LogLevel) -> Result<ExitStatus> {
     let (cli, overrides) = args.partition();
 
     if is_stdin(&cli.files, cli.stdin_filename.as_deref()) {
-        let unformatted = read_from_stdin()?;
-        let options = cli
-            .stdin_filename
-            .as_deref()
-            .map(PyFormatOptions::from_extension)
-            .unwrap_or_default();
-        let formatted = format_module(&unformatted, options)?;
-        stdout().lock().write_all(formatted.as_code().as_bytes())?;
-        Ok(ExitStatus::Success)
+        commands::format_stdin::format_stdin(&cli, &overrides)
     } else {
         commands::format::format(&cli, &overrides, log_level)
     }
diff --git a/crates/ruff_cli/src/stdin.rs b/crates/ruff_cli/src/stdin.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0390ab56d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ruff_cli/src/stdin.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use std::io;
+use std::io::Read;
+
+/// Read a string from `stdin`.
+pub(crate) fn read_from_stdin() -> Result<String, io::Error> {
+    let mut buffer = String::new();
+    io::stdin().lock().read_to_string(&mut buffer)?;
+    Ok(buffer)
+}