diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5d7eda7e..060c41e0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd",
  "atty",
  "clap",
+ "clircle",
  "console",
  "content_inspector",
  "dirs",
@@ -218,6 +219,12 @@ version = "0.1.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4785bdd1c96b2a846b2bd7cc02e86b6b3dbf14e7e53446c4f54c92a361040822"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cfg-if"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "chrono"
 version = "0.4.19"
@@ -244,6 +251,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "vec_map",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clircle"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e27a01e782190a8314e65cc94274d9bbcd52e05a9d15b437fe2b31259b854b0d"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "nix",
+ "serde",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "console"
 version = "0.14.0"
@@ -280,7 +299,7 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ba125de2af0df55319f41944744ad91c71113bf74a4646efff39afe1f6842db1"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
+ "cfg-if 0.1.10",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -290,7 +309,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c3c7c73a2d1e9fc0886a08b93e98eb643461230d5f1925e4036204d5f2e261a8"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
- "cfg-if",
+ "cfg-if 0.1.10",
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
@@ -442,7 +461,7 @@ version = "1.0.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "da80be589a72651dcda34d8b35bcdc9b7254ad06325611074d9cc0fbb19f60ee"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
+ "cfg-if 0.1.10",
  "crc32fast",
  "libc",
  "miniz_oxide",
@@ -484,7 +503,7 @@ version = "0.1.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fc587bc0ec293155d5bfa6b9891ec18a1e330c234f896ea47fbada4cadbe47e6"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
+ "cfg-if 0.1.10",
  "libc",
  "wasi",
 ]
@@ -635,7 +654,7 @@ version = "0.4.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4fabed175da42fed1fa0746b0ea71f412aa9d35e76e95e59b192c64b9dc2bf8b"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
+ "cfg-if 0.1.10",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -666,6 +685,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nix"
+version = "0.19.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b2ccba0cfe4fdf15982d1674c69b1fd80bad427d293849982668dfe454bd61f2"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "normalize-line-endings"
 version = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6afe7523..50d7df94 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_yaml = "0.8"
 semver = "0.11"
 path_abs = { version = "0.5", default-features = false }
+clircle = "0.2.0"
 
 [dependencies.git2]
 version = "0.13"
diff --git a/src/controller.rs b/src/controller.rs
index 8dd73986..a1e3f119 100644
--- a/src/controller.rs
+++ b/src/controller.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::io::{self, Write};
 
 use crate::assets::HighlightingAssets;
@@ -66,6 +67,14 @@ impl<'b> Controller<'b> {
         }
 
         let attached_to_pager = output_type.is_pager();
+        let rw_cycle_detected = !attached_to_pager && {
+            let identifiers: Vec<_> = inputs
+                .iter()
+                .flat_map(clircle::Identifier::try_from)
+                .collect();
+            clircle::stdout_among_inputs(&identifiers)
+        };
+
         let writer = output_type.handle()?;
         let mut no_errors: bool = true;
 
@@ -78,6 +87,11 @@ impl<'b> Controller<'b> {
             }
         };
 
+        if rw_cycle_detected {
+            print_error(&"The output file is also an input!".into(), writer);
+            return Ok(false);
+        }
+
         for (index, input) in inputs.into_iter().enumerate() {
             match input.open(io::stdin().lock()) {
                 Err(error) => {
diff --git a/src/input.rs b/src/input.rs
index 5d8493c0..5b6a4e67 100644
--- a/src/input.rs
+++ b/src/input.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{self, BufRead, BufReader, Read};
+use std::path::Path;
 
 use content_inspector::{self, ContentType};
 
@@ -191,6 +193,18 @@ impl<'a> Input<'a> {
     }
 }
 
+impl TryFrom<&'_ Input<'_>> for clircle::Identifier {
+    type Error = ();
+
+    fn try_from(input: &Input) -> std::result::Result<clircle::Identifier, ()> {
+        match input.kind {
+            InputKind::OrdinaryFile(ref path) => Self::try_from(Path::new(path)).map_err(|_| ()),
+            InputKind::StdIn => Self::try_from(clircle::Stdio::Stdin).map_err(|_| ()),
+            InputKind::CustomReader(_) => Err(()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub(crate) struct InputReader<'a> {
     inner: Box<dyn BufRead + 'a>,
     pub(crate) first_line: Vec<u8>,