diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a882cb1..214171e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -187,13 +187,16 @@ user=> (->> (with-out-str (check (process {:out *out*} "ls"))) str/split-lines (
 ("API.md" "CHANGELOG.md")
 ```
 
-The `:out` option also supports `:string`. You will need to `deref` the process
-in order for the string to be there, since the output can't be finalized if the
-process hasn't finished running:
+The `:out` option also supports `:string` for collecting stdout into a string
+and `:bytes` for getting the raw output as a byte array. You will need to
+`deref` the process in order for the string or byte array to be there, since the
+output can't be finalized if the process hasn't finished running:
 
 ``` clojure
 user=> (-> @(process {:out :string} "ls") :out str/split-lines first)
 "API.md"
+user=> (-> @(process {:out :bytes} "head -c 10 /dev/urandom") :out seq)
+(119 -43 -68 -64 -16 -56 32 45 86 56)
 ```
 
 ## Piping output
diff --git a/script/wd.clj b/script/wd.clj
index 8c1cf6c..370b1b0 100644
--- a/script/wd.clj
+++ b/script/wd.clj
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 ;; :err <somestring> - dump <somestring> to stderr
 ;; :ls <somefile> - dir of <somefile> to stdout
 ;; :env - dump env to stdout
+;; :echo - redirect the content of stdin to stdout
 ;; :grep <somestring> - returns all lines from stdin matching <somestring>
 ;; :upper - read and emit lines from stdin, but converted to uppercase
 ;; :ps-me - dump some info for current process (macOS & Linux only)
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
     ":err" (binding [*out* *err*] (println val))
     ":ls" (pr (->> val io/file (.listFiles) (map str) sort))
     ":env" (pr (->> (System/getenv) (into {})))
+    ":echo" (io/copy System/in System/out)
     ":grep" (doseq [l (->> *in* io/reader line-seq (filter #(str/includes? % val)))]
               (println l))
     ":upper" (doseq [l (->> *in* io/reader line-seq)]
diff --git a/src/babashka/process.cljc b/src/babashka/process.cljc
index 20a30f4..d4000d4 100644
--- a/src/babashka/process.cljc
+++ b/src/babashka/process.cljc
@@ -328,7 +328,9 @@
 (defn- copy [in out encoding]
   (let [[out post-fn] (if (keyword? out)
                         (case out
-                          :string [(java.io.StringWriter.) str])
+                          :string [(java.io.StringWriter.) str]
+                          :bytes [(java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.)
+                                  #(.toByteArray ^java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream %)])
                         [out identity])]
     (io/copy in out :encoding encoding)
     (post-fn out)))
@@ -366,10 +368,12 @@
         stdout (.getInputStream proc)
         stderr (.getErrorStream proc)
         out (if (and out (or (identical? :string out)
+                             (identical? :bytes out)
                              (not (keyword? out))))
               (future (copy stdout out out-enc))
               stdout)
         err (if (and err (or (identical? :string err)
+                             (identical? :bytes err)
                              (not (keyword? err))))
               (future (copy stderr err err-enc))
               stderr)]
@@ -425,8 +429,8 @@
       For redirecting to Clojure's `*in*`, `*out*` or `*err*` stream, set
       the corresponding option accordingly.
       The `:out` and `:err` options support `:string` for writing to a string
-      output. You will need to `deref` the process before accessing the string
-      via the process's `:out`.
+      output and `:bytes` for writing to a byte array. You will need to `deref`
+      the process before accessing the string or byte array via the process's `:out`.
       To redirect `:err` to `:out`, specify `:err :out`.
       For writing output to a file, you can set `:out` and `:err` to a `java.io.File` object, or a keyword:
        - `:write` + an additional `:out-file`/`:err-file` + file to write to the file.
diff --git a/test/babashka/process_test.cljc b/test/babashka/process_test.cljc
index 66bd644..e522cb2 100644
--- a/test/babashka/process_test.cljc
+++ b/test/babashka/process_test.cljc
@@ -488,3 +488,13 @@
       (.close in)
       @res
       (is (false? (p/alive? res))))))
+
+(deftest byte-array-out-test
+  (when-let [bb (u/find-bb)]
+    (let [ba (byte-array (range 1000))
+          result (-> (format "%s %s :echo" bb u/wd)
+                     (process {:in ba :out :bytes})
+                     deref
+                     :out)]
+      (is (bytes? result))
+      (is (= (seq ba) (seq result))))))