diff --git a/ktlint-cli/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/cli/internal/KtlintCommandLine.kt b/ktlint-cli/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/cli/internal/KtlintCommandLine.kt
index c7dc9c14d6..a14ed20b3a 100644
--- a/ktlint-cli/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/cli/internal/KtlintCommandLine.kt
+++ b/ktlint-cli/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/cli/internal/KtlintCommandLine.kt
@@ -309,7 +309,6 @@ internal class KtlintCommandLine : CliktCommand(name = "ktlint") {
             lintStdin(
                 ktLintRuleEngine,
                 aggregatedReporter,
-                stdinPath,
             )
         } else {
             lintFiles(
@@ -433,17 +432,18 @@ internal class KtlintCommandLine : CliktCommand(name = "ktlint") {
     private fun lintStdin(
         ktLintRuleEngine: KtLintRuleEngine,
         reporter: ReporterV2,
-        stdinpath: String?,
     ) {
-        val expandedStdinPath =
-            stdinpath
+        val code =
+            stdinPath
                 ?.expandTildeToFullPath()
                 ?.let { path -> Paths.get(path) }
+                ?.let { Code.fromStdin(it) }
+                ?: Code.fromStdin()
         report(
             KtLintRuleEngine.STDIN_FILE,
             process(
                 ktLintRuleEngine = ktLintRuleEngine,
-                code = Code.fromStdin(expandedStdinPath),
+                code = code,
                 baselineLintErrors = emptyList(),
             ),
             reporter,
diff --git a/ktlint-rule-engine/api/ktlint-rule-engine.api b/ktlint-rule-engine/api/ktlint-rule-engine.api
index b6a0da969d..0fe4c7d1eb 100644
--- a/ktlint-rule-engine/api/ktlint-rule-engine.api
+++ b/ktlint-rule-engine/api/ktlint-rule-engine.api
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public final class com/pinterest/ktlint/rule/engine/api/Code$Companion {
 	public static synthetic fun fromSnippet$default (Lcom/pinterest/ktlint/rule/engine/api/Code$Companion;Ljava/lang/String;ZILjava/lang/Object;)Lcom/pinterest/ktlint/rule/engine/api/Code;
 	public final fun fromSnippetWithPath (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/nio/file/Path;)Lcom/pinterest/ktlint/rule/engine/api/Code;
 	public static synthetic fun fromSnippetWithPath$default (Lcom/pinterest/ktlint/rule/engine/api/Code$Companion;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/nio/file/Path;ILjava/lang/Object;)Lcom/pinterest/ktlint/rule/engine/api/Code;
+	public final fun fromStdin ()Lcom/pinterest/ktlint/rule/engine/api/Code;
 	public final fun fromStdin (Ljava/nio/file/Path;)Lcom/pinterest/ktlint/rule/engine/api/Code;
 }
 
diff --git a/ktlint-rule-engine/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/rule/engine/api/Code.kt b/ktlint-rule-engine/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/rule/engine/api/Code.kt
index 7371174bf2..762f892365 100644
--- a/ktlint-rule-engine/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/rule/engine/api/Code.kt
+++ b/ktlint-rule-engine/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/rule/engine/api/Code.kt
@@ -115,6 +115,13 @@ public class Code private constructor(
          * filesystem are ignored as the snippet is not associated with a file path. Use [Code.fromFile] for scanning a file while at the
          * same time respecting the '.editorconfig' files on the path to the file.
          */
-        public fun fromStdin(stdinPath: Path?): Code = fromSnippetWithPath(String(System.`in`.readBytes()), virtualPath = stdinPath)
+        public fun fromStdin(): Code = fromSnippetWithPath(String(System.`in`.readBytes()))
+
+        /**
+         * Create [Code] by reading the snippet from 'stdin'. The code snippet is associated with the given path. The actual file does not
+         * need to exist, neither do the contents of the actual file have to match with the content specified via 'stdin'. The
+         * '.editorconfig' files on the [virtualPath] are respected.
+         */
+        public fun fromStdin(virtualPath: Path): Code = fromSnippetWithPath(String(System.`in`.readBytes()), virtualPath = virtualPath)
     }
 }