diff --git a/swiftclient/service.py b/swiftclient/service.py
index 326a041..eb36818 100644
--- a/swiftclient/service.py
+++ b/swiftclient/service.py
@@ -305,13 +305,14 @@ class _SwiftReader(object):
     errors on failures caused by either invalid md5sum or size of the
     data read.
     """
-    def __init__(self, path, body, headers):
+    def __init__(self, path, body, headers, out_file):
         self._path = path
         self._body = body
         self._actual_read = 0
         self._content_length = None
         self._actual_md5 = None
         self._expected_etag = headers.get('etag')
+        self._out_file = out_file
 
         if ('x-object-manifest' not in headers
                 and 'x-static-large-object' not in headers):
@@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ class _SwiftReader(object):
         return self
 
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        if self._out_file == "-":
+            return
+
         if self._actual_md5 and self._expected_etag:
             etag = self._actual_md5.hexdigest()
             if etag != self._expected_etag:
@@ -341,6 +345,10 @@ class _SwiftReader(object):
                                  self._path, self._actual_read,
                                  self._content_length))
 
+    def __iter__(self):
+        for chunk in self.buffer():
+            yield chunk
+
     def buffer(self):
         for chunk in self._body:
             if self._actual_md5:
@@ -1014,7 +1022,7 @@ class SwiftService(object):
                                 response_dict=results_dict)
             headers_receipt = time()
 
-            reader = _SwiftReader(path, body, headers)
+            reader = _SwiftReader(path, body, headers, out_file)
             with reader as obj_body:
                 fp = None
                 try: