diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2f60fee..9613c30 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -151,6 +151,17 @@ version = "1.0.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "af150ab688ff2122fcef229be89cb50dd66af9e01a4ff320cc137eecc9bacc38"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "kdl"
+version = "4.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "062c875482ccb676fd40c804a40e3824d4464c18c364547456d1c8e8e951ae47"
+dependencies = [
+ "miette",
+ "nom",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -169,6 +180,7 @@ version = "0.12.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
+ "kdl",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml",
  "toml",
@@ -191,6 +203,45 @@ version = "2.6.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f232d6ef707e1956a43342693d2a31e72989554d58299d7a88738cc95b0d35c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miette"
+version = "5.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "59bb584eaeeab6bd0226ccf3509a69d7936d148cf3d036ad350abe35e8c6856e"
+dependencies = [
+ "miette-derive",
+ "once_cell",
+ "thiserror",
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "miette-derive"
+version = "5.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49e7bc1560b95a3c4a25d03de42fe76ca718ab92d1a22a55b9b4cf67b3ae635c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "minimal-lexical"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68354c5c6bd36d73ff3feceb05efa59b6acb7626617f4962be322a825e61f79a"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "nom"
+version = "7.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d273983c5a657a70a3e8f2a01329822f3b8c8172b73826411a55751e404a0a4a"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "minimal-lexical",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nu-ansi-term"
 version = "0.46.0"
@@ -372,6 +423,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "1.0.65"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d11abd9594d9b38965ef50805c5e469ca9cc6f197f883f717e0269a3057b3d5"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "1.0.65"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae71770322cbd277e69d762a16c444af02aa0575ac0d174f0b9562d3b37f8602"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thread_local"
 version = "1.1.7"
@@ -483,6 +554,12 @@ version = "1.0.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "301abaae475aa91687eb82514b328ab47a211a533026cb25fc3e519b86adfc3c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.1.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7dd6e30e90baa6f72411720665d41d89b9a3d039dc45b8faea1ddd07f617f6af"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unsafe-libyaml"
 version = "0.2.11"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1cff787..3b68efb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ toml = { version = "0.8.12", features = ["display"] }
 serde_yaml = "0.9.34"
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", features = ["env-filter"] }
+kdl = "4.6.0"
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
diff --git a/lq.rs b/lq.rs
index f104cb1..82f3d89 100644
--- a/lq.rs
+++ b/lq.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ enum Input {
     Yaml,
     Json,
     Toml,
+    Kdl,
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Debug, Default, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, ValueEnum)]
@@ -187,6 +188,28 @@ impl Args {
         Ok(serde_json::to_vec(&doc_as)?)
     }
 
+    fn read_kdl(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
+        use kdl::KdlDocument;
+        let mut buf = String::new();
+        let kdl_str = if let Some(f) = &self.file {
+            if !std::path::Path::new(&f).exists() {
+                Self::try_parse_from(["cmd", "-h"])?;
+                std::process::exit(2);
+            }
+            std::fs::read_to_string(f)?
+        } else if !stdin().is_terminal() && !cfg!(test) {
+            debug!("reading from stdin");
+            stdin().read_to_string(&mut buf)?;
+            buf
+        } else {
+            Self::try_parse_from(["cmd", "-h"])?;
+            std::process::exit(2);
+        };
+        let doc: KdlDocument = kdl_str.parse()?;
+        let doc_as: serde_json::Value = doc.try_into()?;
+        Ok(serde_json::to_vec(&doc_as)?)
+    }
+
     fn read_json(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         let json_value: serde_json::Value = if let Some(f) = &self.file {
             if !std::path::Path::new(&f).exists() {
@@ -209,6 +232,7 @@ impl Args {
         let ser = match self.input {
             Input::Yaml => self.read_yaml()?,
             Input::Toml => self.read_toml()?,
+            Input::Kdl => self.read_kdl()?,
             Input::Json => self.read_json()?,
         };
         debug!("input decoded as json: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&ser));