2 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 498c60d..3ce825d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ Version 0.45+git, not yet released
 
 * New command: `icktool show-latest-log PROJECT`.
 
+* `icktool make-it-so` now accepts filename from which to read project
+  and pipeline descriptions.
+
 Version 0.45, released 2018-04-21
 ----------------------------------
 
diff --git a/icktool b/icktool
index 9230dd4..f384814 100755
--- a/icktool
+++ b/icktool
@@ -382,16 +382,24 @@ class BuildGraphCommand(Command):
 class MakeItSoCommand(Command):
 
     def execute(self, args):
-        obj = self._read_object()
+        if not args:
+            obj = self._read_object(sys.stdin)
+            self._make_it_so(obj)
+        else:
+            for filename in args:
+                with open(filename) as f:
+                    obj = self._read_object(f)
+                self._make_it_so(obj)
 
+    def _read_object(self, f):
+        return yaml.load(f)
+
+    def _make_it_so(self, obj):
         self._create_resources(
             '/projects', 'project', obj.get('projects', []))
         self._create_resources(
             '/pipelines', 'pipeline', obj.get('pipelines', []))
 
-    def _read_object(self):
-        return yaml.load(sys.stdin)
-
     def _create_resources(self, path, name_field, objs):
         for obj in objs:
             try: