diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cfde9f19..b4606d1d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3218,7 +3218,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rattler-build"
-version = "0.35.3"
+version = "0.35.4"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi-to-tui",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fc9bdadc..0ff36e49 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ members = ["rust-tests"]
 
 [package]
 name = "rattler-build"
-version = "0.35.3"
+version = "0.35.4"
 authors = ["rattler-build contributors <hi@prefix.dev>"]
 repository = "https://github.com/prefix-dev/rattler-build"
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/py-rattler-build/Cargo.lock b/py-rattler-build/Cargo.lock
index b483d6b2..793e3d2b 100644
--- a/py-rattler-build/Cargo.lock
+++ b/py-rattler-build/Cargo.lock
@@ -2915,7 +2915,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "py-rattler-build"
-version = "0.35.3"
+version = "0.35.4"
 dependencies = [
  "pyo3",
  "pyo3-build-config",
@@ -3137,7 +3137,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rattler-build"
-version = "0.35.3"
+version = "0.35.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-once-cell",
diff --git a/py-rattler-build/Cargo.toml b/py-rattler-build/Cargo.toml
index bbbf3c7a..e1ffb7f4 100644
--- a/py-rattler-build/Cargo.toml
+++ b/py-rattler-build/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "py-rattler-build"
-version = "0.35.3"
+version = "0.35.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 publish = false
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 13138622..4f4fb177 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use rattler_build::{
     opt::{App, BuildData, ShellCompletion, SubCommands},
     rebuild_from_args, run_test_from_args, upload_from_args,
 };
-use tempfile::tempdir;
+use tempfile::{tempdir, TempDir};
 
 fn main() -> miette::Result<()> {
     // Initialize sandbox in sync/single-threaded context before tokio runtime
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ async fn async_main() -> miette::Result<()> {
             let recipes = build_args.recipe.clone();
             let recipe_dir = build_args.recipe_dir.clone();
             let build_data = BuildData::from(build_args);
-            let recipe_paths = recipe_paths(recipes, recipe_dir)?;
+
+            // Get all recipe paths and keep tempdir alive until end of the function
+            let (recipe_paths, _temp_dir) = recipe_paths(recipes, recipe_dir)?;
 
             if recipe_paths.is_empty() {
                 miette::bail!("Couldn't detect any recipes.")
@@ -124,13 +126,15 @@ async fn async_main() -> miette::Result<()> {
 fn recipe_paths(
     recipes: Vec<std::path::PathBuf>,
     recipe_dir: Option<std::path::PathBuf>,
-) -> Result<Vec<std::path::PathBuf>, miette::Error> {
+) -> Result<(Vec<std::path::PathBuf>, Option<TempDir>), miette::Error> {
     let mut recipe_paths = Vec::new();
-    let temp_dir = tempdir().into_diagnostic()?;
+    let mut temp_dir_opt = None;
     if !std::io::stdin().is_terminal()
         && recipes.len() == 1
         && get_recipe_path(&recipes[0]).is_err()
     {
+        let temp_dir = tempdir().into_diagnostic()?;
+
         let recipe_path = temp_dir.path().join("recipe.yaml");
         io::copy(
             &mut io::stdin(),
@@ -138,6 +142,7 @@ fn recipe_paths(
         )
         .into_diagnostic()?;
         recipe_paths.push(get_recipe_path(&recipe_path)?);
+        temp_dir_opt = Some(temp_dir);
     } else {
         for recipe_path in &recipes {
             recipe_paths.push(get_recipe_path(recipe_path)?);
@@ -153,5 +158,6 @@ fn recipe_paths(
             }
         }
     }
-    Ok(recipe_paths)
+
+    Ok((recipe_paths, temp_dir_opt))
 }
diff --git a/test/end-to-end/helpers.py b/test/end-to-end/helpers.py
index d01785b3..2d7ca682 100644
--- a/test/end-to-end/helpers.py
+++ b/test/end-to-end/helpers.py
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ def __init__(self, path):
 
     def __call__(self, *args: Any, **kwds: Any) -> Any:
         try:
-            return check_output([str(self.path), *args], **kwds).decode("utf-8")
+            output = check_output([str(self.path), *args], **kwds)
+            if "text" not in kwds:
+                return output.decode("utf-8")
+            return output
         except CalledProcessError as e:
             if kwds.get("stderr") is None:
                 print(e.output)
diff --git a/test/end-to-end/test_simple.py b/test/end-to-end/test_simple.py
index 1c28b78a..3a38a1cc 100644
--- a/test/end-to-end/test_simple.py
+++ b/test/end-to-end/test_simple.py
@@ -1227,3 +1227,15 @@ def test_abi3(rattler_build: RattlerBuild, recipes: Path, tmp_path: Path):
     assert index["noarch"] == "python"
     assert index["subdir"] == host_subdir()
     assert index["platform"] == host_subdir().split("-")[0]
+
+
+# This is how cf-scripts is using rattler-build - rendering recipes from stdin
+def test_rendering_from_stdin(
+    rattler_build: RattlerBuild, recipes: Path, tmp_path: Path
+):
+    text = (recipes / "abi3" / "recipe.yaml").read_text()
+    # variants = recipes / "abi3" / "variants.yaml" "-m", variants
+    rendered = rattler_build("build", "--render-only", input=text, text=True)
+    loaded = json.loads(rendered)
+
+    assert loaded[0]["recipe"]["package"]["name"] == "python-abi3-package-sample"