diff --git a/programs/util.c b/programs/util.c
index 58705880..2abb1be3 100644
--- a/programs/util.c
+++ b/programs/util.c
@@ -187,6 +187,228 @@ U64 UTIL_getTotalFileSize(const char* const * const fileNamesTable, unsigned nbF
     return error ? UTIL_FILESIZE_UNKNOWN : total;
 }
 
+
+int UTIL_readLineFromFile(char* buf, size_t len, FILE* file) {
+    char* fgetsCheck = NULL;
+
+    if (feof(file)) {
+      UTIL_DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "[ERROR] end of file reached and need to read\n");
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+    fgetsCheck = fgets(buf, (int) len, file);
+
+    if(fgetsCheck == NULL || fgetsCheck != buf) {
+      UTIL_DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "[ERROR][UTIL_readLineFromFile] fgets has a problem check: %s buf: %s \n",
+        fgetsCheck == NULL ? "NULL" : fgetsCheck, buf);
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+    return (int) strlen(buf)-1;   /* -1 to ignore '\n' character */
+}
+
+/* Warning: inputFileSize should be less than or equal buf capacity and buf should be initialized*/
+static int readFromFile(char* buf, size_t inputFileSize, const char* inputFileName) {
+
+  FILE* inputFile = fopen(inputFileName, "r");
+  int nbFiles = -1;
+  unsigned pos = 0;
+
+
+  if(!buf) {
+    UTIL_DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "[ERROR][UTIL_readFileNamesTableFromFile] Can't create buffer.\n");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if(!inputFile) {
+    UTIL_DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "[ERROR][UTIL_readFileNamesTableFromFile] Can't open file to read input file names.\n");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  for(nbFiles=0; !feof(inputFile) ; ) {
+    if(UTIL_readLineFromFile(buf+pos, inputFileSize, inputFile) > 0) {
+      int len = (int) strlen(buf+pos);
+      buf[pos+len-1] = '\0'; /* replace '\n' with '\0'*/
+      pos += len;
+      ++nbFiles;
+    }
+  }
+
+  fclose(inputFile);
+
+  if(pos > inputFileSize) return -1;
+
+  return nbFiles;
+}
+
+/*Note: buf is not freed in case function successfully created table because filesTable->fileNames[0] = buf*/
+FileNamesTable*
+UTIL_createFileNamesTable_fromFileName(const char* inputFileName) {
+    U64 inputFileSize = 0;
+    unsigned nbFiles = 0;
+    int ret_nbFiles = -1;
+    char* buf = NULL;
+    size_t i = 0, pos = 0;
+
+    FileNamesTable* filesTable = NULL;
+
+    if(!UTIL_fileExist(inputFileName) || !UTIL_isRegularFile(inputFileName))
+      return NULL;
+
+    inputFileSize = UTIL_getFileSize(inputFileName) + 1; /* (+1) to add '\0' at the end of last filename */
+
+    if(inputFileSize > MAX_FILE_OF_FILE_NAMES_SIZE)
+      return NULL;
+
+    buf = (char*) malloc((size_t) inputFileSize * sizeof(char));
+    if(!buf) {
+      UTIL_DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "[ERROR][UTIL_readFileNamesTableFromFile] Can't create buffer.\n");
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+    ret_nbFiles = readFromFile(buf, (size_t) inputFileSize, inputFileName);
+
+    if(ret_nbFiles <= 0) {
+      free(buf);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    nbFiles = ret_nbFiles;
+
+    filesTable = UTIL_createFileNamesTable(NULL, NULL, 0);
+    if(!filesTable) {
+      free(buf);
+      UTIL_DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "[ERROR][UTIL_readFileNamesTableFromFile] Can't create table for files.\n");
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+    filesTable->tableSize = nbFiles;
+    filesTable->fileNames = (const char**) malloc((nbFiles+1) * sizeof(char*));
+
+
+
+    for(i = 0, pos = 0; i < nbFiles; ++i) {
+      filesTable->fileNames[i] = buf+pos;
+      pos += strlen(buf+pos)+1;
+    }
+
+
+    if(pos > inputFileSize){
+      UTIL_freeFileNamesTable(filesTable);
+      if(buf) free(buf);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+    filesTable->buf = buf;
+
+    return filesTable;
+}
+
+FileNamesTable*
+UTIL_createFileNamesTable(const char** filenames, char* buf, size_t tableSize){
+  FileNamesTable* table = (FileNamesTable*) malloc(sizeof(FileNamesTable));
+  if(!table) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  table->fileNames = filenames;
+  table->buf = buf;
+  table->tableSize = tableSize;
+  return table;
+}
+
+void UTIL_freeFileNamesTable(FileNamesTable* table) {
+  if(table) {
+    if(table->fileNames) {
+      free((void*)table->fileNames);
+    }
+
+    if(table && table->buf) {
+      free(table->buf);
+    }
+
+    free(table);
+  }
+}
+
+static size_t getTotalTableSize(FileNamesTable* table) {
+  size_t i = 0, totalSize = 0;
+  for(i = 0 ; i < table->tableSize && table->fileNames[i] ; ++i) {
+    totalSize += strlen(table->fileNames[i]) + 1; /* +1 to add '\0' at the end of each fileName */
+  }
+
+  return totalSize;
+}
+
+FileNamesTable*
+UTIL_concatenateTwoTables(FileNamesTable* table1, FileNamesTable* table2) {
+    unsigned newTableIdx = 0, idx1 = 0, idx2 = 0;
+    size_t i = 0, pos = 0;
+    size_t newTotalTableSize = 0;
+
+    FileNamesTable* newTable = NULL;
+
+    char* buf = NULL;
+
+
+    newTable = UTIL_createFileNamesTable(NULL, NULL, 0);
+
+    if(!newTable) {
+      UTIL_DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "[ERROR][UTIL_concatenateTwoTables] Can't create new table for concatenation output.\n");
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+    newTotalTableSize = getTotalTableSize(table1) + getTotalTableSize(table2);
+
+    buf = (char*) malloc(newTotalTableSize * sizeof(char));
+    if(!buf) {
+      UTIL_freeFileNamesTable(newTable);
+      UTIL_DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "[ERROR][UTIL_concatenateTwoTables] Can't create buf for concatenation output.\n");
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+    for(i = 0; i < newTotalTableSize ; ++i) buf[i] = '\0';
+
+    newTable->tableSize = table1->tableSize + table2->tableSize;
+    newTable->fileNames = (const char **) malloc(newTable->tableSize * sizeof(char*));
+
+    if(!newTable->fileNames) {
+      UTIL_freeFileNamesTable(newTable);
+      if(buf) free(buf);
+      UTIL_DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "[ERROR][UTIL_concatenateTwoTables] Can't create new table for concatenation output.\n");
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < newTable->tableSize; ++i)
+      newTable->fileNames[i] = NULL;
+
+    for( ; idx1 < table1->tableSize && table1->fileNames[idx1] && pos < newTotalTableSize; ++idx1, ++newTableIdx) {
+      size_t curLen = strlen(table1->fileNames[idx1]);
+      memcpy(buf+pos, table1->fileNames[idx1], curLen);
+      newTable->fileNames[newTableIdx] = buf+pos;
+      pos += curLen+1;
+    }
+
+
+    for( ; idx2 < table2->tableSize && table2->fileNames[idx2] && pos < newTotalTableSize ; ++idx2, ++newTableIdx) {
+      size_t curLen = strlen(table2->fileNames[idx2]);
+      memcpy(buf+pos, table2->fileNames[idx2], curLen);
+      newTable->fileNames[newTableIdx] = buf+pos;
+      pos += curLen+1;
+    }
+
+    if(pos > newTotalTableSize) {
+      UTIL_freeFileNamesTable(newTable);
+      if(buf) free(buf);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+    newTable->buf = buf;
+
+    UTIL_freeFileNamesTable(table1);
+    UTIL_freeFileNamesTable(table2);
+
+    return newTable;
+}
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
 int UTIL_prepareFileList(const char *dirName, char** bufStart, size_t* pos, char** bufEnd, int followLinks)
 {
diff --git a/programs/util.h b/programs/util.h
index 71ba0d4f..c5f42324 100644
--- a/programs/util.h
+++ b/programs/util.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ extern "C" {
 *  Constants
 ***************************************/
 #define LIST_SIZE_INCREASE   (8*1024)
-
+#define MAX_FILE_OF_FILE_NAMES_SIZE (1<<20)*50
 
 /*-****************************************
 *  Compiler specifics
@@ -142,6 +142,50 @@ U32 UTIL_isLink(const char* infilename);
 U64 UTIL_getFileSize(const char* infilename);
 
 U64 UTIL_getTotalFileSize(const char* const * const fileNamesTable, unsigned nbFiles);
+/*! UTIL_readLineFromFile(char* buf, size_t len, File* file):
+ * @return : int. size next line in file or -1 in case of file ends
+ * function reads next line in the file
+ * Will also modify `*file`, advancing it to position where it stopped reading.
+ */
+int UTIL_readLineFromFile(char* buf, size_t len, FILE* file);
+
+/*Note: tableSize is denotes the total capacity of table*/
+typedef struct
+{
+    const char** fileNames;
+    char* buf;
+    size_t tableSize;
+} FileNamesTable;
+
+/*! UTIL_readFileNamesTableFromFile(const char* inputFileName) :
+ * @return : char** the fileNamesTable or NULL in case of not regular file or file doesn't exist.
+ *  reads fileNamesTable from input fileName.
+ *  Note: inputFileSize should be less than or equal 50MB
+ */
+FileNamesTable* UTIL_createFileNamesTable_fromFileName(const char* inputFileName);
+
+
+/*!  UTIL_freeFileNamesTable(const char** filenames, char* buf, size_t tableSize) :
+ * This function takes an buffered based filename, buf and tableSize to create its object.
+ * @return : FileNamesTable*
+ */
+
+FileNamesTable*
+UTIL_createFileNamesTable(const char** filenames, char* buf, size_t tableSize);
+
+
+/*!  UTIL_freeFileNamesTable(FileNamesTable* table) :
+ * This function takes an buffered based table and frees it.
+ * @return : void.
+ */
+void UTIL_freeFileNamesTable(FileNamesTable* table);
+
+/*! UTIL_concatenateTwoTables(FileNamesTable* table1,FileNamesTable* table2):
+ * takes table1, its maxSize, table2 and its maxSize, free them and returns its concatenation.
+ * @return : FileNamesTable* concatenation of two tables
+ * note table1 and table2 will be freed
+ */
+FileNamesTable* UTIL_concatenateTwoTables(FileNamesTable* table1, FileNamesTable* table2);
 
 /*
  * A modified version of realloc().
diff --git a/programs/zstdcli.c b/programs/zstdcli.c
index 3d5c4280..e9960070 100644
--- a/programs/zstdcli.c
+++ b/programs/zstdcli.c
@@ -567,6 +567,7 @@ int main(int argCount, const char* argv[])
         nextArgumentIsMaxDict = 0,
         nextArgumentIsDictID = 0,
         nextArgumentsAreFiles = 0,
+        isTableBufferBased = 0,
         nextEntryIsDictionary = 0,
         operationResult = 0,
         separateFiles = 0,
@@ -584,7 +585,12 @@ int main(int argCount, const char* argv[])
     int cLevelLast = -1000000000;
     unsigned recursive = 0;
     unsigned memLimit = 0;
-    const char** filenameTable = (const char**)malloc((size_t)argCount * sizeof(const char*));   /* argCount >= 1 */
+    size_t filenameTableSize = argCount;
+    const char** filenameTable = (const char**)malloc(filenameTableSize * sizeof(const char*));   /* argCount >= 1 */
+    FileNamesTable* extendedTable = NULL;
+    FileNamesTable* concatenatedTables = NULL;
+    FileNamesTable* curTable = NULL;
+    char* tableBuf = NULL;
     unsigned filenameIdx = 0;
     const char* programName = argv[0];
     const char* outFileName = NULL;
@@ -796,6 +802,45 @@ int main(int argCount, const char* argv[])
                         continue;
                     }
 #endif
+
+                    if (longCommandWArg(&argument, "--file=")) {
+
+                        if(!UTIL_fileExist(argument) || !UTIL_isRegularFile(argument)){
+                          DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "[ERROR] wrong fileName: %s\n", argument);
+                          CLEAN_RETURN(badusage(programName));
+                        }
+
+                        extendedTable = UTIL_createFileNamesTable_fromFileName(argument);
+                        if(!extendedTable) {
+                          CLEAN_RETURN(badusage(programName));
+                        }
+
+
+                        filenameTable[filenameIdx] = NULL; // marking end of table
+
+                        curTable = UTIL_createFileNamesTable(filenameTable, tableBuf, filenameTableSize);
+
+                        if(!curTable) {
+                          UTIL_freeFileNamesTable(extendedTable);
+                          CLEAN_RETURN(badusage(programName));
+                        }
+
+                        concatenatedTables = UTIL_concatenateTwoTables(curTable, extendedTable);
+                        if(!concatenatedTables) {
+                          UTIL_freeFileNamesTable(curTable);
+                          UTIL_freeFileNamesTable(extendedTable);
+                          CLEAN_RETURN(badusage(programName));
+                        }
+
+                        filenameTable = concatenatedTables->fileNames;
+                        filenameTableSize = concatenatedTables->tableSize;
+                        tableBuf = concatenatedTables->buf;
+
+                        filenameIdx += (unsigned) extendedTable->tableSize;
+                        isTableBufferBased = 1;
+
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     /* fall-through, will trigger bad_usage() later on */
                 }
 
@@ -1205,6 +1250,15 @@ int main(int argCount, const char* argv[])
 _end:
     FIO_freePreferences(prefs);
 
+    if(filenameTable) {
+       if(isTableBufferBased && tableBuf){
+         free(tableBuf);
+       }
+    }
+    UTIL_freeFileNamesTable(curTable);
+    UTIL_freeFileNamesTable(extendedTable);
+    UTIL_freeFileNamesTable(concatenatedTables);
+
     if (main_pause) waitEnter();
 #ifdef UTIL_HAS_CREATEFILELIST
     if (extendedFileList)
diff --git a/tests/playTests.sh b/tests/playTests.sh
index f68ee81a..4e71c678 100755
--- a/tests/playTests.sh
+++ b/tests/playTests.sh
@@ -293,6 +293,53 @@ test -f tmpOutDirDecomp/tmp2
 test -f tmpOutDirDecomp/tmp1
 rm -rf tmp*
 
+println "test : compress multiple files reading them from a file, --file=FILE"
+mkdir tmpInputTestDir
+println "Hello world!, file1" > tmpInputTestDir/file1
+println "Hello world!, file2" > tmpInputTestDir/file2
+println tmpInputTestDir/file1 > tmp
+println tmpInputTestDir/file2 >> tmp
+$ZSTD -f --file=tmp
+test -f tmpInputTestDir/file2.zst
+test -f tmpInputTestDir/file1.zst
+rm tmpInputTestDir/*.zst
+
+println "test : compress multiple files reading them from multiple files, --file=FILE"
+println "Hello world!, file3" > tmpInputTestDir/file3
+println "Hello world!, file4" > tmpInputTestDir/file4
+println tmpInputTestDir/file3 > tmp1
+println tmpInputTestDir/file4 >> tmp1
+$ZSTD -f --file=tmp --file=tmp1
+test -f tmpInputTestDir/file1.zst
+test -f tmpInputTestDir/file2.zst
+test -f tmpInputTestDir/file3.zst
+test -f tmpInputTestDir/file4.zst
+
+println "test : decompress multiple files reading them from a file, --file=FILE"
+rm tmpInputTestDir/file1
+rm tmpInputTestDir/file2
+println tmpInputTestDir/file1.zst > tmpZst
+println tmpInputTestDir/file2.zst >> tmpZst
+$ZSTD -d -f --file=tmpZst
+test -f tmpInputTestDir/file2
+test -f tmpInputTestDir/file1
+
+println "test : decompress multiple files reading them from multiple files, --file=FILE"
+rm tmpInputTestDir/file1
+rm tmpInputTestDir/file2
+rm tmpInputTestDir/file3
+rm tmpInputTestDir/file4
+println tmpInputTestDir/file3.zst > tmpZst1
+println tmpInputTestDir/file4.zst >> tmpZst1
+$ZSTD -d -f --file=tmpZst --file=tmpZst1
+test -f tmpInputTestDir/file1
+test -f tmpInputTestDir/file2
+test -f tmpInputTestDir/file3
+test -f tmpInputTestDir/file4
+
+rm -rf tmp*
+
+
 println "\n===>  Advanced compression parameters "
 println "Hello world!" | $ZSTD --zstd=windowLog=21,      - -o tmp.zst && die "wrong parameters not detected!"
 println "Hello world!" | $ZSTD --zstd=windowLo=21        - -o tmp.zst && die "wrong parameters not detected!"