diff --git a/dask_jobqueue/jobqueue.yaml b/dask_jobqueue/jobqueue.yaml
index d2174258..eda0237e 100644
--- a/dask_jobqueue/jobqueue.yaml
+++ b/dask_jobqueue/jobqueue.yaml
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ jobqueue:
     job-extra: []
     log-directory: null
     lsf-units: null
+    use-stdin: null
 
   htcondor:
     name: dask-worker
diff --git a/dask_jobqueue/lsf.py b/dask_jobqueue/lsf.py
index 348a356d..f3ad6495 100644
--- a/dask_jobqueue/lsf.py
+++ b/dask_jobqueue/lsf.py
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+
 import logging
 import math
 import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import toolz
 
 import dask
 
@@ -91,6 +96,14 @@ def __init__(
 
         logger.debug("Job script: \n %s" % self.job_script())
 
+    async def _submit_job(self, script_filename):
+        if use_stdin():
+            piped_cmd = [self.submit_command + "< " + script_filename + " 2> /dev/null"]
+            return self._call(piped_cmd, shell=True)
+        else:
+            result = await super()._submit_job(script_filename)
+            return result
+
 
 def lsf_format_bytes_ceil(n, lsf_units="mb"):
     """ Format bytes as text
@@ -196,3 +209,17 @@ class LSFCluster(JobQueueCluster):
     )
     job_cls = LSFJob
     config_name = "lsf"
+
+
+def use_stdin():
+    if dask.config.get("jobqueue.lsf.use-stdin") is not None:
+        return dask.config.get("jobqueue.lsf.use-stdin")
+
+    return lsf_version() < "10"
+
+
+@toolz.memoize
+def lsf_version():
+    out, _ = subprocess.Popen("lsid", stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()
+    version = re.search(r"(\d+\.)+\d+", out.decode()).group()
+    return LooseVersion(version)
diff --git a/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_lsf.py b/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_lsf.py
index 7915a1bb..a03d953f 100644
--- a/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_lsf.py
+++ b/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_lsf.py
@@ -306,3 +306,9 @@ def test_lsf_unit_detection(lsf_units_string, expected_unit):
 
 def test_lsf_unit_detection_without_file():
     lsf_unit_detection_helper("kb", conf_text=None)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("stdin", [True, False])
+def test_stdin(stdin):
+    with dask.config.set({"jobqueue.lsf.use-stdin": stdin}):
+        assert lsf.use_stdin() is stdin