diff --git a/miscellaneous/suckless-conf/lib/Data/Config/Suckless/Almost/RPC.hs b/miscellaneous/suckless-conf/lib/Data/Config/Suckless/Almost/RPC.hs
index 4ed99cb3..5b00b9ad 100644
--- a/miscellaneous/suckless-conf/lib/Data/Config/Suckless/Almost/RPC.hs
+++ b/miscellaneous/suckless-conf/lib/Data/Config/Suckless/Almost/RPC.hs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import Data.Function
 import Data.Text.Encoding.Error qualified as TE
 import Data.Text.Encoding qualified as TE
 import Data.Text qualified as T
+import Data.Text (Text)
 import Data.Typeable
 import Prettyprinter
 import System.Process.Typed
@@ -49,3 +50,25 @@ callProc name params syn = do
   parseTop s & either (liftIO . throwIO) pure
 
 
+pipeProcText :: forall m . MonadIO m
+         => FilePath
+         -> [String]
+         -> Text
+         -> m Text
+
+pipeProcText name params input' = do
+
+  let input = LBS.fromStrict (TE.encodeUtf8 input')
+                & byteStringInput
+
+
+  let what = proc name params & setStderr closed & setStdin input
+  (code, i, o) <- readProcess what
+
+  unless (code == ExitSuccess) do
+    liftIO $ hPrint stderr ( pretty $ LBS8.unpack o )
+    liftIO $ throwIO (CallProcException code)
+
+  pure $ TE.decodeUtf8With TE.lenientDecode (LBS.toStrict i)
+
+
diff --git a/miscellaneous/suckless-conf/lib/Data/Config/Suckless/Script/Internal.hs b/miscellaneous/suckless-conf/lib/Data/Config/Suckless/Script/Internal.hs
index 7a05579c..a5e496da 100644
--- a/miscellaneous/suckless-conf/lib/Data/Config/Suckless/Script/Internal.hs
+++ b/miscellaneous/suckless-conf/lib/Data/Config/Suckless/Script/Internal.hs
@@ -1633,6 +1633,16 @@ internalEntries = do
 
           _ -> throwIO (BadFormException @c nil)
 
+
+    brief "call external process as pipe"
+      $ entry $ bindMatch "proc:pipe" \case
+
+          [StringLike name, ListVal (StringLikeList params), TextLike input ] -> lift do
+            mkStr @c <$> pipeProcText name params input
+
+          _ -> throwIO (BadFormException @c nil)
+
+
     entry $ bindMatch "grep" \case
       [TextLike needle, what ] | matchOne needle what
         -> pure what