diff --git a/lib/tail.js b/lib/tail.js
index da60e94..d8e7085 100644
--- a/lib/tail.js
+++ b/lib/tail.js
@@ -17,13 +17,10 @@ function Tail(path, opts) {
   this._buffer = new CBuffer(options.buffer);
 
   if (path[0] === '-') {
-    process.stdin.setEncoding('utf8');
-
-    process.stdin.on('readable', () => {
-      const line = process.stdin.read();
-      if (line !== null) {
-        this.emit('line', line);
-      }
+    byline(process.stdin).on('data', (line) => {
+      const str = line.toString();
+      this._buffer.push(str);
+      this.emit('line', str);
     });
   } else {
     const tail = childProcess.spawn('tail', ['-n', options.buffer, '-F'].concat(path));