diff --git a/cmd/scan.go b/cmd/scan.go
index 1822a66..ba48e85 100644
--- a/cmd/scan.go
+++ b/cmd/scan.go
@@ -64,16 +64,19 @@ You can use the "vt analysis" command for retrieving information about the
 analyses.
 
 If the command receives a single hypen (-) the file paths are read from the standard
-input, one per line.`
+input, one per line.
+
+The command can also receive a directory to scan all files contained on it.`
 
 var scanFileCmdExample = `  vt scan file foo.exe
   vt scan file foo.exe bar.exe
+	vt scan file foo/
   cat list_of_file_paths | vt scan file -`
 
 // NewScanFileCmd returns a new instance of the 'scan file' command.
 func NewScanFileCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:     "file [file]...",
+		Use:     "file [[dir] | [file]...]",
 		Short:   "Scan one or more files",
 		Long:    scanFileCmdHelp,
 		Example: scanFileCmdExample,
@@ -84,6 +87,8 @@ func NewScanFileCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			var argReader utils.StringReader
 			if len(args) == 1 && args[0] == "-" {
 				argReader = utils.NewStringIOReader(os.Stdin)
+			} else if len(args) == 1 && utils.IsDir(args[0]) {
+				argReader, _ = utils.NewFileDirReader(args[0])
 			} else {
 				argReader = utils.NewStringArrayReader(args)
 			}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3fb02f7..6a91f2f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191028164358-195ce5e7f934 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220909162455-aba9fc2a8ff2 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d86ce72..7616c0a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190624142023-c5567b49c5d0/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191008105621-543471e840be/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191028164358-195ce5e7f934 h1:u/E0NqCIWRDAo9WCFo6Ko49njPFDLSd3z+X1HgWDMpE=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191028164358-195ce5e7f934/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220909162455-aba9fc2a8ff2 h1:wM1k/lXfpc5HdkJJyW9GELpd8ERGdnh8sMGL6Gzq3Ho=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220909162455-aba9fc2a8ff2/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20180807135948-17ff2d5776d2/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2 h1:tW2bmiBqwgJj/UpqtC8EpXEZVYOwU0yG4iWbprSVAcs=
diff --git a/utils/file_utils.go b/utils/file_utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3fd82c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/file_utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Copyright © 2019 The VirusTotal CLI authors. All Rights Reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path"
+)
+
+// FileDirReader returns all files inside a given directory
+// as a StringArrayReader
+func NewFileDirReader(fileDir string) (*StringArrayReader, error) {
+	files, err := os.ReadDir(fileDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	fileNames := []string{}
+	for _, f := range files {
+		// Skip subdirectories
+		if f.IsDir() {
+			continue
+		}
+		fileNames = append(fileNames, path.Join(fileDir, f.Name()))
+	}
+	return &StringArrayReader{strings: fileNames}, nil
+}
+
+// IsDir function returns whether a file is a directory or not
+func IsDir(f string) bool {
+	fileInfo, err := os.Stat(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		// error reading the file, assuming it is not a directory
+		return false
+	}
+	return fileInfo.IsDir()
+}
diff --git a/utils/string_reader.go b/utils/string_reader.go
index 7bd33bf..0201605 100644
--- a/utils/string_reader.go
+++ b/utils/string_reader.go
@@ -99,18 +99,17 @@ func (f *FilteredStringReader) ReadString() (s string, err error) {
 	return s, err
 }
 
-
 // MappedStringReader reads strings from a StringReader and call a map function
 // that transforms the strings in some other string.
 type MappedStringReader struct {
-	r StringReader
+	r     StringReader
 	mapFn func(string) string
 }
 
 // NewMappedStringReader creates a new MappedStringReader that reads strings from
 // r and can call mapFn for transforming the string before returning it.
 func NewMappedStringReader(r StringReader, mapFn func(string) string) *MappedStringReader {
-	return &MappedStringReader{r:r, mapFn: mapFn}
+	return &MappedStringReader{r: r, mapFn: mapFn}
 }
 
 // ReadString reads strings from the underlying StringReader and can call the