diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9cca9267..bf4ef945 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.7 // indirect
 	github.com/jinzhu/copier v0.0.0-20180308034124-7e38e58719c3
 	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51
-	github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0
+	github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pty v1.1.4 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.3 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cfa3b479..84efd8b5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf h1:qet1QNfXsQxTZq
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/cheekybits/genny v1.0.0 h1:uGGa4nei+j20rOSeDeP5Of12XVm7TGUd4dJA9RDitfE=
 github.com/cheekybits/genny v1.0.0/go.mod h1:+tQajlRqAUrPI7DOSpB0XAqZYtQakVtB7wXkRAgjxjQ=
-github.com/coryb/figtree v0.0.0-20180728224503-071d1ef303df h1:cS4Z9Nlv8J4UqFbLp9ltZypgenm2p3Jeg0yqLfpH2pc=
-github.com/coryb/figtree v0.0.0-20180728224503-071d1ef303df/go.mod h1:uAkZUEGm6dROpxfy+8vXLs7JrLCI4O+gQyKAuISxI/g=
 github.com/coryb/figtree v1.0.1-0.20190907170512-58176d03ef0d h1:99xxg8FYj+5TYg88DxA4xL8ODuI6OvuSu35WQOVPDPg=
 github.com/coryb/figtree v1.0.1-0.20190907170512-58176d03ef0d/go.mod h1:uAkZUEGm6dROpxfy+8vXLs7JrLCI4O+gQyKAuISxI/g=
 github.com/coryb/kingpeon v0.0.0-20180107011214-9a669f143f2e h1:tGmk9Tuyz7fKuBq/d3nFJvVWRvc48MEBKQC4uYV3wb0=
@@ -81,6 +79,7 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20171102191033-01c190206fbd h1:CLQSRrSDQMOMkogMxky7XOkER
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20171102191033-01c190206fbd/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180727230415-bd9dbc187b6e h1:3dQ4fR8k5KugjVKO0oqSd1odxuk2yaE2CIfxWP2WarQ=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180727230415-bd9dbc187b6e/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gopkg.in/AlecAivazis/survey.v1 v1.6.1 h1:HyWkjKGBpzhNxrpaKRLDqoa4L1f4cMVBNU4bnVmU8Mw=
 gopkg.in/AlecAivazis/survey.v1 v1.6.1/go.mod h1:2Ehl7OqkBl3Xb8VmC4oFW2bItAhnUfzIjrOzwRxCrOU=
diff --git a/jiracmd/create.go b/jiracmd/create.go
index b5edea5c..17a43693 100644
--- a/jiracmd/create.go
+++ b/jiracmd/create.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package jiracmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -11,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-jira/jira"
 	"github.com/go-jira/jira/jiracli"
 	"github.com/go-jira/jira/jiradata"
-	kingpin "gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2"
-	yaml "gopkg.in/coryb/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/coryb/yaml.v2"
 )
 
 type CreateOptions struct {
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ type CreateOptions struct {
 	IssueType             string            `yaml:"issuetype,omitempty" json:"issuetype,omitempty"`
 	Overrides             map[string]string `yaml:"overrides,omitempty" json:"overrides,omitempty"`
 	SaveFile              string            `yaml:"savefile,omitempty" json:"savefile,omitempty"`
+	FromFile              string            `yaml:"fromfile,omitempty" json:"fromfile,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func CmdCreateRegistry() *jiracli.CommandRegistryEntry {
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ func CmdCreateUsage(cmd *kingpin.CmdClause, opts *CreateOptions) error {
 	jiracli.EditorUsage(cmd, &opts.CommonOptions)
 	jiracli.TemplateUsage(cmd, &opts.CommonOptions)
 	cmd.Flag("noedit", "Disable opening the editor").SetValue(&opts.SkipEditing)
+	cmd.Flag("fromFile", "Use a file instead of the editor").StringVar(&opts.FromFile)
 	cmd.Flag("project", "project to create issue in").Short('p').StringVar(&opts.Project)
 	cmd.Flag("issuetype", "issuetype in to create").Short('i').StringVar(&opts.IssueType)
 	cmd.Flag("comment", "Comment message for issue").Short('m').PreAction(func(ctx *kingpin.ParseContext) error {
@@ -94,18 +97,41 @@ func CmdCreate(o *oreo.Client, globals *jiracli.GlobalOptions, opts *CreateOptio
 	input.Overrides["login"] = globals.Login.Value
 
 	var issueResp *jiradata.IssueCreateResponse
-	err = jiracli.EditLoop(&opts.CommonOptions, &input, &issueUpdate, func() error {
-		if globals.JiraDeploymentType.Value == jiracli.CloudDeploymentType {
-			err := fixGDPRUserFields(o, globals.Endpoint.Value, createMeta.Fields, issueUpdate.Fields)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
+	
+	if opts.FromFile != "" {
+		// Loading from file
+		inputFile, err := os.Open(opts.FromFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		
+		inputFileBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(inputFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		
+		err = yaml.Unmarshal(inputFileBytes, &issueUpdate)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid yaml provided: %v", err)
 		}
 		issueResp, err = jira.CreateIssue(o, globals.Endpoint.Value, &issueUpdate)
-		return err
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else {
+		err = jiracli.EditLoop(&opts.CommonOptions, &input, &issueUpdate, func() error {
+			if globals.JiraDeploymentType.Value == jiracli.CloudDeploymentType {
+				err := fixGDPRUserFields(o, globals.Endpoint.Value, createMeta.Fields, issueUpdate.Fields)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+			issueResp, err = jira.CreateIssue(o, globals.Endpoint.Value, &issueUpdate)
+			return err
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	browseLink := jira.URLJoin(globals.Endpoint.Value, "browse", issueResp.Key)