diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 432003cd..dcd5aa55 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Depends:
 Imports: 
   graphics,
   grDevices,
+  methods,
   stats,
   tools,
   utils
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index ca4f2e2f..c5ef4735 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 
+S3method(tinyplot,data.frame)
 S3method(tinyplot,default)
 S3method(tinyplot,density)
 S3method(tinyplot,formula)
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ importFrom(graphics,segments)
 importFrom(graphics,strwidth)
 importFrom(graphics,text)
 importFrom(graphics,title)
+importFrom(methods,is)
 importFrom(stats,aggregate)
 importFrom(stats,approx)
 importFrom(stats,as.formula)
diff --git a/R/tinyplot.R b/R/tinyplot.R
index 2ac3727e..9e13b222 100644
--- a/R/tinyplot.R
+++ b/R/tinyplot.R
@@ -522,7 +522,16 @@
 #' )
 #' # reset the theme
 #' tinytheme()
-#'
+#' 
+#' # tinyplot can be used with pipes without specifying the data argument,
+#' # as long as a formula is provided:
+#' 
+#' \dontrun{
+#' aq |> 
+#'   subset(Month == "May") |> 
+#'   tinyplot(Temp ~ Wind)
+#' }
+#' 
 #' # For more examples and a detailed walkthrough, please see the introductory
 #' # tinyplot tutorial available online:
 #' # https://grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/vignettes/introduction.html
@@ -1489,6 +1498,15 @@ tinyplot.density = function(
   
 }
 
+#' @rdname tinyplot
+#' @importFrom methods is
+#' @export
+tinyplot.data.frame <- function(x = NULL, formula = NULL, ...) {
+    pars <- as.list(match.call()[-1])
+    if(!is(pars$formula, "call")) {  stop("If the first argument to tinyplot is a data frame, then the second must be a formula.") }
+    tinyplot(formula, x, ...)
+}
+
 
 #' @export
 #' @name plt
diff --git a/man/tinyplot.Rd b/man/tinyplot.Rd
index 24e0ba77..3a8036d7 100644
--- a/man/tinyplot.Rd
+++ b/man/tinyplot.Rd
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 \alias{tinyplot.default}
 \alias{tinyplot.formula}
 \alias{tinyplot.density}
+\alias{tinyplot.data.frame}
 \alias{plt}
 \title{Lightweight extension of the base R plotting function}
 \usage{
@@ -90,6 +91,8 @@ tinyplot(x, ...)
 
 \method{tinyplot}{density}(x = NULL, type = c("l", "area"), ...)
 
+\method{tinyplot}{data.frame}(x = NULL, formula = NULL, ...)
+
 plt(x, ...)
 }
 \arguments{
@@ -675,6 +678,15 @@ tinyplot(
 # reset the theme
 tinytheme()
 
+# tinyplot can be used with pipes without specifying the data argument,
+# as long as a formula is provided:
+
+\dontrun{
+aq |> 
+  subset(Month == "May") |> 
+  tinyplot(Temp ~ Wind)
+}
+
 # For more examples and a detailed walkthrough, please see the introductory
 # tinyplot tutorial available online:
 # https://grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/vignettes/introduction.html