diff -r 6297fcddf912 Lib/idlelib/run.py
--- a/Lib/idlelib/run.py	Fri Apr 19 12:57:54 2013 -0400
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/run.py	Fri Apr 26 09:19:16 2013 -0500
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
         executive = Executive(self)
         self.register("exec", executive)
         self.console = self.get_remote_proxy("console")
-        sys.stdin = PyShell.PseudoInputFile(self.console, "stdin",
+        sys.stdin = self.stdin = PyShell.PseudoInputFile(self.console, "stdin",
                 IOBinding.encoding)
         sys.stdout = PyShell.PseudoOutputFile(self.console, "stdout",
                 IOBinding.encoding)