diff --git a/src/input/readers/Raw.cc b/src/input/readers/Raw.cc
index 40215dabee..c4dfe55b93 100644
--- a/src/input/readers/Raw.cc
+++ b/src/input/readers/Raw.cc
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ using threading::Field;
 
 const int Raw::block_size = 512; // how big do we expect our chunks of data to be... 
 
+
 Raw::Raw(ReaderFrontend *frontend) : ReaderBackend(frontend)
 	{
 	file = 0;
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ Raw::Raw(ReaderFrontend *frontend) : ReaderBackend(frontend)
 	assert(stderr_fileno == 2);
 
 	childpid = -1;
+
+	stdin_towrite = 0; // by default do not open stdin
 	}
 
 Raw::~Raw()
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ void Raw::DoClose()
 	if ( file != 0 )
 		CloseInput();
 
+
 	if ( execute && childpid > 0 )
 		// kill child process
 		kill(childpid, 9); // TERMINATOR
@@ -60,9 +64,8 @@ void Raw::DoClose()
 
 bool Raw::Execute() 
 	{
-	int stdout_pipe[2];
 
-	if (pipe(stdout_pipe) != 0)
+	if (pipe(pipes) != 0 || pipe(pipes+2) || pipe(pipes+4) )
 		{
 		Error(Fmt("Could not open pipe: %d", errno));
 		return false;
@@ -77,8 +80,15 @@ bool Raw::Execute()
 	else if ( childpid == 0 ) 
 		{
 		// we are the child.
-		close(stdout_pipe[stdin_fileno]);
-		dup2(stdout_pipe[stdout_fileno], stdout_fileno);
+		close(pipes[stdout_in]);
+		dup2(pipes[stdout_out], stdout_fileno);
+
+		if ( stdin_towrite ) 
+			{
+			close(pipes[stdin_out]);
+			dup2(pipes[stdin_in], stdin_fileno);
+			} 
+
 		//execv("/usr/bin/uname",test);
 		execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", fname.c_str(), NULL);
 		fprintf(stderr, "Exec failed :(......\n");
@@ -87,12 +97,18 @@ bool Raw::Execute()
 	else
 		{
 		// we are the parent
-		close(stdout_pipe[stdout_fileno]);
+		close(pipes[stdout_out]);
 
 		if ( Info().mode == MODE_STREAM )
-			fcntl(stdout_pipe[stdin_fileno], F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
+			fcntl(pipes[stdout_in], F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
+
+		if ( stdin_towrite )
+			{
+			close(pipes[stdin_in]);
+			fcntl(pipes[stdin_out], F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
+			}
 		
-		file = fdopen(stdout_pipe[stdin_fileno], "r");
+		file = fdopen(pipes[stdout_in], "r");
 		if ( file == 0 )
 			{
 			Error("Could not convert fileno to file");
@@ -106,8 +122,7 @@ bool Raw::OpenInput()
 	{
 	if ( execute )
 		{
-		if ( ! Execute() ) 
-			return false;
+		return Execute(); 
 		}
 	else
 		{
@@ -120,10 +135,6 @@ bool Raw::OpenInput()
 			}
 		}
 
-	//if ( execute && Info().mode == MODE_STREAM )
-	//	fcntl(fileno(file), F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
-
-	//fcntl(fileno(file), F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
 	return true;
 	}
 
@@ -138,8 +149,11 @@ bool Raw::CloseInput()
 	Debug(DBG_INPUT, "Raw reader starting close");
 #endif
 
-	if ( execute )
-		pclose(file);
+	if ( execute ) // we do not care if any of those fails. They should all be defined.
+		{
+		for ( int i = 0; i < 6; i ++ ) 
+			close(pipes[i]);
+		}
 	else
 		fclose(file);
 
@@ -166,6 +180,13 @@ bool Raw::DoInit(const ReaderInfo& info, int num_fields, const Field* const* fie
 		return false;
 		}
 
+	map<const char*, const char*>::const_iterator it = info.config.find("stdin"); // data that is sent to the child process
+	if ( it != info.config.end() )
+		{
+		stdin_string = it->second;
+		stdin_towrite = stdin_string.length();
+		}
+
 	if ( num_fields != 1 )
 		{
 		Error("Filter for raw reader contains more than one field. "
@@ -214,9 +235,8 @@ bool Raw::DoInit(const ReaderInfo& info, int num_fields, const Field* const* fie
 	}
 
 
-int64_t Raw::GetLine()
+int64_t Raw::GetLine(FILE* arg_file)
 	{
-
 	errno = 0;
 	uint64_t pos = 0;
 
@@ -227,7 +247,7 @@ int64_t Raw::GetLine()
 
 	for (;;)
 		{
-		size_t readbytes = fread(buf+bufpos, 1, block_size-bufpos, file);
+		size_t readbytes = fread(buf+bufpos, 1, block_size-bufpos, arg_file);
 		pos += bufpos + readbytes;
 		bufpos = 0; // read full block size in next read...
 
@@ -240,7 +260,7 @@ int64_t Raw::GetLine()
 			{
 			// we did not find it and have to search again in the next try. resize buffer....
 			// but first check if we encountered the file end - because if we did this was it.
-			if ( feof(file) != 0 ) 
+			if ( feof(arg_file) != 0 ) 
 				{
 				outbuf = buf;
 				buf = 0;
@@ -291,6 +311,28 @@ int64_t Raw::GetLine()
 
 	}
 
+// write to the stdin of the child process
+void Raw::WriteToStdin()
+	{
+	assert(stdin_towrite <= stdin_string.length());
+	uint64_t pos = stdin_string.length() - stdin_towrite;
+
+	errno = 0;
+	ssize_t written = write(pipes[stdin_out], stdin_string.c_str() + pos, stdin_towrite);
+	stdin_towrite -= written;
+
+	if ( errno != 0 && errno != EAGAIN && errno != EWOULDBLOCK )
+		{
+		Error(Fmt("Writing to child process stdin failed: %d. Stopping writing at position %d", errno, pos));
+		stdin_towrite = 0;
+		close(pipes[stdin_out]);
+		}
+
+	if ( stdin_towrite == 0 ) // send EOF when we are done.
+		printf("Closing %d\n", pipes[stdin_out]);
+		close(pipes[stdin_out]);
+	}
+
 // read the entire file and send appropriate thingies back to InputMgr
 bool Raw::DoUpdate()
 	{
@@ -344,8 +386,11 @@ bool Raw::DoUpdate()
 	assert (NumFields() == 1);
 	for ( ;; )
 		{
-		int64_t length = GetLine();
-		//printf("Read %lld bytes", length);
+		if ( stdin_towrite > 0 ) 
+			WriteToStdin();
+
+		int64_t length = GetLine(file);
+		//printf("Read %lld bytes\n", length);
 
 		if ( length == -3 ) 
 			return false;
diff --git a/src/input/readers/Raw.h b/src/input/readers/Raw.h
index d550716c48..cf29609331 100644
--- a/src/input/readers/Raw.h
+++ b/src/input/readers/Raw.h
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ protected:
 private:
 	bool OpenInput();
 	bool CloseInput();
-	int64_t GetLine();
+	int64_t GetLine(FILE* file);
+	bool Execute();
+	void WriteToStdin();
 
 	string fname; // Source with a potential "|" removed.
 	FILE* file;
@@ -40,10 +42,9 @@ private:
 	// options set from the script-level.
 	string separator;
 	unsigned int sep_length; // length of the separator
-	bool Execute();
 
 	static const int block_size;
-	uint32_t bufpos;
+	uint64_t bufpos;
 	char* buf;
 	char* outbuf;
 
@@ -51,7 +52,21 @@ private:
 	int stdout_fileno;
 	int stderr_fileno;
 
+	string stdin_string;
+	uint64_t stdin_towrite;
+
+	int pipes[6];
 	pid_t childpid;
+
+	enum IoChannels {
+		stdout_in = 0,
+		stdout_out = 1,
+		stdin_in = 2,
+		stdin_out = 3,
+		stderr_in = 4,
+		stderr_out = 5
+	};
+
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.input.execrawstdin/out b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.input.execrawstdin/out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c49aee85b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.input.execrawstdin/out
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+[source=cat |, reader=Input::READER_RAW, mode=Input::STREAM, name=input2, fields=<no value description>, want_record=F, ev=line
+{ 
+print outfile, A::description;
+print outfile, A::tpe;
+print outfile, A::s;
+try = try + 1;
+if (2 == try) 
+{ 
+Input::remove(input2);
+close(outfile);
+terminate();
+}
+
+}, config={
+[stdin] = hello^Jthere^A^B^C^D^E^A^B^Cyay
+}]
+Input::EVENT_NEW
+hello
+[source=cat |, reader=Input::READER_RAW, mode=Input::STREAM, name=input2, fields=<no value description>, want_record=F, ev=line
+{ 
+print outfile, A::description;
+print outfile, A::tpe;
+print outfile, A::s;
+try = try + 1;
+if (2 == try) 
+{ 
+Input::remove(input2);
+close(outfile);
+terminate();
+}
+
+}, config={
+[stdin] = hello^Jthere^A^B^C^D^E^A^B^Cyay
+}]
+Input::EVENT_NEW
+there^A^B^C^D^E^A^B^Cyay
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.input.execrawstdin/test.txt b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.input.execrawstdin/test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0205cd7c3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.input.execrawstdin/test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+hello
+there

yay
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/input/execrawstdin.bro b/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/input/execrawstdin.bro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..729844e4b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/input/execrawstdin.bro
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-bg-run bro bro -b %INPUT
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-bg-wait -k 5
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff test.txt
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff out
+
+redef exit_only_after_terminate = T;
+@load base/frameworks/communication  # let network-time run. otherwise there are no heartbeats...
+
+global outfile: file;
+global try: count;
+
+module A;
+
+type Val: record {
+	s: string;
+};
+
+event line(description: Input::EventDescription, tpe: Input::Event, s: string)
+	{
+	print outfile, description;
+	print outfile, tpe;
+	print outfile, s;
+	try = try + 1;
+	if ( try == 2 )
+		{
+		Input::remove("input2");
+		close(outfile);
+		terminate();
+		}
+	}
+
+event bro_init()
+	{
+	local config_strings: table[string] of string = {
+		["stdin"] = "hello\nthere\1\2\3\4\5\1\2\3yay"
+		#["stdin"] = "yay"
+	};
+
+	try = 0;
+	outfile = open("../out");
+	Input::add_event([$source="cat > ../test.txt |", $reader=Input::READER_RAW, $mode=Input::STREAM, $name="input", $fields=Val, $ev=line, $want_record=F, $config=config_strings]);
+	Input::remove("input");
+	Input::add_event([$source="cat |", $reader=Input::READER_RAW, $mode=Input::STREAM, $name="input2", $fields=Val, $ev=line, $want_record=F, $config=config_strings]);
+	}