diff --git a/atom/app/atom_main.cc b/atom/app/atom_main.cc
index d782d15eb43..47be348522f 100644
--- a/atom/app/atom_main.cc
+++ b/atom/app/atom_main.cc
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ int APIENTRY wWinMain(HINSTANCE instance, HINSTANCE, wchar_t* cmd, int) {
     FILE* dontcare;
     freopen_s(&dontcare, "CON", "w", stdout);
     freopen_s(&dontcare, "CON", "w", stderr);
+    freopen_s(&dontcare, "CON", "r", stdin);
   }
 
   // Convert argv to to UTF8