diff --git a/atom/browser/lib/init.coffee b/atom/browser/lib/init.coffee
index 67630a1bd6fa..9f92d700c73a 100644
--- a/atom/browser/lib/init.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/lib/init.coffee
@@ -18,6 +18,25 @@ require path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'common', 'lib', 'init')
 globalPaths = Module.globalPaths
 globalPaths.push path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'api', 'lib')
 
+if process.platform is 'win32'
+  # Redirect node's console to use our own implementations, since node can not
+  # handle console output when running as GUI program.
+  consoleLog = (args...) ->
+    process.log util.format(args...) + "\n"
+  streamWrite = (chunk, encoding, callback) ->
+    chunk = chunk.toString(encoding) if Buffer.isBuffer chunk
+    process.log chunk
+    callback() if callback
+    true
+  console.log = console.error = console.warn = consoleLog
+  process.stdout.write = process.stderr.write = streamWrite
+
+  # Always returns EOF for stdin stream.
+  Readable = require('stream').Readable
+  stdin = new Readable
+  stdin.push null
+  process.__defineGetter__ 'stdin', -> stdin
+
 # Don't quit on fatal error.
 process.on 'uncaughtException', (error) ->
   # Do nothing if the user has a custom uncaught exception handler.