diff --git a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
index bcb4424..eca284a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
@@ -1432,6 +1432,14 @@
             self.assertEqual(input('testing\n'), 2)
             self.assertEqual(raw_input(), 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.')
             self.assertEqual(raw_input('testing\n'), 'Dear John')
+            
+            # SF 1535165: don't segfault on closed stdin
+            # sys.stdout must be a regular file for triggering
+            sys.stdout = savestdout
+            sys.stdin.close()
+            self.assertRaises(ValueError, input, 'prompt')
+
+            sys.stdout = BitBucket()
             sys.stdin = cStringIO.StringIO("NULL\0")
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, input, 42, 42)
             sys.stdin = cStringIO.StringIO("    'whitespace'")