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'")
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f06f98c..95b2d4e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Bug #1535165: fixed a segfault in input() and raw_input() when
+  sys.stdin is closed.
+
 - On Windows, the PyErr_Warn function is now exported from
   the Python dll again.
 
diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index 6fcc05e..58dc7c9 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@
 		if (PyFile_WriteString(" ", fout) != 0)
 			return NULL;
 	}
-	if (PyFile_Check(fin) && PyFile_Check(fout)
+	if (PyFile_AsFile(fin) && PyFile_AsFile(fout)
             && isatty(fileno(PyFile_AsFile(fin)))
             && isatty(fileno(PyFile_AsFile(fout)))) {
 		PyObject *po;