diff --git a/stmhal/Makefile b/stmhal/Makefile
index 938871aefbd7e4fc2e99e43f6a9d83cb2eae3fdc..292bfdd61caf499e54121dc08507cc121bdc77c2 100644
--- a/stmhal/Makefile
+++ b/stmhal/Makefile
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ SRC_C = \
 	malloc0.c \
 	gccollect.c \
 	pyexec.c \
+	input.c \
 	pybmodule.c \
 	osmodule.c \
 	timemodule.c \
diff --git a/stmhal/input.c b/stmhal/input.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f53018a42297642102ee8e9e68b0f540ec595008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stmhal/input.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#include "nlr.h"
+#include "misc.h"
+#include "mpconfig.h"
+#include "qstr.h"
+#include "obj.h"
+#include "usb.h"
+
+extern int readline(vstr_t *line, const char *prompt);
+
+STATIC mp_obj_t mp_builtin_input(uint n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
+    if (n_args == 1) {
+        mp_obj_print(args[0], PRINT_REPR);
+    }
+    vstr_t line;
+    vstr_init(&line, 16);
+    int ret = readline(&line, "");
+    if (line.len == 0 && ret == VCP_CHAR_CTRL_D) {
+        nlr_jump(mp_obj_new_exception(&mp_type_EOFError));
+    }
+    mp_obj_t o = mp_obj_new_str((const byte*)line.buf, line.len, false);
+    vstr_clear(&line);
+    return o;
+}
+
+MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_VAR_BETWEEN(mp_builtin_input_obj, 0, 1, mp_builtin_input);
diff --git a/stmhal/mpconfigport.h b/stmhal/mpconfigport.h
index 8ff80133594c820d58e70bcf5bd57b61a2dde1f9..59c91942a0dfa0f4c32d67a21a7d901029ee43d0 100644
--- a/stmhal/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/stmhal/mpconfigport.h
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 #define MICROPY_LFN_CODE_PAGE       (437) /* 1=SFN/ANSI 437=LFN/U.S.(OEM) */
 
 // extra built in names to add to the global namespace
+extern const struct _mp_obj_fun_native_t mp_builtin_input_obj;
 extern const struct _mp_obj_fun_native_t mp_builtin_open_obj;
 #define MICROPY_EXTRA_BUILTINS \
+    { MP_QSTR_input, (mp_obj_t)&mp_builtin_input_obj }, \
     { MP_QSTR_open, (mp_obj_t)&mp_builtin_open_obj },
 
 // type definitions for the specific machine
diff --git a/stmhal/pybmodule.c b/stmhal/pybmodule.c
index 09cdf83b8a335420bcadfb26b5d692e5d7e71073..77273298499d4363b9f68ccef74787b7f45feb8a 100644
--- a/stmhal/pybmodule.c
+++ b/stmhal/pybmodule.c
@@ -196,12 +196,20 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t pyb_hid_send_report(mp_obj_t arg) {
     return mp_const_none;
 }
 
-MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_1(pyb_hid_send_report_obj, pyb_hid_send_report);
+STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_1(pyb_hid_send_report_obj, pyb_hid_send_report);
 
 #if 0
 MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(pyb_I2C_obj, pyb_I2C); // TODO put this in i2c.c
 #endif
 
+extern int stdin_rx_chr(void);
+
+STATIC mp_obj_t pyb_input(void ) {
+    return mp_obj_new_int(stdin_rx_chr());
+}
+
+STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_0(pyb_input_obj, pyb_input);
+
 MP_DECLARE_CONST_FUN_OBJ(pyb_source_dir_obj); // defined in main.c
 MP_DECLARE_CONST_FUN_OBJ(pyb_main_obj); // defined in main.c
 
@@ -268,6 +276,9 @@ STATIC const mp_map_elem_t pyb_module_globals_table[] = {
 #endif
 #endif
 
+    // input
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_input), (mp_obj_t)&pyb_input_obj },
+
     // pin mapper
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_Pin), (mp_obj_t)&pin_map_obj },
 
diff --git a/stmhal/qstrdefsport.h b/stmhal/qstrdefsport.h
index 9961102a35b042895f248023eab78a5d8e04651b..55d4b1b09b0964dd97ed9929f72d01127cbe29eb 100644
--- a/stmhal/qstrdefsport.h
+++ b/stmhal/qstrdefsport.h
@@ -70,3 +70,6 @@ Q(urandom)
 // for time module
 Q(time)
 Q(sleep)
+
+// for input
+Q(input)