diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/handlers.py b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/handlers.py
index 7848c1d..d768df9 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/handlers.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/handlers.py
@@ -507,6 +507,12 @@ class AuthenticatedZMQStreamHandler(ZMQStreamHandler, IPythonHandler):
             # under Python 2.x for some reason
             msg = msg.encode('utf8', 'replace')
         try:
+            identity, msg = msg.split(':', 1)
+            self.session.session = identity.decode('ascii')
+        except Exception:
+            logging.error("First ws message didn't have the form 'identity:[cookie]' - %r", msg)
+        
+        try:
             self.request._cookies = Cookie.SimpleCookie(msg)
         except:
             self.log.warn("couldn't parse cookie string: %s",msg, exc_info=True)
@@ -519,23 +525,28 @@ class AuthenticatedZMQStreamHandler(ZMQStreamHandler, IPythonHandler):
         self.on_message = self.save_on_message
 
 
-class IOPubHandler(AuthenticatedZMQStreamHandler):
-
+class ZMQChannelHandler(AuthenticatedZMQStreamHandler):
+    
+    @property
+    def max_msg_size(self):
+        return self.settings.get('max_msg_size', 65535)
+    
+    def create_stream(self):
+        km = self.kernel_manager
+        meth = getattr(km, 'connect_%s' % self.channel)
+        self.zmq_stream = meth(self.kernel_id, identity=self.session.bsession)
+    
     def initialize(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.iopub_stream = None
-
+        self.zmq_stream = None
+    
     def on_first_message(self, msg):
         try:
-            super(IOPubHandler, self).on_first_message(msg)
+            super(ZMQChannelHandler, self).on_first_message(msg)
         except web.HTTPError:
             self.close()
             return
-        km = self.kernel_manager
-        kernel_id = self.kernel_id
-        km.add_restart_callback(kernel_id, self.on_kernel_restarted)
-        km.add_restart_callback(kernel_id, self.on_restart_failed, 'dead')
         try:
-            self.iopub_stream = km.connect_iopub(kernel_id)
+            self.create_stream()
         except web.HTTPError:
             # WebSockets don't response to traditional error codes so we
             # close the connection.
@@ -543,29 +554,32 @@ class IOPubHandler(AuthenticatedZMQStreamHandler):
                 self.stream.close()
             self.close()
         else:
-            self.iopub_stream.on_recv(self._on_zmq_reply)
+            self.zmq_stream.on_recv(self._on_zmq_reply)
 
     def on_message(self, msg):
-        pass
-
-    def _send_status_message(self, status):
-        msg = self.session.msg("status",
-            {'execution_state': status}
-        )
-        self.write_message(jsonapi.dumps(msg, default=date_default))
-
-    def on_kernel_restarted(self):
-        self.log.warn("kernel %s restarted", self.kernel_id)
-        self._send_status_message('restarting')
-
-    def on_restart_failed(self):
-        self.log.error("kernel %s restarted failed!", self.kernel_id)
-        self._send_status_message('dead')
+        if len(msg) < self.max_msg_size:
+            msg = jsonapi.loads(msg)
+            self.session.send(self.zmq_stream, msg)
 
     def on_close(self):
         # This method can be called twice, once by self.kernel_died and once
         # from the WebSocket close event. If the WebSocket connection is
         # closed before the ZMQ streams are setup, they could be None.
+        if self.zmq_stream is not None and not self.zmq_stream.closed():
+            self.zmq_stream.on_recv(None)
+            self.zmq_stream.close()
+
+
+class IOPubHandler(ZMQChannelHandler):
+    channel = 'iopub'
+    
+    def create_stream(self):
+        super(IOPubHandler, self).create_stream()
+        km = self.kernel_manager
+        km.add_restart_callback(self.kernel_id, self.on_kernel_restarted)
+        km.add_restart_callback(self.kernel_id, self.on_restart_failed, 'dead')
+    
+    def on_close(self):
         km = self.kernel_manager
         if self.kernel_id in km:
             km.remove_restart_callback(
@@ -574,48 +588,31 @@ class IOPubHandler(AuthenticatedZMQStreamHandler):
             km.remove_restart_callback(
                 self.kernel_id, self.on_restart_failed, 'dead',
             )
-        if self.iopub_stream is not None and not self.iopub_stream.closed():
-            self.iopub_stream.on_recv(None)
-            self.iopub_stream.close()
-
-
-class ShellHandler(AuthenticatedZMQStreamHandler):
+        super(IOPubHandler, self).on_close()
     
-    @property
-    def max_msg_size(self):
-        return self.settings.get('max_msg_size', 65535)
-
-    def initialize(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.shell_stream = None
+    def _send_status_message(self, status):
+        msg = self.session.msg("status",
+            {'execution_state': status}
+        )
+        self.write_message(jsonapi.dumps(msg, default=date_default))
 
-    def on_first_message(self, msg):
-        try:
-            super(ShellHandler, self).on_first_message(msg)
-        except web.HTTPError:
-            self.close()
-            return
-        km = self.kernel_manager
-        kernel_id = self.kernel_id
-        try:
-            self.shell_stream = km.connect_shell(kernel_id)
-        except web.HTTPError:
-            # WebSockets don't response to traditional error codes so we
-            # close the connection.
-            if not self.stream.closed():
-                self.stream.close()
-            self.close()
-        else:
-            self.shell_stream.on_recv(self._on_zmq_reply)
+    def on_kernel_restarted(self):
+        logging.warn("kernel %s restarted", self.kernel_id)
+        self._send_status_message('restarting')
 
+    def on_restart_failed(self):
+        logging.error("kernel %s restarted failed!", self.kernel_id)
+        self._send_status_message('dead')
+    
     def on_message(self, msg):
-        if len(msg) < self.max_msg_size:
-            msg = jsonapi.loads(msg)
-            self.session.send(self.shell_stream, msg)
+        """IOPub messages make no sense"""
+        pass
 
-    def on_close(self):
-        # Make sure the stream exists and is not already closed.
-        if self.shell_stream is not None and not self.shell_stream.closed():
-            self.shell_stream.close()
+class ShellHandler(ZMQChannelHandler):
+    channel = 'shell'
+
+class StdinHandler(ZMQChannelHandler):
+    channel = 'stdin'
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py
index c4035b4..3ed3603 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ from IPython.frontend.html.notebook import DEFAULT_STATIC_FILES_PATH
 from .kernelmanager import MappingKernelManager
 from .handlers import (LoginHandler, LogoutHandler,
     ProjectDashboardHandler, NewHandler, NamedNotebookHandler,
-    MainKernelHandler, KernelHandler, KernelActionHandler, IOPubHandler,
+    MainKernelHandler, KernelHandler, KernelActionHandler, IOPubHandler, StdinHandler,
     ShellHandler, NotebookRootHandler, NotebookHandler, NotebookCopyHandler,
     RSTHandler, AuthenticatedFileHandler, PrintNotebookHandler,
     MainClusterHandler, ClusterProfileHandler, ClusterActionHandler,
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ class NotebookWebApplication(web.Application):
             (r"/kernels/%s/%s" % (_kernel_id_regex, _kernel_action_regex), KernelActionHandler),
             (r"/kernels/%s/iopub" % _kernel_id_regex, IOPubHandler),
             (r"/kernels/%s/shell" % _kernel_id_regex, ShellHandler),
+            (r"/kernels/%s/stdin" % _kernel_id_regex, StdinHandler),
             (r"/notebooks", NotebookRootHandler),
             (r"/notebooks/%s" % _notebook_id_regex, NotebookHandler),
             (r"/rstservice/render", RSTHandler),
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/style.min.css b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/style.min.css
index 4a93da0..37eb266 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/style.min.css
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/style.min.css
@@ -936,6 +936,9 @@ pre,code,kbd,samp{white-space:pre-wrap;}
 a{text-decoration:underline;}
 p{margin-bottom:0;}
 a.heading-anchor:link,a.heading-anchor:visited{text-decoration:none;color:inherit;}
+div.raw_input{padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;height:1em;line-height:1em;font-family:monospace;}
+span.input_prompt{font-family:inherit;}
+input.raw_input{font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;color:inherit;width:auto;margin:-2px 0px 0px 1px;padding-left:1px;padding-top:2px;height:1em;}
 @media print{body{overflow:visible !important;} div#notebook{overflow:visible !important;} .ui-widget-content{border:0px;} #save_widget{margin:0px !important;} #header,#pager,#pager_splitter,#menubar,#toolbar{display:none !important;} .cell{border:none !important;} .toolbar{display:none;}}.rendered_html{color:black;}.rendered_html em{font-style:italic;}
 .rendered_html strong{font-weight:bold;}
 .rendered_html u{text-decoration:underline;}
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/codecell.js b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/codecell.js
index a280ed2..6ce4e4f 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/codecell.js
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/codecell.js
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
             'execute_reply': $.proxy(this._handle_execute_reply, this),
             'output': $.proxy(this.output_area.handle_output, this.output_area),
             'clear_output': $.proxy(this.output_area.handle_clear_output, this.output_area),
-            'set_next_input': $.proxy(this._handle_set_next_input, this)
+            'set_next_input': $.proxy(this._handle_set_next_input, this),
+            'input_request': $.proxy(this._handle_input_request, this)
         };
         var msg_id = this.kernel.execute(this.get_text(), callbacks, {silent: false});
     };
@@ -260,10 +261,23 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         $([IPython.events]).trigger('set_dirty.Notebook', {'value': true});
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @method _handle_set_next_input
+     * @private
+     */
     CodeCell.prototype._handle_set_next_input = function (text) {
         var data = {'cell': this, 'text': text}
         $([IPython.events]).trigger('set_next_input.Notebook', data);
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * @method _handle_input_request
+     * @private
+     */
+    CodeCell.prototype._handle_input_request = function (content) {
+        this.output_area.append_raw_input(content);
+    }
+
 
     // Basic cell manipulation.
 
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/kernel.js b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/kernel.js
index ee304db..9a66865 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/kernel.js
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/kernel.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         this.kernel_id = null;
         this.shell_channel = null;
         this.iopub_channel = null;
+        this.stdin_channel = null;
         this.base_url = base_url;
         this.running = false;
         this.username = "username";
@@ -127,9 +128,12 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         var ws_url = this.ws_url + this.kernel_url;
         console.log("Starting WebSockets:", ws_url);
         this.shell_channel = new this.WebSocket(ws_url + "/shell");
+        this.stdin_channel = new this.WebSocket(ws_url + "/stdin");
         this.iopub_channel = new this.WebSocket(ws_url + "/iopub");
         send_cookie = function(){
-            this.send(document.cookie);
+            // send the session id so the Session object Python-side
+            // has the same identity
+            this.send(that.session_id + ':' + document.cookie);
         };
         var already_called_onclose = false; // only alert once
         var ws_closed_early = function(evt){
@@ -150,21 +154,26 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
                 that._websocket_closed(ws_url, false);
             }
         };
-        this.shell_channel.onopen = send_cookie;
-        this.shell_channel.onclose = ws_closed_early;
-        this.iopub_channel.onopen = send_cookie;
-        this.iopub_channel.onclose = ws_closed_early;
+        var channels = [this.shell_channel, this.iopub_channel, this.stdin_channel];
+        for (var i=0; i < channels.length; i++) {
+            channels[i].onopen = send_cookie;
+            channels[i].onclose = ws_closed_early;
+        }
         // switch from early-close to late-close message after 1s
         setTimeout(function() {
-            if (that.shell_channel !== null) {
-                that.shell_channel.onclose = ws_closed_late;
-            }
-            if (that.iopub_channel !== null) {
-                that.iopub_channel.onclose = ws_closed_late;
+            for (var i=0; i < channels.length; i++) {
+                if (channels[i] !== null) {
+                    channels[i].onclose = ws_closed_late;
+                }
             }
         }, 1000);
-        this.shell_channel.onmessage = $.proxy(this._handle_shell_reply,this);
-        this.iopub_channel.onmessage = $.proxy(this._handle_iopub_reply,this);
+        this.shell_channel.onmessage = $.proxy(this._handle_shell_reply, this);
+        this.iopub_channel.onmessage = $.proxy(this._handle_iopub_reply, this);
+        this.stdin_channel.onmessage = $.proxy(this._handle_input_request, this);
+
+        $([IPython.events]).on('send_input_reply.Kernel', function(evt, data) { 
+            that.send_input_reply(data);
+        });
     };
 
     /**
@@ -172,16 +181,14 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
      * @method stop_channels
      */
     Kernel.prototype.stop_channels = function () {
-        if (this.shell_channel !== null) {
-            this.shell_channel.onclose = function (evt) {};
-            this.shell_channel.close();
-            this.shell_channel = null;
-        };
-        if (this.iopub_channel !== null) {
-            this.iopub_channel.onclose = function (evt) {};
-            this.iopub_channel.close();
-            this.iopub_channel = null;
+        var channels = [this.shell_channel, this.iopub_channel, this.stdin_channel];
+        for (var i=0; i < channels.length; i++) {
+            if ( channels[i] !== null ) {
+                channels[i].onclose = function (evt) {};
+                channels[i].close();
+            }
         };
+        this.shell_channel = this.iopub_channel = this.stdin_channel = null;
     };
 
     // Main public methods.
@@ -284,6 +291,9 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
             user_expressions : {},
             allow_stdin : false
         };
+        if (callbacks.input_request !== undefined) {
+            content.allow_stdin = true;
+        }
         $.extend(true, content, options)
         $([IPython.events]).trigger('execution_request.Kernel', {kernel: this, content:content});
         var msg = this._get_msg("execute_request", content);
@@ -343,8 +353,18 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         };
     };
 
+    Kernel.prototype.send_input_reply = function (input) {
+        var content = {
+            value : input,
+        };
+        $([IPython.events]).trigger('input_reply.Kernel', {kernel: this, content:content});
+        var msg = this._get_msg("input_reply", content);
+        this.stdin_channel.send(JSON.stringify(msg));
+        return msg.header.msg_id;
+    };
+
 
-    // Reply handlers.
+    // Reply handlers
 
     Kernel.prototype.get_callbacks_for_msg = function (msg_id) {
         var callbacks = this._msg_callbacks[msg_id];
@@ -433,6 +453,26 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
     };
 
 
+    Kernel.prototype._handle_input_request = function (e) {
+        var request = $.parseJSON(e.data);
+        var header = request.header;
+        var content = request.content;
+        var metadata = request.metadata;
+        var msg_type = header.msg_type;
+        if (msg_type !== 'input_request') {
+            console.log("Invalid input request!", request);
+            return;
+        }
+        var callbacks = this.get_callbacks_for_msg(request.parent_header.msg_id);
+        if (callbacks !== undefined) {
+            var cb = callbacks[msg_type];
+            if (cb !== undefined) {
+                cb(content, metadata);
+            }
+        };
+    };
+
+
     IPython.Kernel = Kernel;
 
     return IPython;
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/outputarea.js b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/outputarea.js
index dec3135..d535bea 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/outputarea.js
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/outputarea.js
@@ -448,6 +448,55 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         toinsert.append(latex);
         element.append(toinsert);
     };
+    
+    OutputArea.prototype.append_raw_input = function (content) {
+        var that = this;
+        this.expand();
+        this.flush_clear_timeout();
+        var area = this.create_output_area();
+
+        area.append(
+            $("<div/>")
+            .addClass("box-flex1 output_subarea raw_input")
+            .append(
+                $("<span/>")
+                .addClass("input_prompt")
+                .text(content.prompt)
+            )
+            .append(
+                $("<input/>")
+                .addClass("raw_input")
+                .attr('type', 'text')
+                .attr("size", 80)
+                .keydown(function (event, ui) {
+                    // make sure we submit on enter,
+                    // and don't re-execute the *cell* on shift-enter
+                    if (event.which === utils.keycodes.ENTER) {
+                        that._submit_raw_input();
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                })
+            )
+        );
+        this.element.append(area);
+        area.find("input.raw_input").focus();
+    }
+    OutputArea.prototype._submit_raw_input = function (evt) {
+        var container = this.element.find("div.raw_input");
+        var theprompt = container.find("span.input_prompt");
+        var theinput = container.find("input.raw_input");
+        var value = theinput.attr("value");
+        var content = {
+            output_type : 'stream',
+            name : 'stdout',
+            text : theprompt.text() + value + '\n'
+        }
+        // remove form container
+        container.parent().remove();
+        // replace with plaintext version in stdout
+        this.append_output(content, false);
+        $([IPython.events]).trigger('send_input_reply.Kernel', value);
+    }
 
 
     OutputArea.prototype.handle_clear_output = function (content) {
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/less/notebook.less b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/less/notebook.less
index eb88ea0..c1c56b0 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/less/notebook.less
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/less/notebook.less
@@ -477,3 +477,26 @@ a.heading-anchor:link, a.heading-anchor:visited {
   text-decoration: none;
   color: inherit;
 }
+
+/* raw_input styles */
+
+div.raw_input {
+  padding-top: 0px;
+  padding-bottom: 0px;
+  height: 1em;
+  line-height: 1em;
+  font-family: monospace;
+}
+span.input_prompt {
+  font-family: inherit;
+}
+input.raw_input {
+  font-family: inherit;
+  font-size: inherit;
+  color: inherit;
+  width: auto;
+  margin: -2px 0px 0px 1px;
+  padding-left: 1px;
+  padding-top: 2px;
+  height: 1em;
+}
diff --git a/IPython/kernel/zmq/ipkernel.py b/IPython/kernel/zmq/ipkernel.py
index ffa5349..f523cea 100755
--- a/IPython/kernel/zmq/ipkernel.py
+++ b/IPython/kernel/zmq/ipkernel.py
@@ -746,7 +746,16 @@ class Kernel(Configurable):
         # Flush output before making the request.
         sys.stderr.flush()
         sys.stdout.flush()
-
+        # flush the stdin socket, to purge stale replies
+        while True:
+            try:
+                self.stdin_socket.recv_multipart(zmq.NOBLOCK)
+            except zmq.ZMQError as e:
+                if e.errno == zmq.EAGAIN:
+                    break
+                else:
+                    raise
+        
         # Send the input request.
         content = json_clean(dict(prompt=prompt))
         self.session.send(self.stdin_socket, u'input_request', content, parent,