diff --git a/frontend/src/main/scala/bloop/exec/Forker.scala b/frontend/src/main/scala/bloop/exec/Forker.scala
index adc2cd0e54..727df9762e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/main/scala/bloop/exec/Forker.scala
+++ b/frontend/src/main/scala/bloop/exec/Forker.scala
@@ -69,51 +69,36 @@ object Forker {
       logger: Logger,
       opts: CommonOptions
   ): Task[Int] = {
-    val consumeInput: Option[Cancelable] = None
-    @volatile var shutdownInput: Boolean = false
-
-    /* We need to gobble the input manually with a fixed delay because otherwise
-     * the remote process will not see it.
-     *
-     * The input gobble runs on a 50ms basis and it can process a maximum of 4096
-     * bytes at a time. The rest that is not read will be read in the next 50ms. */
-    def goobleInput(to: OutputStream): Cancelable = {
-      val duration = FiniteDuration(50, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
-      ExecutionContext.ioScheduler.scheduleWithFixedDelay(duration, duration) {
-        val buffer = new Array[Byte](4096)
-        if (shutdownInput) {
-          consumeInput.foreach(_.cancel())
-        } else {
-          try {
-            if (opts.in.available() > 0) {
-              val read = opts.in.read(buffer, 0, buffer.length)
-              if (read == -1) ()
-              else {
-                to.write(buffer, 0, read)
-                to.flush()
-              }
-            }
-          } catch {
-            case t: IOException =>
-              logger.debug(s"Error from input gobbler: ${t.getMessage}")
-              logger.trace(t)
-              // Rethrow so that Monix cancels future scheduling of the same task
-              throw t
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
     val runTask = run(
       Some(cwd.underlying.toFile),
       cmd,
       logger,
       opts.env.toMap,
       writeToStdIn = outputStream => {
-        val mainCancellable = goobleInput(outputStream)
+        val thread = new Thread {
+          override def run(): Unit = {
+            val buffer = new Array[Byte](4096)
+            try {
+              while (opts.in != null) {
+                val read = opts.in.read(buffer, 0, buffer.length)
+                if (read == -1) return
+                else {
+                  outputStream.write(buffer, 0, read)
+                  outputStream.flush()
+                }
+              }
+            } catch {
+              case t: IOException =>
+                logger.debug(s"Error from input reader: ${t.getMessage}")
+                logger.trace(t)
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
+        thread.start()
+
         Cancelable { () =>
-          shutdownInput = true
-          mainCancellable.cancel()
+          thread.interrupt()
         }
       },
       debugLog = msg => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/scala/bloop/Issue882Spec.scala b/frontend/src/test/scala/bloop/Issue882Spec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..beb2d9bd2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/test/scala/bloop/Issue882Spec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+package bloop
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
+import bloop.cli.Commands
+import bloop.engine.Run
+import bloop.engine.State
+import bloop.logging.RecordingLogger
+import bloop.testing.BloopHelpers
+import bloop.util.TestUtil
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category
+
+@Category(Array(classOf[bloop.FastTests]))
+class Issue882Spec extends BloopHelpers {
+  @Test
+  def reproduceIssue882(): Unit = {
+    object Sources {
+      val `A.scala` =
+        """object Main extends App {
+          |  val x = scala.io.StdIn.readInt()
+          |  val y = scala.io.StdIn.readInt()
+          |  println(x + y)
+          |}
+        """.stripMargin
+    }
+
+    val logger = new RecordingLogger
+    val structure = Map("A" -> Map("A.scala" -> Sources.`A.scala`))
+    TestUtil.testState(structure, Map.empty) { (state0: State) =>
+      val input = "1\n2\n"
+      val ourInputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(input.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+      val hijackedCommonOptions = state0.commonOptions.copy(in = ourInputStream)
+      val state = state0.copy(logger = logger).copy(commonOptions = hijackedCommonOptions)
+      val action = Run(Commands.Run(List("A")))
+      val duration = Duration.apply(15, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+
+      val compiledState = TestUtil.blockingExecute(action, state, duration)
+
+      val messages = logger.getMessages
+
+      if (!compiledState.status.isOk) {
+        messages.foreach(println)
+      }
+
+      assert(compiledState.status.isOk, "Run failed!")
+      assert(
+        messages.contains(("info", "3")),
+        s"Messages did not contain outcome '3'. Found: $messages"
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  def verifyReadLine(): Unit = {
+    object Sources {
+      val `B.scala` =
+        """object Main extends App {
+          |  val l1 = scala.io.StdIn.readLine()
+          |  val l2 = scala.io.StdIn.readLine()
+          |  println(l1 + " " + l2)
+          |}
+        """.stripMargin
+    }
+
+    val logger = new RecordingLogger
+    val structure = Map("B" -> Map("B.scala" -> Sources.`B.scala`))
+    TestUtil.testState(structure, Map.empty) { (state0: State) =>
+      val input = "Hello\nWorld\n"
+      val ourInputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(input.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+      val hijackedCommonOptions = state0.commonOptions.copy(in = ourInputStream)
+      val state = state0.copy(logger = logger).copy(commonOptions = hijackedCommonOptions)
+      val action = Run(Commands.Run(List("B")))
+      val duration = Duration.apply(15, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+
+      val compiledState = TestUtil.blockingExecute(action, state, duration)
+      val messages = logger.getMessages
+
+      assert(compiledState.status.isOk, "Run failed!")
+      assert(
+        messages.contains(("info", "Hello World")),
+        s"Messages did not contain outcome 'Hello World'. Found: $messages"
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  def verifyLargeInput(): Unit = {
+    object Sources {
+      val `C.scala` =
+        """object Main extends App {
+          |  Iterator.continually(scala.io.StdIn.readLine())
+          |    .takeWhile(_ != "END")
+          |    .foreach(println)
+          |}
+        """.stripMargin
+    }
+
+    val logger = new RecordingLogger
+    val structure = Map("C" -> Map("C.scala" -> Sources.`C.scala`))
+    TestUtil.testState(structure, Map.empty) { (state0: State) =>
+      val lines = (1 to 100).map(i => s"Line $i").mkString("\n") + "\nEND\n"
+      val ourInputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(lines.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+      val hijackedCommonOptions = state0.commonOptions.copy(in = ourInputStream)
+      val state = state0.copy(logger = logger).copy(commonOptions = hijackedCommonOptions)
+      val action = Run(Commands.Run(List("C")))
+      val duration = Duration.apply(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+
+      val compiledState = TestUtil.blockingExecute(action, state, duration)
+      val messages = logger.getMessages
+
+      assert(compiledState.status.isOk, "Run failed!")
+      assert(messages.contains(("info", "Line 1")), "Missing start")
+      assert(messages.contains(("info", "Line 50")), "Missing middle")
+      assert(messages.contains(("info", "Line 100")), "Missing end")
+    }
+  }
+}