diff --git a/lib/reline.rb b/lib/reline.rb
index 53adf1ad4d..74bb68b6b9 100644
--- a/lib/reline.rb
+++ b/lib/reline.rb
@@ -253,6 +253,14 @@ def readmultiline(_prompt = '', _add_history = false, prompt: _prompt, add_histo
           raise ArgumentError.new('#readmultiline needs block to confirm multiline termination')
         end
 
+        unless io_gate.both_tty?
+          whole_buffer = read_noninteractively(prompt, true, &confirm_multiline_termination)
+          if add_history and whole_buffer and whole_buffer.chomp("\n").size > 0
+            Reline::HISTORY << whole_buffer
+          end
+          return whole_buffer
+        end
+
         io_gate.with_raw_input do
           inner_readline(prompt, add_history, true, rprompt: rprompt, &confirm_multiline_termination)
         end
@@ -275,6 +283,14 @@ def readmultiline(_prompt = '', _add_history = false, prompt: _prompt, add_histo
 
     def readline(_prompt = '', _add_history = false, prompt: _prompt, add_history: _add_history, rprompt: nil)
       @mutex.synchronize do
+        unless io_gate.both_tty?
+          line = read_noninteractively(prompt, false)
+          if add_history and line and line.chomp("\n").size > 0
+            Reline::HISTORY << line.chomp("\n")
+          end
+          return line
+        end
+
         io_gate.with_raw_input do
           inner_readline(prompt, add_history, false, rprompt: rprompt)
         end
@@ -290,6 +306,42 @@ def readline(_prompt = '', _add_history = false, prompt: _prompt, add_history: _
       end
     end
 
+    # Line-by-line read used when input or output is not a tty. Editing keys
+    # in the input are not interpreted, and the output contains no escape
+    # sequences. Like GNU Readline, the prompt and the input are echoed to
+    # the output so that it forms a self-contained transcript.
+    # https://github.com/ruby/reline/issues/886
+    private def read_noninteractively(prompt, multiline, &confirm_multiline_termination)
+      input = io_gate.input
+      lines = []
+      loop do
+        output.write(noninteractive_prompt(prompt, multiline, lines))
+        output.flush
+        line = input.gets
+        unless line
+          # Close the prompt line even on EOF
+          output.write("\n")
+          break
+        end
+        chomped = line.chomp
+        # Control characters in the input are echoed in caret notation so
+        # that they cannot corrupt the output
+        output.write("#{Reline::Unicode.escape_for_print(chomped)}\n")
+        lines << chomped
+        break unless line.end_with?("\n") # EOF without a trailing newline
+        break unless multiline
+        break if confirm_multiline_termination.call(lines.join("\n") + "\n")
+      end
+      output.flush
+      lines.empty? ? nil : lines.join("\n")
+    end
+
+    private def noninteractive_prompt(prompt, multiline, lines)
+      return prompt unless multiline and prompt_proc
+      prompt_list = prompt_proc.call(lines + [''])
+      prompt_list[lines.size] || prompt_list[0] || prompt
+    end
+
     private def inner_readline(prompt, add_history, multiline, rprompt: nil, &confirm_multiline_termination)
       if ENV['RELINE_STDERR_TTY']
         if io_gate.win?
diff --git a/lib/reline/io.rb b/lib/reline/io.rb
index 5ea894c2dd..bfb04c83a8 100644
--- a/lib/reline/io.rb
+++ b/lib/reline/io.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ def dumb?
       false
     end
 
+    # Whether input and output are both connected to a terminal.
+    def both_tty?
+      true
+    end
+
     def win?
       false
     end
diff --git a/lib/reline/io/ansi.rb b/lib/reline/io/ansi.rb
index f2e9ecf56a..1526973247 100644
--- a/lib/reline/io/ansi.rb
+++ b/lib/reline/io/ansi.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Reline::ANSI < Reline::IO
     'H' => [:ed_move_to_beg, {}],
   }
 
-  attr_writer :input, :output
+  attr_accessor :input, :output
 
   def initialize
     @input = STDIN
diff --git a/lib/reline/io/dumb.rb b/lib/reline/io/dumb.rb
index 0c04c755d2..55306b0012 100644
--- a/lib/reline/io/dumb.rb
+++ b/lib/reline/io/dumb.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 class Reline::Dumb < Reline::IO
   RESET_COLOR = '' # Do not send color reset sequence
 
+  attr_reader :input
   attr_writer :output
 
   def initialize(encoding: nil)
diff --git a/lib/reline/io/windows.rb b/lib/reline/io/windows.rb
index e7be59d714..b5ecd20821 100644
--- a/lib/reline/io/windows.rb
+++ b/lib/reline/io/windows.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class Reline::Windows < Reline::IO
     const_set(name, console.const_get(name))
   end
 
+  attr_reader :input
   attr_writer :output
 
   def initialize
@@ -93,6 +94,10 @@ def set_default_key_bindings(config)
     false
   end
 
+  def both_tty?
+    @input.tty? && @console_output.tty?
+  end
+
   def msys_tty?
     @input.tty?(:msys, :cygwin)
   end
diff --git a/test/reline/test_reline.rb b/test/reline/test_reline.rb
index 49c736eb4a..1239b7bef0 100644
--- a/test/reline/test_reline.rb
+++ b/test/reline/test_reline.rb
@@ -428,28 +428,48 @@ def test_readline_returns_nil_on_piped_stdin_eof
     assert_include(out, { result: nil }.inspect)
   end
 
-  def test_read_eof_returns_input
-    pend if win?
-    lib = File.expand_path("../../lib", __dir__)
-    code = "p result: Reline.readline"
-    out = IO.popen([Reline.test_rubybin, "-I#{lib}", "-rreline", "-e", code], "r+") do |io|
-      io.write "a\C-a"
-      io.close_write
-      io.read
-    end
-    assert_include(out, { result: 'a' }.inspect)
+  def test_readline_with_piped_stdin_emits_plain_transcript
+    out = readline_from_piped_stdin("input\n")
+    assert_include(out, ">input\n")
+    assert_not_include(out, "\e")
   end
 
-  def test_read_eof_returns_nil_if_empty
-    pend if win?
-    lib = File.expand_path("../../lib", __dir__)
-    code = "p result: Reline.readline"
-    out = IO.popen([Reline.test_rubybin, "-I#{lib}", "-rreline", "-e", code], "r+") do |io|
-      io.write "a\C-h"
-      io.close_write
-      io.read
-    end
-    assert_include(out, { result: nil }.inspect)
+  def test_readline_with_piped_stdin_closes_prompt_line_on_eof
+    out = readline_from_piped_stdin("")
+    assert_include(out, ">\n")
+  end
+
+  def test_readline_does_not_interpret_editing_keys_in_piped_stdin
+    out = readline_from_piped_stdin("a\C-ab\n")
+    assert_include(out, ">a^Ab\n")
+    assert_include(out, { result: "a\C-ab" }.inspect)
+  end
+
+  def test_readline_adds_piped_stdin_to_history
+    code = <<~'RUBY'
+      require 'timeout'
+      Timeout.timeout(3) { Reline.readline('>', true) }
+      p history: Reline::HISTORY.to_a
+    RUBY
+    out = run_ruby_with_piped_stdin(code, "input\n")
+    assert_include(out, { history: ['input'] }.inspect)
+  end
+
+  def test_readmultiline_with_piped_stdin
+    code = <<~'RUBY'
+      require 'timeout'
+      Reline.prompt_proc = proc { |lines| lines.map.with_index { |_, i| "#{i}>" } }
+      p result: Timeout.timeout(3) { Reline.readmultiline('fallback>') { |code| code.include?('end') } }
+    RUBY
+    out = run_ruby_with_piped_stdin(code, "a\nend\n")
+    assert_include(out, "0>a\n")
+    assert_include(out, "1>end\n")
+    assert_include(out, { result: "a\nend" }.inspect)
+  end
+
+  def test_read_eof_returns_partial_line
+    out = readline_from_piped_stdin("a")
+    assert_include(out, { result: 'a' }.inspect)
   end
 
   def test_require_reline_should_not_trigger_winsize
@@ -471,7 +491,6 @@ def win?
   end
 
   def readline_from_piped_stdin(stdin)
-    lib = File.expand_path("../../lib", __dir__)
     code = <<~'RUBY'
       require 'timeout'
       begin
@@ -481,6 +500,11 @@ def readline_from_piped_stdin(stdin)
       end
     RUBY
 
+    run_ruby_with_piped_stdin(code, stdin)
+  end
+
+  def run_ruby_with_piped_stdin(code, stdin)
+    lib = File.expand_path("../../lib", __dir__)
     IO.popen([Reline.test_rubybin, "-I#{lib}", "-rreline", "-e", code], "r+") do |io|
       io.write stdin
       io.close_write
diff --git a/test/reline/yamatanooroti/test_rendering.rb b/test/reline/yamatanooroti/test_rendering.rb
index 545e0385e1..4a66baeee7 100644
--- a/test/reline/yamatanooroti/test_rendering.rb
+++ b/test/reline/yamatanooroti/test_rendering.rb
@@ -965,8 +965,8 @@ def test_nontty
       cmd = %Q{ruby -e 'puts(%Q{ello\C-ah\C-e})' | ruby -I#{@pwd}/lib -rreline -e 'p Reline.readline(%{> })' | ruby -e 'print STDIN.read'}
       start_terminal(40, 50, ['bash', '-c', cmd])
       assert_screen(<<~'EOC')
-        > hello
-        "hello"
+        > ello^Ah^E
+        "ello\u0001h\u0005"
       EOC
       close
     end
@@ -976,8 +976,8 @@ def test_eof_with_newline
       cmd = %Q{ruby -e 'print(%Q{abc def \\e\\r})' | ruby -I#{@pwd}/lib -rreline -e 'p Reline.readline(%{> })'}
       start_terminal(40, 50, ['bash', '-c', cmd])
       assert_screen(<<~'EOC')
-        > abc def
-        "abc def "
+        > abc def ^[
+        "abc def \e"
       EOC
       close
     end
@@ -993,6 +993,32 @@ def test_eof_without_newline
       close
     end
 
+    def test_nontty_multiline_eof
+      omit if Reline.core.io_gate.win?
+      cmd = %Q{ruby -e 'puts(%{hello});print(%{world})' | ruby -I#{@pwd}/lib -rreline -e 'p Reline.readmultiline(%{> }){false}'}
+      start_terminal(40, 50, ['bash', '-c', cmd])
+      assert_screen(<<~'EOC')
+        > hello
+        > world
+        "hello\nworld"
+      EOC
+      close
+    end
+
+    def test_nontty_multiline
+      omit if Reline.core.io_gate.win?
+      cmd = %Q{ruby -e 'puts("def f", "42", "end", "hello")' | ruby -I#{@pwd}/lib -rreline -e 'p Reline.readmultiline(%{> }){|input| input.match?(/end/)}; p gets'}
+      start_terminal(40, 50, ['bash', '-c', cmd])
+      assert_screen(<<~'EOC')
+        > def f
+        > 42
+        > end
+        "def f\n42\nend"
+        "hello\n"
+      EOC
+      close
+    end
+
     def test_em_set_mark_and_em_exchange_mark
       start_terminal(10, 50, %W{ruby -I#{@pwd}/lib #{@pwd}/test/reline/yamatanooroti/multiline_repl}, startup_message: 'Multiline REPL.')
       write("aaa bbb ccc ddd\eb\eb\e\x20\eb\C-x\C-xX\C-x\C-xY")