diff --git a/python/port/port.cpp b/python/port/port.cpp
index 063771268..7bce53fee 100644
--- a/python/port/port.cpp
+++ b/python/port/port.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ void MicroPython::ExecutionEnvironment::runCode(const char * str) {
   nlr_buf_t nlr;
   if (nlr_push(&nlr) == 0) {
     mp_lexer_t *lex = mp_lexer_new_from_str_len(0, str, strlen(str), false);
+    /* The input type is "single input" because the Python console is supposed
+     * to be fed lines and not files. */
+    // TODO: add a parameter when other input types (file, eval) are required
     mp_parse_tree_t pt = mp_parse(lex, MP_PARSE_SINGLE_INPUT);
     mp_obj_t module_fun = mp_compile(&pt, lex->source_name, MP_EMIT_OPT_NONE, true);
     mp_hal_set_interrupt_char((int)Ion::Keyboard::Key::Back);
diff --git a/python/test/mandelbrot.cpp b/python/test/mandelbrot.cpp
index c84377530..b8c3b676f 100644
--- a/python/test/mandelbrot.cpp
+++ b/python/test/mandelbrot.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <quiz.h>
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <python/port/port.h>
 
 
@@ -31,9 +32,37 @@ mandelbrot(2)
 print('ok')
 )";
 
+// TODO: this will be obsolete when runCode will take a parameter to choose the input type
+
+void inlineToBeSingleInput(char * buffer, size_t bufferSize, const char * script) {
+  static const char * openExec = "exec(\"";
+  static const char * closeExec = "\")";
+  assert(strlen(script) + strlen(openExec) + strlen(closeExec) < bufferSize);
+  char * bufferChar = buffer;
+  bufferChar += strlcpy(buffer, openExec, bufferSize);
+  const char * scriptChar = script;
+  while (*scriptChar != 0) {
+    assert(bufferChar - buffer + 2 < bufferSize - 1);
+    if (*scriptChar == '\n') {
+      // Turn carriage return in {'\', 'n'} to be processed by exec
+      *bufferChar++ = '\\';
+      *bufferChar++ = 'n';
+    } else {
+      *bufferChar++ = *scriptChar;
+    }
+    scriptChar++;
+  }
+  bufferChar += strlcpy(bufferChar, closeExec, buffer + bufferSize - bufferChar);
+  assert(bufferChar - buffer < bufferSize);
+  *bufferChar = 0;
+}
+
 QUIZ_CASE(python_mandelbrot) {
+  constexpr size_t bufferSize = 500;
+  char buffer[bufferSize];
+  inlineToBeSingleInput(buffer, bufferSize, s_mandelbrotScript);
   MicroPython::init(s_pythonHeap, s_pythonHeap + k_pythonHeapSize);
   TestExecutionEnvironment env;
-  env.runCode(s_mandelbrotScript);
+  env.runCode(buffer);
   MicroPython::deinit();
 }