diff --git a/lib/3rd_party_adapters/SerialInputHandler.cpp b/lib/3rd_party_adapters/SerialInputHandler.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1f548d0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/3rd_party_adapters/SerialInputHandler.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#include "SerialInputHandler.hpp"
+#include <Arduino.h>
+
+SerialInputHandler::SerialInputHandler()
+{
+    // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+}
+
+void SerialInputHandler::handleNewSerialData(Stream &stream)
+{
+    while (Serial.available() > 0)
+    {
+        const auto inData = Serial.read();
+        if (inData < 0)
+        {
+            break;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            const auto inChar = static_cast<char>(inData);
+            static std::string begunLine;
+            begunLine += inChar;
+            if (inChar == '\n' || inChar == '\r')
+            {
+                messageQueue.push(begunLine);
+                begunLine.clear();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+std::string SerialInputHandler::getNextLine()
+{
+    const std::string line = messageQueue.front();
+    messageQueue.pop();
+    return line;
+}
+
+SerialInputHandler &SerialInputHandler::getInstance()
+{
+    static SerialInputHandler instance;
+    return instance;
+}
+
+/*
+  SerialEvent occurs whenever a new data comes in the hardware serial RX. This
+  routine is run between each time loop() runs, so using delay inside loop can
+  delay response. Multiple bytes of data may be available.
+*/
+void serialEvent()
+{
+    auto handler = SerialInputHandler::getInstance();
+    handler.handleNewSerialData(Serial);
+}
diff --git a/lib/3rd_party_adapters/SerialInputHandler.hpp b/lib/3rd_party_adapters/SerialInputHandler.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55a0bef41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/3rd_party_adapters/SerialInputHandler.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <queue>
+#include <string>
+
+class Stream;
+
+class SerialInputHandler
+{
+  public:
+    std::string getNextLine();
+    static SerialInputHandler &getInstance();
+
+  private:
+    std::queue<std::string> messageQueue;
+    SerialInputHandler();
+    void handleNewSerialData(Stream &stream);
+
+    friend void serialEvent();
+
+  public:
+    auto getNumberOfAvailableLines() const
+    {
+        return messageQueue.size();
+    }
+};
diff --git a/lib/3rd_party_adapters/SerialInputStreamBuffer.cpp b/lib/3rd_party_adapters/SerialInputStreamBuffer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa21dd5bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/3rd_party_adapters/SerialInputStreamBuffer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#include "SerialInputStreamBuffer.hpp"
+#include "serial_port.hpp"
+#include <Arduino.h>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <iterator>
+
+SerialInputStreamBuffer::SerialInputStreamBuffer(char_type *const buffer_begin, char_type *const buffer_end)
+    : buffer_begin(buffer_begin), buffer_end(buffer_end)
+{
+    setg(buffer_begin, buffer_end, buffer_end);
+}
+
+SerialInputStreamBuffer::int_type SerialInputStreamBuffer::underflow()
+{
+    static const auto bufferLength = std::distance(buffer_begin, buffer_end);
+    static const auto bufferSize = bufferLength / sizeof(*buffer_begin);
+    const auto readBytes = Serial.readBytes(buffer_begin, bufferSize);
+    serial_port::cout << "Received: " << readBytes;
+    if (readBytes <= 0)
+    {
+        return traits_type::eof();
+    }
+    setg(buffer_begin, buffer_begin, std::next(buffer_begin, readBytes / sizeof(*buffer_begin)));
+    return traits_type::to_int_type(*gptr());
+}
diff --git a/lib/3rd_party_adapters/SerialInputStreamBuffer.hpp b/lib/3rd_party_adapters/SerialInputStreamBuffer.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c7948a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/3rd_party_adapters/SerialInputStreamBuffer.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * \file .
+ */
+#pragma once
+#include <streambuf>
+
+class SerialInputStreamBuffer : public std::streambuf
+{
+  private:
+    char_type *const buffer_begin;
+    char_type *const buffer_end;
+
+  public:
+    SerialInputStreamBuffer(char_type *const buffer_begin, char_type *const buffer_end);
+
+  protected:
+    int_type underflow() override;
+};
diff --git a/lib/3rd_party_adapters/serial_port.cpp b/lib/3rd_party_adapters/serial_port.cpp
index 4c7bf8ee1..8028bc644 100644
--- a/lib/3rd_party_adapters/serial_port.cpp
+++ b/lib/3rd_party_adapters/serial_port.cpp
@@ -1,15 +1,26 @@
 #include "serial_port.hpp"
+#include "SerialInputStreamBuffer.hpp"
 #include "SerialOutputStreamBuffer.hpp"
 #include <Arduino.h>
+#include <cstddef>
 #include <iterator>
 
 static SerialOutputStreamBuffer::char_type serial_output_buffer[255];
 static SerialOutputStreamBuffer serialOutputStreamBuffer(std::begin(serial_output_buffer), std::end(serial_output_buffer));
 static std::ostream serialOutputStream(&serialOutputStreamBuffer);
 
+/**
+ * According to the Arduino reference, the input buffer has a size of 64 bytes.
+ */
+static constexpr std::size_t sizeOfInputBuffer = 64;
+static SerialInputStreamBuffer::char_type serial_input_buffer[sizeOfInputBuffer];
+static SerialInputStreamBuffer serialInputStreamBuffer(std::begin(serial_input_buffer), std::end(serial_input_buffer));
+static std::istream serialInputStream(&serialInputStreamBuffer);
+
 namespace serial_port
 {
 std::ostream &cout = serialOutputStream;
+std::istream &cin = serialInputStream;
 
 void initialize()
 {
diff --git a/lib/application_business_rules/serial_port.hpp b/lib/application_business_rules/serial_port.hpp
index 65ac3795b..1a8fac61e 100644
--- a/lib/application_business_rules/serial_port.hpp
+++ b/lib/application_business_rules/serial_port.hpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <array>
+#include <istream>
 #include <ostream>
 
 namespace serial_port
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ namespace serial_port
  */
 extern std::ostream &cout;
 
+extern std::istream &cin;
+
 /**
  * Configures and initializes serial port.
  */
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 1401ddf9a..f76358e0e 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "serial_port.hpp"
 #include <Arduino.h>
 #include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
 
 /**
  * Events are the beginning of a pressed button.
@@ -66,6 +67,15 @@ void setup(char const *programIdentificationString)
     setup_display();
     serial_port::cout << std::endl
                       << " begin program '" << programIdentificationString << std::endl;
+    std::string foo;
+
+    Serial.setTimeout(3000);
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < 3;)
+    {
+        serial_port::cout << "Waiting for user input:" << std::endl;
+        serial_port::cin >> foo;
+        serial_port::cout << "Did read: '" << foo << "'" << std::endl;
+    }
 }
 void loop()
 {