diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index bb635fadf8..6261c3abfd 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ function handleArgs(command, args, options = {}) {
 }
 
 function handleInput(spawned, input) {
-	if (input === undefined) {
+	// Checking for stdin is workaround for https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/26852 on Node.js 10 and 12
+	if (input === undefined || spawned.stdin === undefined) {
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 2c7e017dd1..abbf7d77c8 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -336,6 +336,10 @@ if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
 		const cp = execa('non-executable');
 		await t.throwsAsync(cp);
 	});
+
+	test('execa() rejects with correct error and doesn\'t throw if running non-executable with input', async t => {
+		await t.throwsAsync(execa('non-executable', {input: 'Hey!'}), /EACCES/);
+	});
 }
 
 test('error.killed is true if process was killed directly', async t => {