diff --git a/jupyter_ydoc/__init__.py b/jupyter_ydoc/__init__.py
index 9450058..72304f0 100644
--- a/jupyter_ydoc/__init__.py
+++ b/jupyter_ydoc/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from .yblob import YBlob as YBlob
 from .yfile import YFile as YFile
 from .ynotebook import YNotebook as YNotebook
+from .ystdin import add_stdin as add_stdin
 from .yunicode import YUnicode as YUnicode
 
 # See compatibility note on `group` keyword in
diff --git a/jupyter_ydoc/ystdin.py b/jupyter_ydoc/ystdin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c27da0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jupyter_ydoc/ystdin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+from pycrdt import Map, Text
+
+
+def add_stdin(cell: Map, prompt: str = "", password: bool = False) -> None:
+    """
+    Adds an stdin Map in the cell outputs.
+
+    Schema:
+
+    .. code-block:: json
+
+        {
+            "state": Map[
+                "pending": bool,
+                "password": bool
+            ],
+            "prompt": str,
+            "input": Text
+        }
+    """
+    stdin = Map(
+        {
+            "output_type": "stdin",
+            "state": {
+                "pending": True,
+                "password": password,
+            },
+            "prompt": prompt,
+            "input": Text(),
+        }
+    )
+    outputs = cell.get("outputs")
+    outputs.append(stdin)
diff --git a/tests/test_ydocs.py b/tests/test_ydocs.py
index c9fdd3e..e003dc5 100644
--- a/tests/test_ydocs.py
+++ b/tests/test_ydocs.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) Jupyter Development Team.
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 
-from jupyter_ydoc import YBlob
+from jupyter_ydoc import YBlob, YNotebook, add_stdin
 
 
 def test_yblob():
@@ -22,3 +22,34 @@ def callback(topic, event):
     assert topic == "source"
     assert event.keys["bytes"]["oldValue"] == b"012"
     assert event.keys["bytes"]["newValue"] == b"345"
+
+
+def test_stdin():
+    ynotebook = YNotebook()
+    ynotebook.append_cell(
+        {
+            "cell_type": "code",
+            "source": "",
+        }
+    )
+    ycell = ynotebook.ycells[0]
+    add_stdin(ycell)
+    cell = ycell.to_py()
+    # cell ID is random, ignore that
+    del cell["id"]
+    assert cell == {
+        "outputs": [
+            {
+                "output_type": "stdin",
+                "input": "",
+                "prompt": "",
+                "state": {
+                    "password": False,
+                    "pending": True,
+                },
+            }
+        ],
+        "source": "",
+        "metadata": {},
+        "cell_type": "code",
+    }