diff --git a/test/powershell/ConsoleHost.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/ConsoleHost.Tests.ps1
index 4013faf251..9af2f7ec41 100644
--- a/test/powershell/ConsoleHost.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/ConsoleHost.Tests.ps1
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
+using namespace System.Diagnostics
+
 Describe "ConsoleHost unit tests" {
     $powershell = Join-Path -Path $PsHome -ChildPath "powershell"
 
-    Context "Command-line parsing" {
+    Context "CommandLine" {
+        It "simple -args" {
+            & $powershell -noprofile { $args[0] } -args "hello world" | Should Be "hello world"
+        }
 
+        It "array -args" {
+            & $powershell -noprofile { $args[0] } -args 1,(2,3) | Should Be 1
+            (& $powershell -noprofile { $args[1] } -args 1,(2,3))[1]  | Should Be 3
+        }
         foreach ($x in "--help", "-help", "-h", "-?", "--he", "-hel", "--HELP", "-hEl") {
             It "Accepts '$x' as a parameter for help" {
                 & $powershell -noprofile $x | ?{ $_ -match "PowerShell[.exe] -Help | -? | /?" } | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
@@ -17,5 +26,119 @@ Describe "ConsoleHost unit tests" {
             $actual = & $powershell -noprofile -EncodedCommand $encodedCommand
             $actual | Should Be $expected
         }
+
+    }
+
+    Context "Pipe to/from powershell" {
+        $p = [PSCustomObject]@{X=10;Y=20}
+
+        It "xml input" {
+            $p | & $powershell -noprofile { $input | Foreach-Object {$a = 0} { $a += $_.X + $_.Y } { $a } } | Should Be 30
+            $p | & $powershell -noprofile -inputFormat xml { $input | Foreach-Object {$a = 0} { $a += $_.X + $_.Y } { $a } } | Should Be 30
+        }
+
+        It "text input" {
+            # Join (multiple lines) and remove whitespace (we don't care about spacing) to verify we converted to string (by generating a table)
+            $p | & $powershell -noprofile -inputFormat text { -join ($input -replace "\s","") } | Should Be "XY--1020"
+        }
+
+        It "xml output" {
+            & $powershell -noprofile { [PSCustomObject]@{X=10;Y=20} } | Foreach-Object {$a = 0} { $a += $_.X + $_.Y } { $a } | Should Be 30
+            & $powershell -noprofile -outputFormat xml { [PSCustomObject]@{X=10;Y=20} } | Foreach-Object {$a = 0} { $a += $_.X + $_.Y } { $a } | Should Be 30
+        }
+
+        It "text output" {
+            # Join (multiple lines) and remove whitespace (we don't care about spacing) to verify we converted to string (by generating a table)
+            -join (& $powershell -noprofile -outputFormat text { [PSCustomObject]@{X=10;Y=20} }) -replace "\s","" | Should Be "XY--1020"
+        }
+    }
+
+    Context "Redirected standard handles" {
+        function NewProcessStartInfo([string]$CommandLine, [switch]$RedirectStdIn)
+        {
+            return [ProcessStartInfo]@{
+                FileName               = $powershell
+                Arguments              = $CommandLine
+                RedirectStandardInput  = $RedirectStdIn
+                RedirectStandardOutput = $true
+                RedirectStandardError  = $true
+                UseShellExecute        = $false
+            }
+        }
+
+        function RunPowerShell([ProcessStartInfo]$si)
+        {
+            $process = [Process]::Start($si)
+
+            return $process
+        }
+
+        function EnsureChildHasExited([Process]$process, [int]$WaitTimeInMS = 15000)
+        {
+            $process.WaitForExit($WaitTimeInMS)
+
+            if (!$process.HasExited)
+            {
+                $process.HasExited | Should Be $true
+                $process.Kill()
+            }
+        }
+
+        It "Simple redirected output" {
+            $si = NewProcessStartInfo "-noprofile 1+1"
+            $process = RunPowerShell $si
+            $process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd() | Should Be 2
+            EnsureChildHasExited $process
+        }
+
+        $nl = [Environment]::Newline
+
+        It "Redirected input" {
+            $si = NewProcessStartInfo "-noprofile ""`$function:prompt = { 'PS> ' }""" -RedirectStdIn
+            $process = RunPowerShell $si
+            $process.StandardInput.Write("1+1`n")
+            $process.StandardOutput.ReadLine() | Should Be "PS> 1+1"
+            $process.StandardOutput.ReadLine() | Should Be "2"
+            $process.StandardInput.Write("1+2`n")
+            $process.StandardOutput.ReadLine() | Should Be "PS> 1+2"
+            $process.StandardOutput.ReadLine() | Should Be "3"
+            $process.StandardInput.Close()
+            $process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd() | Should Be "PS> "
+            EnsureChildHasExited $process
+        }
+
+        It "Redirected input explicit prompting" {
+            $si = NewProcessStartInfo "-noprofile -File -" -RedirectStdIn
+            $process = RunPowerShell $si
+            $process.StandardInput.Write("`$function:prompt = { 'PS> ' }`n")
+            $null = $process.StandardOutput.ReadLine()
+            $process.StandardInput.Write("1+1`n")
+            $process.StandardOutput.ReadLine() | Should Be "PS> 1+1"
+            $process.StandardOutput.ReadLine() | Should Be "2"
+            $process.StandardInput.Close()
+            $process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd() | Should Be "PS> "
+            EnsureChildHasExited $process
+        }
+
+        It "Redirected input no prompting" {
+            $si = NewProcessStartInfo "-noprofile -" -RedirectStdIn
+            $process = RunPowerShell $si
+            $process.StandardInput.Write("1+1`n")
+            $process.StandardInput.Close()
+            $process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd() | Should Be "2${nl}"
+            EnsureChildHasExited $process
+        }
+
+        It "Redirected input w/ nested prompt" {
+            $si = NewProcessStartInfo "-noprofile ""`$function:prompt = { 'PS' + ('>'*(`$nestedPromptLevel+1)) + ' ' }""" -RedirectStdIn
+            $process = RunPowerShell $si
+            $process.StandardInput.Write("`$host.EnterNestedPrompt()`n")
+            $process.StandardOutput.ReadLine() | Should Be "PS> `$host.EnterNestedPrompt()"
+            $process.StandardInput.Write("exit`n")
+            $process.StandardOutput.ReadLine() | Should Be "PS>> exit"
+            $process.StandardInput.Close()
+            $process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd() | Should Be "PS> "
+            EnsureChildHasExited $process
+        }
     }
 }