diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/gh-5064-ignore-i-flag-without-tty.md b/changelogs/unreleased/gh-5064-ignore-i-flag-without-tty.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b9ac622821a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/gh-5064-ignore-i-flag-without-tty.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## bugfix/console
+
+* Fixed console ignoring `-i` flag in case stdin is not a tty (gh-5064).
diff --git a/src/lua/init.c b/src/lua/init.c
index d3a265eb8cd2..ee132ca49384 100644
--- a/src/lua/init.c
+++ b/src/lua/init.c
@@ -936,7 +936,8 @@ run_script_f(va_list ap)
 			goto luajit_error;
 		if (lua_main(L, argc, argv) != 0)
 			goto error;
-	} else if (!is_a_tty || (path && strcmp(path, "-") == 0)) {
+	} else if ((!interactive && !is_a_tty) ||
+			(path && strcmp(path, "-") == 0)) {
 		/* Execute stdin */
 		if (luaL_loadfile(L, NULL) != 0)
 			goto luajit_error;
diff --git a/test/app-luatest/gh_5064_console_ignore_i_flag_without_tty_test.lua b/test/app-luatest/gh_5064_console_ignore_i_flag_without_tty_test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12a320b6ac38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/app-luatest/gh_5064_console_ignore_i_flag_without_tty_test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+local t = require('luatest')
+local g = t.group()
+
+local result_str =  [[tarantool> 42
+---
+- 42
+...
+
+tarantool> ]]
+
+g.test_console_ignores_i_flag_without_tty = function()
+    local cmd = [[printf '42\n' | tarantool -i 2>/dev/null]]
+    local fh = io.popen(cmd, 'r')
+
+    -- Readline on CentOS 7 produces \e[?1034h escape sequence before tarantool> prompt, remove it.
+    local result = fh:read('*a'):gsub('\x1b%[%?1034h', '')
+
+    fh:close()
+    t.assert_equals(result, result_str)
+end