diff --git a/langchain/agents/mrkl/base.py b/langchain/agents/mrkl/base.py
index 64f0ed71e66..2667936bbb6 100644
--- a/langchain/agents/mrkl/base.py
+++ b/langchain/agents/mrkl/base.py
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ def get_action_and_input(llm_output: str) -> Tuple[str, str]:
     """
     if FINAL_ANSWER_ACTION in llm_output:
         return "Final Answer", llm_output.split(FINAL_ANSWER_ACTION)[-1].strip()
-    regex = r"Action: (.*?)[\n]*Action Input: (.*)"
+    # \s matches against tab/newline/whitespace
+    regex = r"Action: (.*?)[\n]*Action Input:[\s]*(.*)"
     match = re.search(regex, llm_output, re.DOTALL)
     if not match:
         raise ValueError(f"Could not parse LLM output: `{llm_output}`")
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/agents/test_mrkl.py b/tests/unit_tests/agents/test_mrkl.py
index 6c87f91453c..1507923879c 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/agents/test_mrkl.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/agents/test_mrkl.py
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ def test_get_action_and_input_whitespace() -> None:
     assert action_input == "NBA"
 
 
+def test_get_action_and_input_newline() -> None:
+    """Test getting an action from text where Action Input is a code snippet."""
+    llm_output = (
+        "Now I need to write a unittest for the function.\n\n"
+        "Action: Python\nAction Input:\n```\nimport unittest\n\nunittest.main()\n```"
+    )
+    action, action_input = get_action_and_input(llm_output)
+    assert action == "Python"
+    assert action_input == "```\nimport unittest\n\nunittest.main()\n```"
+
+
 def test_get_final_answer() -> None:
     """Test getting final answer."""
     llm_output = (