diff --git a/src/mathed/InsetMathRoot.C b/src/mathed/InsetMathRoot.C
index bf0112a2da..c6b60b69da 100644
--- a/src/mathed/InsetMathRoot.C
+++ b/src/mathed/InsetMathRoot.C
@@ -103,9 +103,15 @@ void InsetMathRoot::maple(MapleStream & os) const
 }
 
 
+void InsetMathRoot::mathematica(MathematicaStream & os) const
+{
+	os << '(' << cell(1) << ")^(1/(" << cell(0) <<"))";
+}
+
+
 void InsetMathRoot::octave(OctaveStream & os) const
 {
-	os << "root(" << cell(1) << ',' << cell(0) << ')';
+	os << '(' << cell(1) << ")^(1/(" << cell(0) <<"))";
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/mathed/InsetMathRoot.h b/src/mathed/InsetMathRoot.h
index 57af6ae83a..0ba0653261 100644
--- a/src/mathed/InsetMathRoot.h
+++ b/src/mathed/InsetMathRoot.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ public:
 	///
 	void maple(MapleStream &) const;
 	///
+	void mathematica(MathematicaStream &) const;
+	///
 	void octave(OctaveStream &) const;
 private:
 	virtual std::auto_ptr<InsetBase> doClone() const;
diff --git a/src/mathed/MathExtern.C b/src/mathed/MathExtern.C
index a70106d9ea..30dfaa346e 100644
--- a/src/mathed/MathExtern.C
+++ b/src/mathed/MathExtern.C
@@ -1283,11 +1283,12 @@ namespace {
 			expr.insert(pos, 1, '*');
 		}
 
-		if (out.size() < 6)
+		// remove 'ans = ' taking into account that there may be an
+		// ansi control sequence before, such as '\033[?1034hans = '
+		size_t i = out.find("ans = ");
+		if (i == string::npos)
 			return MathArray();
-
-		// remove 'ans = '
-		out = out.substr(6);
+		out = out.substr(i + 6);
 
 		// parse output as matrix or single number
 		MathAtom at(new InsetMathArray(from_ascii("array"), from_utf8(out)));