diff --git a/spec/text-editor-spec.js b/spec/text-editor-spec.js
index ef2ced5e6..328b7e8c4 100644
--- a/spec/text-editor-spec.js
+++ b/spec/text-editor-spec.js
@@ -5401,6 +5401,34 @@ describe('TextEditor', () => {
       expect(buffer.getLineCount()).toBe(count - 2)
     })
 
+    it("restores cursor position for multiple cursors", () => {
+      const line = '0123456789'.repeat(8)
+      editor.setText((line + '\n').repeat(5))
+      editor.setCursorScreenPosition([0, 5])
+      editor.addCursorAtScreenPosition([2, 8])
+      editor.deleteLine()
+
+      const cursors = editor.getCursors()
+      expect(cursors.length).toBe(2)
+      expect(cursors[0].getScreenPosition()).toEqual([0, 5])
+      expect(cursors[1].getScreenPosition()).toEqual([1, 8])
+    })
+
+    it("restores cursor position for multiple selections", () => {
+      const line = '0123456789'.repeat(8)
+      editor.setText((line + '\n').repeat(5))
+      editor.setSelectedBufferRanges([
+       [[0, 5], [0, 8]],
+       [[2, 4], [2, 15]]
+      ])
+      editor.deleteLine()
+
+      const cursors = editor.getCursors()
+      expect(cursors.length).toBe(2)
+      expect(cursors[0].getScreenPosition()).toEqual([0, 5])
+      expect(cursors[1].getScreenPosition()).toEqual([1, 4])
+    })
+
     it('deletes a line only once when multiple selections are on the same line', () => {
       const line1 = buffer.lineForRow(1)
       const count = buffer.getLineCount()
diff --git a/src/selection.js b/src/selection.js
index 99c1ea95e..a15f6dcbd 100644
--- a/src/selection.js
+++ b/src/selection.js
@@ -585,7 +585,8 @@ class Selection {
   // is empty unless the selection spans multiple lines in which case all lines
   // are removed.
   deleteLine () {
-    if (this.isEmpty()) {
+    const range = this.getBufferRange()
+    if (range.isEmpty()) {
       const start = this.cursor.getScreenRow()
       const range = this.editor.bufferRowsForScreenRows(start, start + 1)
       if (range[1] > range[0]) {
@@ -594,12 +595,12 @@ class Selection {
         this.editor.buffer.deleteRow(range[0])
       }
     } else {
-      const range = this.getBufferRange()
       const start = range.start.row
       let end = range.end.row
       if (end !== this.editor.buffer.getLastRow() && range.end.column === 0) end--
       this.editor.buffer.deleteRows(start, end)
     }
+    this.cursor.setBufferPosition({row: this.cursor.getBufferRow(), column: range.start.column})
   }
 
   // Public: Joins the current line with the one below it. Lines will