diff --git a/src/atom/editor.coffee b/src/atom/editor.coffee
index 5f5c377c2..e849f41b7 100644
--- a/src/atom/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/atom/editor.coffee
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ class Editor extends View
   initialize: ({buffer}) ->
     requireStylesheet 'editor.css'
     requireStylesheet 'theme/twilight.css'
+    require 'keybindings/emacs'
+
     @id = Editor.idCounter++
     @editSessionsByBufferId = {}
     @bindKeys()
diff --git a/src/atom/keybindings/emacs.coffee b/src/atom/keybindings/emacs.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8558be9cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/atom/keybindings/emacs.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+window.keymap.bindKeys '.editor',
+  'ctrl-f': 'move-right'
+  'ctrl-b': 'move-left'
+  'ctrl-p': 'move-up'
+  'ctrl-n': 'move-down'