diff --git a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
index fbc9c4498..ea9e203b4 100644
--- a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
@@ -2127,6 +2127,14 @@ describe "Editor", ->
           expect(editor.renderedLines.find('.line:eq(2)')).toHaveHtml ' '
           expect(editor.getCursorScreenPosition()).toEqual(row: 2, column: 0)
 
+    describe "insert-newline-below", ->
+      it "inserts a newline below the cursor, autoindents it, and moves the cursor to the end of the line", ->
+        editor.autoIndent = true
+        editor.trigger "newline-below"
+        expect(editor.buffer.lineForRow(0)).toBe "var quicksort = function () {"
+        expect(editor.buffer.lineForRow(1)).toBe "  "
+        expect(editor.getCursorBufferPosition()).toEqual [1,2]
+
     describe "backspace", ->
       describe "when the cursor is on the middle of the line", ->
         it "removes the character before the cursor", ->
diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index 486d035de..39f30410b 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ class Editor extends View
       'select-up': @selectUp
       'select-down': @selectDown
       'newline': @insertNewline
+      'newline-below': @insertNewlineBelow
       'tab': @insertTab
       'indent-selected-rows': @indentSelectedRows
       'outdent-selected-rows': @outdentSelectedRows
@@ -702,6 +703,10 @@ class Editor extends View
   insertNewline: ->
     @insertText('\n')
 
+  insertNewlineBelow: ->
+    @moveCursorToEndOfLine()
+    @insertNewline()
+
   insertTab: ->
     if @getSelection().isEmpty()
       if @softTabs
diff --git a/src/app/keymaps/editor.coffee b/src/app/keymaps/editor.coffee
index 783de3ec8..48ca46067 100644
--- a/src/app/keymaps/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/keymaps/editor.coffee
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ window.keymap.bindKeys '.editor',
   'shift-up': 'select-up'
   'shift-down': 'select-down'
   'meta-a': 'select-all'
-  enter: 'newline'
-  tab: 'tab'
-  backspace: 'backspace'
+  'enter': 'newline'
+  'meta-enter': 'newline-below'
+  'tab': 'tab'
+  'backspace': 'backspace'
   'delete': 'delete'
   'meta-x': 'cut'
   'meta-c': 'copy'