diff --git a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
index c7d21989e..868226f5f 100644
--- a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
@@ -2552,3 +2552,14 @@ describe "Editor", ->
 
         runs ->
           expect(editor.renderedLines.find('.line').text()).toBe 'hidden changes'
+
+  describe "editor:scroll-to-cursor", ->
+    it "scrolls to and centers the editor on the cursor's position", ->
+      editor.attachToDom(heightInLines: 3)
+      editor.setCursorBufferPosition([1, 2])
+      editor.scrollToBottom()
+      expect(editor.getFirstVisibleScreenRow()).not.toBe 0
+      expect(editor.getLastVisibleScreenRow()).not.toBe 2
+      editor.trigger('editor:scroll-to-cursor')
+      expect(editor.getFirstVisibleScreenRow()).toBe 0
+      expect(editor.getLastVisibleScreenRow()).toBe 2
diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index 5ffdf3c45..1f66b8a42 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ class Editor extends View
         'editor:toggle-indent-guide': => config.set('editor.showIndentGuide', !config.get('editor.showIndentGuide'))
         'editor:save-debug-snapshot': @saveDebugSnapshot
         'editor:toggle-line-numbers': =>  config.set('editor.showLineNumbers', !config.get('editor.showLineNumbers'))
+        'editor:scroll-to-cursor': @scrollToCursorPosition
 
     documentation = {}
     for name, method of editorBindings
@@ -523,6 +524,9 @@ class Editor extends View
   scrollToBottom: ->
     @scrollBottom(@screenLineCount() * @lineHeight)
 
+  scrollToCursorPosition: ->
+    @scrollToBufferPosition(@getCursorBufferPosition(), center: true)
+
   scrollToBufferPosition: (bufferPosition, options) ->
     @scrollToPixelPosition(@pixelPositionForBufferPosition(bufferPosition), options)
 
diff --git a/src/app/keymaps/editor.cson b/src/app/keymaps/editor.cson
index 07568fc0b..f1af1b842 100644
--- a/src/app/keymaps/editor.cson
+++ b/src/app/keymaps/editor.cson
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   'ctrl-meta-down': 'editor:move-line-down'
   'meta-D': 'editor:duplicate-line'
   'ctrl-J': 'editor:join-line'
+  'meta-<': 'editor:scroll-to-cursor'
 
 '.editor.mini':
   'enter': 'core:confirm',