diff --git a/spec/app/edit-session-spec.coffee b/spec/app/edit-session-spec.coffee
index 670152485..3347450e0 100644
--- a/spec/app/edit-session-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/edit-session-spec.coffee
@@ -1571,3 +1571,16 @@ describe "EditSession", ->
         editSession.deleteLine()
       expect(buffer.getLineCount()).toBe(1)
       expect(buffer.getText()).toBe('')
+
+  describe ".tranpose()", ->
+    it "swaps two characters", ->
+      editSession.buffer.setText("abc")
+      editSession.setCursorScreenPosition([0, 1])
+      editSession.transpose()
+      expect(editSession.lineForBufferRow(0)).toBe 'bac'
+
+    it "reverses a selection", ->
+      editSession.buffer.setText("xabcz")
+      editSession.setSelectedBufferRange([[0, 1], [0, 4]])
+      editSession.transpose()
+      expect(editSession.lineForBufferRow(0)).toBe 'xcbaz'
diff --git a/src/app/edit-session.coffee b/src/app/edit-session.coffee
index 501f9de8b..e861d00ac 100644
--- a/src/app/edit-session.coffee
+++ b/src/app/edit-session.coffee
@@ -505,6 +505,17 @@ class EditSession
   selectLine: ->
     @expandSelectionsForward (selection) => selection.selectLine()
 
+  transpose: ->
+    @mutateSelectedText (selection) =>
+      if selection.isEmpty()
+        selection.selectRight()
+        text = selection.getText()
+        selection.delete()
+        selection.cursor.moveLeft()
+        selection.insertText text
+      else
+        selection.insertText selection.getText().split('').reverse().join('')
+
   expandLastSelectionOverLine: ->
     @getLastSelection().expandOverLine()
 
diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index aef3fc3aa..3da6a88a1 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ class Editor extends View
       'editor:select-to-beginning-of-line': @selectToBeginningOfLine
       'editor:select-to-end-of-word': @selectToEndOfWord
       'editor:select-to-beginning-of-word': @selectToBeginningOfWord
+      'editor:transpose': @transpose
 
     unless @mini
       _.extend editorBindings,
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ class Editor extends View
   selectToEndOfWord: -> @activeEditSession.selectToEndOfWord()
   selectWord: -> @activeEditSession.selectWord()
   selectToScreenPosition: (position) -> @activeEditSession.selectToScreenPosition(position)
+  transpose: -> @activeEditSession.transpose()
   clearSelections: -> @activeEditSession.clearSelections()
 
   backspace: -> @activeEditSession.backspace()
diff --git a/src/app/keymaps/apple.coffee b/src/app/keymaps/apple.coffee
index e0b661b61..a2285c067 100644
--- a/src/app/keymaps/apple.coffee
+++ b/src/app/keymaps/apple.coffee
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ window.keymap.bindKeys '.editor'
   'alt-shift-right': 'editor:select-to-end-of-word'
   'alt-backspace': 'editor:backspace-to-beginning-of-word'
   'alt-delete': 'editor:delete-to-end-of-word'
+  'ctrl-t': 'editor:transpose'