diff --git a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
index c6790acfb..522e4372e 100644
--- a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
@@ -1644,6 +1644,35 @@ describe "Editor", ->
           editor.trigger 'delete-to-end-of-word'
           expect(buffer.lineForRow(1)).toBe '  var sort = function(it) {'
 
+    describe "cut-to-end-of-line", ->
+      pasteboard = null
+
+      beforeEach ->
+        spyOn($native, 'writeToPasteboard').andCallFake (text) -> pasteboard = text
+        spyOn($native, 'readFromPasteboard').andCallFake -> pasteboard
+
+      describe "when nothing is selected", ->
+        it "cuts up to the end of the line", ->
+          editor.setCursorBufferPosition([2, 20])
+          editor.addCursorAtBufferPosition([3, 20])
+          editor.trigger 'cut-to-end-of-line'
+
+          expect(buffer.lineForRow(2)).toBe '    if (items.length'
+          expect(buffer.lineForRow(3)).toBe '    var pivot = item'
+
+          expect(pasteboard).toBe ' <= 1) return items;\ns.shift(), current, left = [], right = [];'
+
+      describe "when text is selected", ->
+        it "only cuts the selected text, not to the end of the line", ->
+          editor.setSelectedBufferRanges([[[2,20], [2, 30]], [[3, 20], [3, 20]]])
+
+          editor.trigger 'cut-to-end-of-line'
+
+          expect(buffer.lineForRow(2)).toBe '    if (items.lengthurn items;'
+          expect(buffer.lineForRow(3)).toBe '    var pivot = item'
+
+          expect(pasteboard).toBe ' <= 1) ret\ns.shift(), current, left = [], right = [];'
+
     describe "tab", ->
       describe "if editor.softTabs is true (the default)", ->
         it "inserts editor.tabText into the buffer", ->
diff --git a/src/app/composite-selection.coffee b/src/app/composite-selection.coffee
index 7959c01eb..b7125aea8 100644
--- a/src/app/composite-selection.coffee
+++ b/src/app/composite-selection.coffee
@@ -136,9 +136,15 @@ class CompositeSeleciton
   selectToEndOfWord: ->
     @expandSelectionsForward (selection) => selection.selectToEndOfWord()
 
+  cutToEndOfLine: ->
+    maintainPasteboard = false
+    @mutateSelectedText (selection) ->
+      selection.cutToEndOfLine(maintainPasteboard)
+      maintainPasteboard = true
+
   cut: ->
     maintainPasteboard = false
-    for selection in @getSelections()
+    @mutateSelectedText (selection) ->
       selection.cut(maintainPasteboard)
       maintainPasteboard = true
 
diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index 98b6bc17d..74b5f9640 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -65,11 +65,12 @@ class Editor extends View
     @on 'select-up', => @selectUp()
     @on 'select-down', => @selectDown()
     @on 'newline', => @insertText("\n")
+    @on 'tab', => @insertTab()
     @on 'backspace', => @backspace()
     @on 'backspace-to-beginning-of-word', => @backspaceToBeginningOfWord()
     @on 'delete', => @delete()
     @on 'delete-to-end-of-word', => @deleteToEndOfWord()
-    @on 'tab', => @insertTab()
+    @on 'cut-to-end-of-line', => @cutToEndOfLine()
     @on 'cut', => @cutSelection()
     @on 'copy', => @copySelection()
     @on 'paste', => @paste()
@@ -401,6 +402,7 @@ class Editor extends View
   backspaceToBeginningOfWord: -> @compositeSelection.backspaceToBeginningOfWord()
   delete: -> @compositeSelection.delete()
   deleteToEndOfWord: -> @compositeSelection.deleteToEndOfWord()
+  cutToEndOfLine: -> @compositeSelection.cutToEndOfLine()
 
   setText: (text) -> @buffer.setText(text)
   getText: -> @buffer.getText()
diff --git a/src/app/keymaps/emacs.coffee b/src/app/keymaps/emacs.coffee
index 9cc5c3afd..84a8a2967 100644
--- a/src/app/keymaps/emacs.coffee
+++ b/src/app/keymaps/emacs.coffee
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ window.keymap.bindKeys '.editor',
   'ctrl-d': 'delete'
   'alt-h': 'backspace-to-beginning-of-word'
   'alt-d': 'delete-to-end-of-word'
+  'ctrl-k': 'cut-to-end-of-line'
diff --git a/src/app/selection.coffee b/src/app/selection.coffee
index 2a71c12d0..74678ed2c 100644
--- a/src/app/selection.coffee
+++ b/src/app/selection.coffee
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ class Selection extends View
   selectToEndOfWord: ->
     @modifySelection => @cursor.moveToEndOfWord()
 
+  cutToEndOfLine: (maintainPasteboard) ->
+    @selectToEndOfLine() if @isEmpty()
+    @cut(maintainPasteboard)
+
   cut: (maintainPasteboard=false) ->
     @copy(maintainPasteboard)
     @delete()