diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/step_editing.bindings b/gtk2_ardour/step_editing.bindings
index 6eb6bb5f08..313bee3784 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/step_editing.bindings
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/step_editing.bindings
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
      
      <Binding key="Tab" action="StepEditing/insert-rest"/>
      <Binding key="Primary-Tab" action="StepEditing/insert-snap-rest"/>
+     <Binding key="BackSpace" action="StepEditing/back"/>
 
      <Binding key="z" action="StepEditing/note-velocity-ppp"/>
      <Binding key="x" action="StepEditing/note-velocity-pp"/>