diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/keyeditor.cc b/gtk2_ardour/keyeditor.cc
index 409f89dfaf..e9a0ed85a4 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/keyeditor.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/keyeditor.cc
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 #include "pbd/strsplit.h"
 
+#include "ardour/filesystem_paths.h"
 #include "ardour/profile.h"
 
 #include "actions.h"
@@ -75,9 +76,8 @@ KeyEditor::KeyEditor ()
 	scroller.add (view);
 	scroller.set_policy (Gtk::POLICY_NEVER, Gtk::POLICY_AUTOMATIC);
 
-	add (vpacker);
-
 	vpacker.set_spacing (6);
+	vpacker.set_border_width (12);
 	vpacker.pack_start (scroller);
 
 	if (!ARDOUR::Profile->get_sae()) {
@@ -94,8 +94,18 @@ KeyEditor::KeyEditor ()
 		unbind_button.show ();
 
 	}
+	
+	reset_button.add (reset_label);
+	reset_label.set_markup (string_compose ("<span size=\"large\" weight=\"bold\">%1</span>", _("Reset Bindings to Defaults")));
+				
+	reset_box.pack_start (reset_button, true, false);
+	reset_box.show ();
+	reset_button.show ();
+	reset_label.show ();
+	reset_button.signal_clicked().connect (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &KeyEditor::reset));
+	vpacker.pack_start (reset_box);
 
-	vpacker.set_border_width (12);
+	add (vpacker);
 
 	view.show ();
 	scroller.show ();
@@ -295,3 +305,9 @@ KeyEditor::populate ()
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+void
+KeyEditor::reset ()
+{
+	Keyboard::the_keyboard().reset_bindings ();
+}
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/keyeditor.h b/gtk2_ardour/keyeditor.h
index 51cf1dc127..76e70f10ba 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/keyeditor.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/keyeditor.h
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ class KeyEditor : public ArdourWindow
 	KeyEditorColumns columns;
 	Gtk::Button unbind_button;
 	Gtk::HButtonBox unbind_box;
+	Gtk::HBox reset_box;
+	Gtk::Button reset_button;
+	Gtk::Label reset_label;
 
 	void unbind ();
 
@@ -69,6 +72,8 @@ class KeyEditor : public ArdourWindow
 
 	void action_selected ();
 	void populate ();
+
+	void reset ();
 };
 
 #endif /* __ardour_gtk_key_editor_h__ */