diff --git a/src/gui/BufferPane.cc b/src/gui/BufferPane.cc
index 8518b51..5e18b77 100644
--- a/src/gui/BufferPane.cc
+++ b/src/gui/BufferPane.cc
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ void BufferPane::insert_code_point(uint32_t code_point)
 {
     if (insert_mode())
     {
-        if (code_point == '\b')
+        if (code_point == '\b') /* Backspace */
         {
             Buffer::Iterator i = *m_iterator;
             i.go_back();
@@ -424,6 +424,10 @@ void BufferPane::insert_code_point(uint32_t code_point)
                 m_buffer->erase_code_point(i);
             }
         }
+        else if (code_point == 127) /* Delete */
+        {
+            m_buffer->erase_code_point(*m_iterator);
+        }
         else
         {
             if (code_point == '\r')