diff --git a/share/functions/fish_default_key_bindings.fish b/share/functions/fish_default_key_bindings.fish
index 3a9b4785b..bebe3562c 100644
--- a/share/functions/fish_default_key_bindings.fish
+++ b/share/functions/fish_default_key_bindings.fish
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ function fish_default_key_bindings -d "Default (Emacs-like) key bindings for fis
 	bind \ef forward-word
 	bind \e\[1\;5C forward-word
 	bind \e\[1\;5D backward-word
+        bind \e\[1\;9C forward-word #iTerm2
+        bind \e\[1\;9D backward-word #iTerm2
 	bind \ed forward-kill-word
 	bind -k ppage beginning-of-history
 	bind -k npage end-of-history