diff --git a/src/key.rs b/src/key.rs
index 01e94ed90..925dd6c1b 100644
--- a/src/key.rs
+++ b/src/key.rs
@@ -459,6 +459,9 @@ pub fn char_to_symbol(c: char) -> WString {
     let buf = &mut buff;
     if c <= ' ' {
         ctrl_to_symbol(buf, c);
+    } else if c == '\u{7f}' {
+        // DEL is at the end of the ASCII range
+        sprintf!(=> buf, "\\x%02x", 0x7f);
     } else if c < '\u{80}' {
         // ASCII characters that are not control characters
         ascii_printable_to_symbol(buf, c);
diff --git a/tests/pexpects/fkr.py b/tests/pexpects/fkr.py
index d8c081801..69b7248cb 100644
--- a/tests/pexpects/fkr.py
+++ b/tests/pexpects/fkr.py
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ expect_str("Press a key:")
 
 # Is a single control char echoed correctly?
 send("\x07")
+expect_str("# decoded from: \\x07\r\n")
 expect_str("bind ctrl-g 'do something'\r\n")
 
 # Is a non-ASCII UTF-8 sequence prefaced by an escape char handled correctly?
 sleep(0.020)
 send("\x1B")
+expect_str("# decoded from: \\e\r\n")
 expect_str("bind escape 'do something'\r\n")
 send("\u1234")
 expect_str("bind ሴ 'do something'\r\n")
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ send("\x00")
 expect_str("bind ctrl-space 'do something'\r\n")
 
 send("\x1b\x7f")
+expect_str("# decoded from: \\e\\x7f\r\n")
 expect_str("bind alt-backspace 'do something'\r\n")
 
 send("\x1c")