diff --git a/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish b/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish
index 4ff4a27b9..03f8583b7 100644
--- a/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish
+++ b/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ function __fish_config_interactive -d "Initializations that should be performed
 			#Load user key bindings if they are defined
 			if functions --query fish_user_key_bindings > /dev/null
 			   fish_user_key_bindings
+			# Deprecated. Retained for backwards compatibility reasons.
+			else if functions --query fish_user_keybindings > /dev/null
+				fish_user_keybindings
 			end
 		else
 			eval $fish_key_bindings ^/dev/null