diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
index 18547bb8794..bcb02ca444a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
@@ -882,6 +882,29 @@ void BaseTextEditor::joinLines()
     setTextCursor(cursor);
 }
 
+void BaseTextEditor::insertLineAbove()
+{
+    QTextCursor cursor = textCursor();
+    cursor.beginEditBlock();
+    cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::PreviousBlock, QTextCursor::MoveAnchor);
+    cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::EndOfBlock, QTextCursor::MoveAnchor);
+    cursor.insertBlock();
+    indent(document(), cursor, QChar::Null);
+    cursor.endEditBlock();
+    setTextCursor(cursor);
+}
+
+void BaseTextEditor::insertLineBelow()
+{
+    QTextCursor cursor = textCursor();
+    cursor.beginEditBlock();
+    cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::EndOfBlock, QTextCursor::MoveAnchor);
+    cursor.insertBlock();
+    indent(document(), cursor, QChar::Null);
+    cursor.endEditBlock();
+    setTextCursor(cursor);
+}
+
 void BaseTextEditor::moveLineUp()
 {
     moveLineUpDown(true);
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
index 67ef63858d6..af067e777e4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ public slots:
 
     void joinLines();
 
+    void insertLineAbove();
+    void insertLineBelow();
+
     void cleanWhitespace();
 
 signals:
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoractionhandler.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoractionhandler.cpp
index d08912fe9d7..19e9438f5ec 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoractionhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoractionhandler.cpp
@@ -292,6 +292,16 @@ void TextEditorActionHandler::createActions()
     command = am->registerAction(m_joinLinesAction, Constants::JOIN_LINES, m_contextId);
     command->setDefaultKeySequence(QKeySequence(tr("Ctrl+J")));
     connect(m_joinLinesAction, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(joinLines()));
+
+    m_insertLineAboveAction = new QAction(tr("Insert Line Above Current Line"), this);
+    command = am->registerAction(m_insertLineAboveAction, Constants::INSERT_LINE_ABOVE, m_contextId);
+    command->setDefaultKeySequence(QKeySequence(tr("Ctrl+Shift+Return")));
+    connect(m_insertLineAboveAction, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(insertLineAbove()));
+
+    m_insertLineBelowAction = new QAction(tr("Insert Line Below Current Line"), this);
+    command = am->registerAction(m_insertLineBelowAction, Constants::INSERT_LINE_BELOW, m_contextId);
+    command->setDefaultKeySequence(QKeySequence(tr("Shift+Return")));
+    connect(m_insertLineBelowAction, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(insertLineBelow()));
 }
 
 bool TextEditorActionHandler::supportsAction(const QString & /*id */) const
@@ -454,6 +464,8 @@ FUNCTION(moveLineDown)
 FUNCTION(copyLineUp)
 FUNCTION(copyLineDown)
 FUNCTION(joinLines)
+FUNCTION(insertLineAbove)
+FUNCTION(insertLineBelow)
 
 void TextEditorActionHandler::updateCurrentEditor(Core::IEditor *editor)
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoractionhandler.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoractionhandler.h
index 2b8b7a039c0..c747bc30fdb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoractionhandler.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoractionhandler.h
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ private slots:
     void copyLineUp();
     void copyLineDown();
     void joinLines();
+    void insertLineAbove();
+    void insertLineBelow();
     void updateCurrentEditor(Core::IEditor *editor);
 
 private:
@@ -153,6 +155,8 @@ private:
     QAction *m_copyLineUpAction;
     QAction *m_copyLineDownAction;
     QAction *m_joinLinesAction;
+    QAction *m_insertLineAboveAction;
+    QAction *m_insertLineBelowAction;
 
     uint m_optionalActions;
     QPointer<BaseTextEditor> m_currentEditor;
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
index 7fc41a9f888..2a27a67296d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ const char * const MOVE_LINE_DOWN        = "TextEditor.MoveLineDown";
 const char * const COPY_LINE_UP          = "TextEditor.CopyLineUp";
 const char * const COPY_LINE_DOWN        = "TextEditor.CopyLineDown";
 const char * const JOIN_LINES            = "TextEditor.JoinLines";
+const char * const INSERT_LINE_ABOVE     = "TextEditor.InsertLineAboveCurrentLine";
+const char * const INSERT_LINE_BELOW     = "TextEditor.InsertLineBelowCurrentLine";
 const char * const CUT_LINE              = "TextEditor.CutLine";
 const char * const DELETE_LINE           = "TextEditor.DeleteLine";
 const char * const DELETE_WORD           = "TextEditor.DeleteWord";