diff --git a/input.cpp b/input.cpp
index deba95dc6e17..5c178be8dbf2 100644
--- a/input.cpp
+++ b/input.cpp
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ static const wchar_t * const name_arr[] =
     L"kill-whole-line",
     L"kill-word",
     L"backward-kill-word",
+    L"backward-kill-path-component",
     L"dump-functions",
     L"history-token-search-backward",
     L"history-token-search-forward",
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ static const wchar_t code_arr[] =
     R_KILL_WHOLE_LINE,
     R_KILL_WORD,
     R_BACKWARD_KILL_WORD,
+    R_BACKWARD_KILL_PATH_COMPONENT,
     R_DUMP_FUNCTIONS,
     R_HISTORY_TOKEN_SEARCH_BACKWARD,
     R_HISTORY_TOKEN_SEARCH_FORWARD,
diff --git a/share/functions/fish_default_key_bindings.fish b/share/functions/fish_default_key_bindings.fish
index 37b36ef67cbc..082c083e647f 100644
--- a/share/functions/fish_default_key_bindings.fish
+++ b/share/functions/fish_default_key_bindings.fish
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ function fish_default_key_bindings -d "Default (Emacs-like) key bindings for fis
 	bind \cc 'commandline ""'
 	bind \cu backward-kill-line
 	bind \ed kill-word
-	bind \cw backward-kill-word
+	bind \cw backward-kill-path-component
 	bind \ed 'set -l cmd (commandline); if test -z "$cmd"; dirh; commandline -f repaint; else; commandline -f kill-word; end'
 	bind \cd delete-or-exit