diff --git a/data/ui/gummi.glade b/data/ui/gummi.glade
index 48d7c3de..5d9ed5ea 100644
--- a/data/ui/gummi.glade
+++ b/data/ui/gummi.glade
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@
                         <property name="use_underline">True</property>
                         <property name="image">image9</property>
                         <property name="use_stock">False</property>
-                        <accelerator key="e" signal="activate" modifiers="GDK_CONTROL_MASK"/>
+                        <accelerator key="p" signal="activate" modifiers="GDK_SHIFT_MASK | GDK_CONTROL_MASK"/>
                         <signal name="activate" handler="on_menu_export_activate" swapped="no"/>
                       </object>
                     </child>
@@ -1675,6 +1675,30 @@
                         <signal name="activate" handler="on_menu_delete_activate" swapped="no"/>
                       </object>
                     </child>
+                    <child>
+                      <object class="GtkImageMenuItem" id="menu_duplicate_line">
+                        <property name="label" translatable="yes">Duplicate Line</property>
+                        <property name="use_action_appearance">False</property>
+                        <property name="visible">True</property>
+                        <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                        <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                        <property name="use_stock">False</property>
+                        <accelerator key="e" signal="activate" modifiers="GDK_CONTROL_MASK"/>
+                        <signal name="activate" handler="on_menu_duplicate_line_activate" swapped="no"/>
+                      </object>
+                    </child>
+                    <child> 
+                      <object class="GtkImageMenuItem" id="menu_delete_line">
+                        <property name="label" translatable="yes">Delete Line</property>
+                        <property name="use_action_appearance">False</property>
+                        <property name="visible">True</property>
+                        <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                        <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                        <property name="use_stock">False</property>
+                        <accelerator key="d" signal="activate" modifiers="GDK_CONTROL_MASK"/>
+                        <signal name="activate" handler="on_menu_delete_line_activate" swapped="no"/>
+                      </object>
+                    </child>
                     <child>
                       <object class="GtkSeparatorMenuItem" id="separator4">
                         <property name="visible">True</property>
diff --git a/src/gui/gui-main.c b/src/gui/gui-main.c
index d64b3b08..93f7865c 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui-main.c
+++ b/src/gui/gui-main.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ const gchar* insens_widgets_str[] = {
     "tool_left", "tool_center", "tool_right", "menu_save", "menu_saveas",
     "menu_exportpdf", "import_tabs", "menu_close", "menu_export",
     "menu_undo", "menu_redo", "menu_cut", "menu_copy", "menu_paste",
-    "menu_delete", "menu_selectall", "menu_preferences", "menu_find",
+    "menu_delete", "menu_selectall", "menu_duplicate_line", "menu_delete_line", "menu_preferences", "menu_find",
     "menu_prev", "menu_next", "menu_pdfcompile", "menu_compileopts",
     "menu_runmakeindex", "menu_runbibtex", "menu_docstat", "menu_spelling",
     "menu_snippets", "menu_edit", "menu_document", "menu_search",
diff --git a/src/gui/gui-menu.c b/src/gui/gui-menu.c
index 90e0b38a..77a1e018 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui-menu.c
+++ b/src/gui/gui-menu.c
@@ -173,6 +173,63 @@ void on_menu_export_activate (GtkWidget *widget, void *user) {
     g_free (filename);
 }
 
+G_MODULE_EXPORT
+void on_menu_duplicate_line_activate (GtkWidget *widget, void *user) {
+    GtkTextIter start, end;
+    gboolean has_selection = gtk_text_buffer_get_selection_bounds (g_e_buffer, &start, &end); 
+    
+    if (has_selection) {
+        gchar* entire_content = gtk_text_buffer_get_text (g_e_buffer, &start, &end, TRUE);
+        gtk_text_buffer_insert_at_cursor (g_e_buffer, entire_content, strlen (entire_content));
+        g_free (entire_content);
+    } else {
+        GtkTextMark* insert_mark = gtk_text_buffer_get_insert (g_e_buffer);
+    
+        GtkTextIter insert_mark_position;
+        gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_mark (g_e_buffer, &insert_mark_position, insert_mark);
+
+        gint line_of_insert = gtk_text_iter_get_line (&insert_mark_position);
+        gint line_after_insert = line_of_insert + 1;
+    
+        GtkTextIter start_of_line;
+        gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_line (g_e_buffer, &start_of_line, line_of_insert);
+
+        GtkTextIter end_of_line;
+        gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_line (g_e_buffer, &end_of_line, line_after_insert);
+
+        gchar* current_line_content = gtk_text_buffer_get_text (g_e_buffer, &start_of_line, &end_of_line, 1);
+        gint length_of_current_line_content = strlen (current_line_content);
+        gtk_text_buffer_insert (g_e_buffer, &end_of_line, current_line_content, length_of_current_line_content);
+        g_free (current_line_content);
+    }
+}
+
+G_MODULE_EXPORT
+void on_menu_delete_line_activate (GtkWidget *widget, void *user) {
+    GtkTextMark* insert_mark = gtk_text_buffer_get_insert (g_e_buffer);
+    
+    GtkTextIter insert_mark_position;
+    gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_mark (g_e_buffer, &insert_mark_position, insert_mark);
+
+    gint line_of_insert = gtk_text_iter_get_line (&insert_mark_position);
+    gint line_after_insert = line_of_insert + 1;
+    
+    GtkTextIter start_of_line;
+    gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_line (g_e_buffer, &start_of_line, line_of_insert);
+
+    GtkTextIter end_of_line;
+    gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_line (g_e_buffer, &end_of_line, line_after_insert);
+
+    GtkTextIter start, end;
+    gboolean has_selection = gtk_text_buffer_get_selection_bounds (g_e_buffer, &start, &end);
+
+    if (has_selection)
+        gtk_text_buffer_delete_selection (g_e_buffer, FALSE, TRUE);
+    else
+        // cannot be undone in case of multiple calls/lines deleted
+        gtk_text_buffer_delete (g_e_buffer, &start_of_line, &end_of_line);
+}
+
 G_MODULE_EXPORT
 void on_menu_recent_activate (GtkWidget *widget, void *user) {
     const gchar* name = gtk_menu_item_get_label (GTK_MENU_ITEM (widget));