diff --git a/lib/ace/keyboard/emacs.js b/lib/ace/keyboard/emacs.js
index 65fc5840..c11837e2 100644
--- a/lib/ace/keyboard/emacs.js
+++ b/lib/ace/keyboard/emacs.js
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ var screenToTextBlockCoordinates = function(x, y) {
 var HashHandler = require("./hash_handler").HashHandler;
 exports.handler = new HashHandler();
 
+exports.handler.isEmacs = true
+
 var initialized = false;
 var $formerLongWords;
 var $formerLineStart;