diff --git a/mail/em-folder-view.c b/mail/em-folder-view.c
index 3ea1b96..2ae8deb 100644
--- a/mail/em-folder-view.c
+++ b/mail/em-folder-view.c
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ static const EMFolderViewEnable emfv_enable_map[] = {
 	{ "MessageFilterJunk",        EM_POPUP_SELECT_MANY },
 	{ "MessageCopy",              EM_POPUP_SELECT_MANY },
 	{ "MessageDelete",            EM_POPUP_SELECT_MANY|EM_POPUP_SELECT_DELETE },
+	{ "MessageDeleteKey",         EM_POPUP_SELECT_MANY},	
 	{ "MessageForward",           EM_POPUP_SELECT_MANY },
 	{ "MessageForwardAttached",   EM_POPUP_SELECT_MANY },
 	{ "MessageForwardInline",     EM_POPUP_SELECT_ONE },
@@ -2062,6 +2063,7 @@ static BonoboUIVerb emfv_message_verbs[] = {
 	BONOBO_UI_UNSAFE_VERB ("MessageFilterJunk", emfv_message_filter_junk),
 	BONOBO_UI_UNSAFE_VERB ("MessageCopy", emfv_message_copy),
 	BONOBO_UI_UNSAFE_VERB ("MessageDelete", emfv_message_delete),
+	BONOBO_UI_UNSAFE_VERB ("MessageDeleteKey", emfv_message_delete),
 	BONOBO_UI_UNSAFE_VERB ("MessageForward", emfv_message_forward),
 	BONOBO_UI_UNSAFE_VERB ("MessageForwardAttached", emfv_message_forward_attached),
 	BONOBO_UI_UNSAFE_VERB ("MessageForwardInline", emfv_message_forward_inline),
diff --git a/ui/evolution-mail-message.xml b/ui/evolution-mail-message.xml
index ab1e86b..5b0a29c 100644
--- a/ui/evolution-mail-message.xml
+++ b/ui/evolution-mail-message.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 
     <cmd name="MessageDelete"
      _tip="Mark the selected messages for deletion"
-     accel="*Control*d"
      pixtype="pixbuf"/>
 
     <cmd name="MessageFollowUpFlag"
@@ -244,8 +243,9 @@
     <accel verb="MailNextUnread"     name="*Control*period"/>
     <accel verb="MailNextUnread"     name="period"/>
     <accel verb="MailNextUnread"     name="bracketright"/>
-    <accel verb="MessageDelete"      name="Delete"/>
-    <accel verb="MessageDelete"      name="KP_Delete"/>
+    <accel verb="MessageDeleteKey"   name="Delete"/>
+    <accel verb="MessageDeleteKey"   name="KP_Delete"/>
+    <accel verb="MessageDeleteKey"   name="*Control*d"/>
   </keybindings>
 
   <menu>
