diff --git a/src/base-config/keyboard.json b/src/base-config/keyboard.json
index eed48add7cc..17c2297fe65 100644
--- a/src/base-config/keyboard.json
+++ b/src/base-config/keyboard.json
@@ -71,7 +71,13 @@
         }
     ],
     "edit.splitSelIntoLines": [
-        "Ctrl-Alt-L"
+        {
+           "key": "Ctrl-Alt-L"
+        },
+        {
+           "key":"Ctrl-Shift-L",
+           "platform": "linux"
+        }
     ],
     "edit.addCursorToPrevLine": [
         {