diff --git a/lib/bind/cua.bind b/lib/bind/cua.bind
index 8cc464a13d..b92079ab3e 100644
--- a/lib/bind/cua.bind
+++ b/lib/bind/cua.bind
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@
 # Motion group
 #
 
+\bind "M-Up"			"paragraph-move-up"
+\bind "M-Down"			"paragraph-move-down"
 \bind "C-Right"			"word-forward"
 \bind "C-Left"			"word-backward"
 \bind "C-Up"			"paragraph-up"
diff --git a/lib/bind/emacs.bind b/lib/bind/emacs.bind
index b0e6fc99f9..73631396e5 100644
--- a/lib/bind/emacs.bind
+++ b/lib/bind/emacs.bind
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@
 # Motion group
 #
 
+\bind "M-Up"			"paragraph-move-up"
+\bind "M-Down"			"paragraph-move-down"
 \bind "C-Right"			"word-forward"
 \bind "C-Left"			"word-backward"
 \bind "C-Up"			"paragraph-up"
diff --git a/lib/bind/mac.bind b/lib/bind/mac.bind
index 16f015e357..9ed9041798 100644
--- a/lib/bind/mac.bind
+++ b/lib/bind/mac.bind
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@
 \bind "C-period"		"end-of-sentence-period-insert"
 \bind "M-period"		"dots-insert"
 \bind "Escape"			"cancel"
+\bind "C-M-Up"          "paragraph-move-up"
+\bind "C-M-Down"        "paragraph-move-down"
 #\bind "F9"			"meta-prefix"
 
 
diff --git a/lib/bind/sciword.bind b/lib/bind/sciword.bind
index 3c5bc0b37e..c094069549 100644
--- a/lib/bind/sciword.bind
+++ b/lib/bind/sciword.bind
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@
 \bind_file greekkeys.bind
 
 
+\bind "M-Up"			"paragraph-move-up"
+\bind "M-Down"			"paragraph-move-down"
 \bind "S-KP_Right"  			"forward-select"
 \bind "S-KP_Left"				"backward-select"
 \bind "S-KP_Up" 				"up-select"
diff --git a/lib/bind/xemacs.bind b/lib/bind/xemacs.bind
index b20d1c2421..93b1d537ed 100644
--- a/lib/bind/xemacs.bind
+++ b/lib/bind/xemacs.bind
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@
 # Motion group
 #
 
+\bind "M-Up"			"paragraph-move-up"
+\bind "M-Down"			"paragraph-move-down"
 \bind "C-Right"                "word-forward"
 \bind "C-Left"                 "word-backward"
 \bind "C-Up"                   "paragraph-up"
diff --git a/src/LyXAction.C b/src/LyXAction.C
index 33ed97d548..e9a83dc962 100644
--- a/src/LyXAction.C
+++ b/src/LyXAction.C
@@ -356,6 +356,8 @@ void LyXAction::init()
 		{ LFUN_MOUSE_RELEASE, "", ReadOnly },
 		{ LFUN_MOUSE_DOUBLE, "", ReadOnly },
 		{ LFUN_MOUSE_TRIPLE, "", ReadOnly },
+		{ LFUN_PARAGRAPH_MOVE_DOWN, "paragraph-move-down", Noop },
+		{ LFUN_PARAGRAPH_MOVE_UP, "paragraph-move-up", Noop },
 		{ LFUN_NOACTION, "", Noop }
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/lfuns.h b/src/lfuns.h
index 5f147974e4..1418e0eda2 100644
--- a/src/lfuns.h
+++ b/src/lfuns.h
@@ -362,6 +362,9 @@ enum kb_action {
 	LFUN_OUTLINE_DOWN,
 	LFUN_OUTLINE_IN,
 	LFUN_OUTLINE_OUT,
+	// 275
+	LFUN_PARAGRAPH_MOVE_DOWN,                // Edwin 20060408
+	LFUN_PARAGRAPH_MOVE_UP,                  // Edwin 20060408
 
 	LFUN_LASTACTION                  // end of the table
 };
diff --git a/src/text3.C b/src/text3.C
index 0abeffd356..b1c2782e59 100644
--- a/src/text3.C
+++ b/src/text3.C
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include "ParagraphParameters.h"
 #include "undo.h"
 #include "vspace.h"
+#include "pariterator.h"
 
 #include "frontends/Dialogs.h"
 #include "frontends/LyXView.h"
@@ -321,6 +322,34 @@ void LyXText::dispatch(LCursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
 
 	switch (cmd.action) {
 
+	case LFUN_PARAGRAPH_MOVE_DOWN: {
+		pit_type const pit = cur.pit();
+		recUndo(pit, pit + 1);
+		finishUndo();
+		std::swap(pars_[pit], pars_[pit + 1]);
+		++cur.pit();
+
+		ParIterator parit(cur);
+		updateLabels(cur.buffer(), parit);
+
+		needsUpdate = true;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	case LFUN_PARAGRAPH_MOVE_UP: {
+		pit_type const pit = cur.pit();
+		recUndo(pit - 1, pit);
+		finishUndo();
+		std::swap(pars_[pit], pars_[pit - 1]);
+		--cur.pit();
+
+		ParIterator parit(cur);
+		updateLabels(cur.buffer(), parit);
+
+		needsUpdate = true;
+		break;
+	}
+
 	case LFUN_APPENDIX: {
 		Paragraph & par = cur.paragraph();
 		bool start = !par.params().startOfAppendix();
@@ -1777,6 +1806,16 @@ bool LyXText::getStatus(LCursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd,
 		enable = lyx::cap::numberOfSelections() > 0;
 		break;
 
+	case LFUN_PARAGRAPH_MOVE_UP: {
+		enable = cur.pit() > 0 && !cur.selection();
+		break;
+	}
+
+	case LFUN_PARAGRAPH_MOVE_DOWN: {
+		enable = cur.pit() < cur.lastpit() && !cur.selection();
+		break;
+	}
+
 	case LFUN_DELETE_WORD_FORWARD:
 	case LFUN_DELETE_WORD_BACKWARD:
 	case LFUN_DELETE_LINE_FORWARD: