diff --git a/spec/atom/vim-mode-spec.coffee b/spec/atom/vim-mode-spec.coffee
index 41baa3cdc..5a0350acc 100644
--- a/spec/atom/vim-mode-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/atom/vim-mode-spec.coffee
@@ -57,6 +57,18 @@ describe "VimMode", ->
           expect(editor.buffer.getText()).toBe "12345\nABCDE"
           expect(editor.getPosition()).toEqual(column: 0, row: 1)
 
+        describe "when the second d is prefixed by a count", ->
+          it "deletes n lines, starting from the current", ->
+            editor.buffer.setText("12345\nabcde\nABCDE\nQWERT")
+            editor.setPosition(column: 1, row: 1)
+
+            editor.trigger keydownEvent('d')
+            editor.trigger keydownEvent('2')
+            editor.trigger keydownEvent('d')
+
+            expect(editor.buffer.getText()).toBe "12345\nQWERT"
+            expect(editor.getPosition()).toEqual(column: 0, row: 1)
+
       describe "when followed by an h", ->
         it "deletes the previous letter on the current line", ->
           editor.buffer.setText("abcd\n01234")
diff --git a/src/atom/vim-mode.coffee b/src/atom/vim-mode.coffee
index 000404e50..09a9b1dba 100644
--- a/src/atom/vim-mode.coffee
+++ b/src/atom/vim-mode.coffee
@@ -74,11 +74,16 @@ class VimMode
       @pushOperator(new operators.NumericPrefix(num))
 
   delete: () ->
-    if @topOperator() instanceof operators.Delete
-      @pushOperator(new motions.SelectLine(@editor))
+    if @isDeletePending()
+      @pushOperator(new motions.SelectLines(@editor))
     else
       @pushOperator(new operators.Delete(@editor))
 
+  isDeletePending: () ->
+    for op in @opStack
+      return true if op instanceof operators.Delete
+    false
+
   pushOperator: (op) ->
     @opStack.push(op)
     @processOpStack()
diff --git a/src/atom/vim-mode/motions.coffee b/src/atom/vim-mode/motions.coffee
index 8fba701bd..b03de1257 100644
--- a/src/atom/vim-mode/motions.coffee
+++ b/src/atom/vim-mode/motions.coffee
@@ -47,9 +47,17 @@ class MoveToNextWord extends Motion
       column = nextLineMatch?.index or 0
     { row, column }
 
-class SelectLine extends Motion
+class SelectLines extends Motion
+  count: null
+
+  constructor: (@editor) ->
+    @count = 1
+
+  setCount: (@count) ->
+
   select: ->
-    @editor.selectLine()
+    @editor.setPosition(column: 0, row: @editor.getRow())
+    @editor.selectToPosition(column: 0, row: @editor.getRow() + @count)
 
-module.exports = { MoveLeft, MoveUp, MoveDown, MoveToNextWord, SelectLine }
+module.exports = { MoveLeft, MoveUp, MoveDown, MoveToNextWord, SelectLines }
 
diff --git a/src/atom/vim-mode/operators.coffee b/src/atom/vim-mode/operators.coffee
index 64f442be3..080e194b4 100644
--- a/src/atom/vim-mode/operators.coffee
+++ b/src/atom/vim-mode/operators.coffee
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ class NumericPrefix
 
   compose: (@operatorToRepeat) ->
     @complete = true
+    if @operatorToRepeat.setCount?
+      @operatorToRepeat.setCount @count
+      @count = 1
 
   addDigit: (digit) ->
     @count = @count * 10 + digit