diff --git a/cmd/micro/actions.go b/cmd/micro/actions.go
index 3c6f48b2..7d726b08 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/actions.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/actions.go
@@ -111,7 +111,21 @@ func (v *View) CursorLeft(usePlugin bool) bool {
 		v.Cursor.Loc = v.Cursor.CurSelection[0]
 		v.Cursor.ResetSelection()
 	} else {
-		v.Cursor.Left()
+		tabstospaces := v.Buf.Settings["tabstospaces"].(bool)
+		tabmovement := v.Buf.Settings["tabmovement"].(bool)
+		if tabstospaces && tabmovement {
+			tabsize := int(v.Buf.Settings["tabsize"].(float64))
+			line := v.Buf.Line(v.Cursor.Y)
+			if v.Cursor.X-tabsize >= 0 && line[v.Cursor.X-tabsize:v.Cursor.X] == Spaces(tabsize) && IsStrWhitespace(line[0:v.Cursor.X-tabsize]) {
+				for i := 0; i < tabsize; i++ {
+					v.Cursor.Left()
+				}
+			} else {
+				v.Cursor.Left()
+			}
+		} else {
+			v.Cursor.Left()
+		}
 	}
 
 	if usePlugin {
@@ -130,7 +144,21 @@ func (v *View) CursorRight(usePlugin bool) bool {
 		v.Cursor.Loc = v.Cursor.CurSelection[1].Move(-1, v.Buf)
 		v.Cursor.ResetSelection()
 	} else {
-		v.Cursor.Right()
+		tabstospaces := v.Buf.Settings["tabstospaces"].(bool)
+		tabmovement := v.Buf.Settings["tabmovement"].(bool)
+		if tabstospaces && tabmovement {
+			tabsize := int(v.Buf.Settings["tabsize"].(float64))
+			line := v.Buf.Line(v.Cursor.Y)
+			if v.Cursor.X+tabsize < Count(line) && line[v.Cursor.X:v.Cursor.X+tabsize] == Spaces(tabsize) && IsStrWhitespace(line[0:v.Cursor.X]) {
+				for i := 0; i < tabsize; i++ {
+					v.Cursor.Right()
+				}
+			} else {
+				v.Cursor.Right()
+			}
+		} else {
+			v.Cursor.Right()
+		}
 	}
 
 	if usePlugin {
diff --git a/cmd/micro/settings.go b/cmd/micro/settings.go
index 560a1716..c0ed53b3 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/settings.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/settings.go
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ func DefaultGlobalSettings() map[string]interface{} {
 		"splitBottom":    true,
 		"statusline":     true,
 		"syntax":         true,
+		"tabmovement":    false,
 		"tabsize":        float64(4),
 		"tabstospaces":   false,
 		"termtitle":      false,
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ func DefaultLocalSettings() map[string]interface{} {
 		"splitBottom":    true,
 		"statusline":     true,
 		"syntax":         true,
+		"tabmovement":    false,
 		"tabsize":        float64(4),
 		"tabstospaces":   false,
 		"useprimary":     true,
diff --git a/cmd/micro/util.go b/cmd/micro/util.go
index 5b2cfac8..25d209d7 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/util.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/util.go
@@ -82,6 +82,16 @@ func IsWhitespace(c rune) bool {
 	return c == ' ' || c == '\t' || c == '\n'
 }
 
+// IsStrWhitespace returns true if the given string is all whitespace
+func IsStrWhitespace(str string) bool {
+	for _, c := range str {
+		if !IsWhitespace(c) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // Contains returns whether or not a string array contains a given string
 func Contains(list []string, a string) bool {
 	for _, b := range list {
diff --git a/runtime/help/options.md b/runtime/help/options.md
index 40ac5eb5..03fb2522 100644
--- a/runtime/help/options.md
+++ b/runtime/help/options.md
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ Here are the options that you can set:
 
 	default value: `off`
 
+* `tabmovement`: navigate spaces at the beginning of lines as if they are tabs (e.g. move over 4 spaces at once).
+   This option only does anything if `tabstospaces` is on.
+
+    default value: `off`
+
 * `autoindent`: when creating a new line use the same indentation as the 
    previous line