diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bf8b3b9f5a6..e5c43f000aa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
                     "description": "Keybinding overrides to use for normal mode."
                 },
                 "vim.insertModeKeyBindings": {
-                    "type": "object",
+                    "type": "array",
                     "description": "Keybinding overrides to use for insert mode."
                 },
                 "vim.useSolidBlockCursor": {
diff --git a/src/history/historyTracker.ts b/src/history/historyTracker.ts
index aa3505a94b6..cea1f01c96a 100644
--- a/src/history/historyTracker.ts
+++ b/src/history/historyTracker.ts
@@ -344,6 +344,21 @@ export class HistoryTracker {
         this.oldText = newText;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Both undoes and completely removes the last n changes applied.
+     */
+    async undoAndRemoveChanges(n: number): Promise<void> {
+        if (this.currentHistoryStep.changes.length < n) {
+            console.log("Something bad happened in removeChange");
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+            this.currentHistoryStep.changes.pop().undo();
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Tells the HistoryTracker that although the document has changed, we should simply
      * ignore that change. Most often used when the change was itself triggered by
diff --git a/src/mode/modeHandler.ts b/src/mode/modeHandler.ts
index 0780807b856..5e068655367 100644
--- a/src/mode/modeHandler.ts
+++ b/src/mode/modeHandler.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import * as _ from 'lodash';
 
 import { getAndUpdateModeHandler } from './../../extension';
 import { Mode, ModeName, VSCodeVimCursorType } from './mode';
+import { InsertModeRemapper, OtherModesRemapper } from './remapper';
 import { NormalMode } from './modeNormal';
 import { InsertMode } from './modeInsert';
 import { VisualMode } from './modeVisual';
@@ -333,6 +334,8 @@ export class ModeHandler implements vscode.Disposable {
     private _statusBarItem: vscode.StatusBarItem;
     private _configuration: Configuration;
     private _vimState: VimState;
+    private _insertModeRemapper: InsertModeRemapper;
+    private _otherModesRemapper: OtherModesRemapper;
 
     public get vimState(): VimState {
         return this._vimState;
@@ -374,6 +377,8 @@ export class ModeHandler implements vscode.Disposable {
         this._configuration = Configuration.fromUserFile();
 
         this._vimState = new VimState();
+        this._insertModeRemapper = new InsertModeRemapper();
+        this._otherModesRemapper = new OtherModesRemapper();
         this._modes = [
             new NormalMode(this),
             new InsertMode(),
@@ -500,10 +505,23 @@ export class ModeHandler implements vscode.Disposable {
     async handleKeyEvent(key: string): Promise<Boolean> {
         if (key === "<c-r>") { key = "ctrl+r"; } // TODO - temporary hack for tests only!
 
+        // Due to a limitation in Electron, en-US QWERTY char codes are used in international keyboards.
+        // We'll try to mitigate this problem until it's fixed upstream.
+        // https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/713
+
+        key = this._configuration.keyboardLayout.translate(key);
+
         this._vimState.cursorPositionJustBeforeAnythingHappened = this._vimState.cursorPosition;
 
         try {
-            this._vimState = await this.handleKeyEventHelper(key, this._vimState);
+            let handled = false;
+
+            handled = handled || await this._insertModeRemapper.sendKey(key, this, this.vimState);
+            handled = handled || await this._otherModesRemapper.sendKey(key, this, this.vimState);
+
+            if (!handled) {
+                this._vimState = await this.handleKeyEventHelper(key, this._vimState);
+            }
         } catch (e) {
             console.log('error.stack');
             console.log(e);
@@ -518,12 +536,6 @@ export class ModeHandler implements vscode.Disposable {
     }
 
     async handleKeyEventHelper(key: string, vimState: VimState): Promise<VimState> {
-        // Due to a limitation in Electron, en-US QWERTY char codes are used in international keyboards.
-        // We'll try to mitigate this problem until it's fixed upstream.
-        // https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/713
-
-        key = this._configuration.keyboardLayout.translate(key);
-
         let recordedState = vimState.recordedState;
 
         recordedState.actionKeys.push(key);
diff --git a/src/mode/remapper.ts b/src/mode/remapper.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a1089528195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mode/remapper.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import * as _ from 'lodash';
+
+import { ModeName } from './mode';
+import { ModeHandler, VimState } from './modeHandler';
+
+interface IKeybinding {
+    before: string[];
+    after : string[];
+}
+
+class Remapper {
+    private _mostRecentKeys: string[] = [];
+
+    private _remappings: IKeybinding[] = [];
+
+    private _isInsertModeRemapping = false;
+
+    constructor(configKey: string, insertModeRemapping = false) {
+        this._isInsertModeRemapping = insertModeRemapping;
+        this._remappings = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('vim')
+            .get<IKeybinding[]>(configKey, []);
+    }
+
+    private _longestKeySequence(): number {
+        if (this._remappings.length > 0) {
+            return _.maxBy(this._remappings, map => map.before.length).before.length;
+        } else {
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public async sendKey(key: string, modeHandler: ModeHandler, vimState: VimState): Promise<boolean> {
+        if ((vimState.currentMode === ModeName.Insert && !this._isInsertModeRemapping) ||
+            (vimState.currentMode !== ModeName.Insert && this._isInsertModeRemapping)) {
+
+            this._reset();
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        const longestKeySequence = this._longestKeySequence();
+
+        this._mostRecentKeys.push(key);
+        this._mostRecentKeys = this._mostRecentKeys.slice(-longestKeySequence);
+
+        for (let sliceLength = 1; sliceLength <= longestKeySequence; sliceLength++) {
+            const slice = this._mostRecentKeys.slice(-sliceLength);
+            const remapping = _.find(this._remappings, map => map.before.join("") === slice.join(""));
+
+            if (remapping) {
+                if (this._isInsertModeRemapping) {
+                    vimState.historyTracker.undoAndRemoveChanges(this._mostRecentKeys.length);
+                }
+
+                await modeHandler.handleMultipleKeyEvents(remapping.after);
+
+                this._mostRecentKeys = [];
+
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private _reset(): void {
+        this._mostRecentKeys = [];
+    }
+}
+
+export class InsertModeRemapper extends Remapper {
+    constructor() {
+        super("insertModeKeyBindings", true);
+    }
+}
+
+export class OtherModesRemapper extends Remapper {
+    constructor() {
+        super("normalModeKeyBindings", false);
+    }
+}
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