diff --git a/exec/load/typeahead.js b/exec/load/typeahead.js
index f177513024f568956b51c1bd6dd837250ccf8a88..c18ade2cbe2388825559febb09cdbcb220fcf5a4 100644
--- a/exec/load/typeahead.js
+++ b/exec/load/typeahead.js
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ var Typeahead = function (options) {
                 properties.position = (properties.position >= properties.text.length) ? properties.text.length : properties.position + 1;
                 break;
             case '\b':
+            case '\x08':
                 if (properties.position === 0) break;
                 properties.text = properties.text.split('');
                 properties.text.splice((properties.position - 1), 1);