diff --git a/src/fish.cpp b/src/fish.cpp
index e4560e63d..74b32626a 100644
--- a/src/fish.cpp
+++ b/src/fish.cpp
@@ -512,6 +512,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     if (!opts.no_exec && !opts.no_config) {
         read_init(parser, paths);
     }
+
+    if (opts.is_interactive_session && opts.no_config && !opts.no_exec) {
+        // If we have no config, we default to the default key bindings.
+        parser.vars().set_one(L"fish_key_bindings", ENV_UNEXPORT, L"fish_default_key_bindings");
+        if (function_exists(L"fish_default_key_bindings", parser)) {
+            std::vector<std::string> cmd {"fish_default_key_bindings"};
+            run_command_list(parser, &cmd, {});
+        }
+    }
+
     // Re-read the terminal modes after config, it might have changed them.
     term_copy_modes();