diff --git a/src/settings/ink_type.h b/src/settings/ink_type.h
index b50fb5312..482329ae6 100644
--- a/src/settings/ink_type.h
+++ b/src/settings/ink_type.h
@@ -19,14 +19,17 @@
 #ifndef SETTINGS_INK_TYPE_H_INCLUDED
 #define SETTINGS_INK_TYPE_H_INCLUDED
 
-// If you change this enumeration, you should change update the
-// ContextBar::InkTypeField() UI widget
+// If you change this enumeration, you should update the
+// ContextBar::InkTypeField() UI widget. Also, remember that these
+// indexes are loaded/saved from/to the user configuration file, so
+// you shouldn't change them.
 enum InkType {
   kDefaultInk,
   kOpaqueInk,
   kMergeInk,
   kShadingInk,
   kReplaceInk,
+  kEraseInk,
   kSelectionInk,
   kBlurInk,
   kJumbleInk,
diff --git a/src/widgets/context_bar.cpp b/src/widgets/context_bar.cpp
index 4f5ca5122..904f5eabe 100644
--- a/src/widgets/context_bar.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/context_bar.cpp
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ public:
     addItem("Merge");
     addItem("Shading");
     addItem("Replace");
+    addItem("Erase");
     addItem("Selection");
     addItem("Blur");
     addItem("Jumble");
diff --git a/src/widgets/editor/tool_loop_impl.cpp b/src/widgets/editor/tool_loop_impl.cpp
index ed012559d..5068f5d21 100644
--- a/src/widgets/editor/tool_loop_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/editor/tool_loop_impl.cpp
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ private:
         else
           id = WellKnownInks::ReplaceFgWithBg;
         break;
+      case kEraseInk:
+        id = WellKnownInks::Eraser;
+        break;
       case kSelectionInk:
         id = WellKnownInks::Selection;
         break;