diff --git a/imgsrc/format-text-hr.svg b/imgsrc/format-text-hr.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8b90818ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/imgsrc/format-text-hr.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
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+
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+   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
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+   height="136.53334"
+   viewBox="0 0 128 128"
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+   version="1.1"
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+        <dc:title />
+        <dc:creator>
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+        </dc:rights>
+        <dc:publisher>
+          <cc:Agent>
+            <dc:title />
+          </cc:Agent>
+        </dc:publisher>
+        <cc:license
+           rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" />
+      </cc:Work>
+      <cc:License
+         rdf:about="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">
+        <cc:permits
+           rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#Reproduction" />
+        <cc:permits
+           rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#Distribution" />
+        <cc:requires
+           rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#Notice" />
+        <cc:requires
+           rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#Attribution" />
+        <cc:permits
+           rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#DerivativeWorks" />
+        <cc:requires
+           rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#ShareAlike" />
+      </cc:License>
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diff --git a/resources/images/format-text-hr.png b/resources/images/format-text-hr.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1503679e6a
Binary files /dev/null and b/resources/images/format-text-hr.png differ
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/comments_editor.py b/src/calibre/gui2/comments_editor.py
index a7ce5a930c..b0ff00ef39 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/comments_editor.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/comments_editor.py
@@ -163,9 +163,13 @@ class EditorWidget(QWebView):  # {{{
 
         self.action_insert_link = QAction(QIcon(I('insert-link.png')),
                 _('Insert link or image'), self)
+        self.action_insert_hr = QAction(QIcon(I('format-text-hr.png')),
+                _('Insert separator'), self)
         self.action_insert_link.triggered.connect(self.insert_link)
+        self.action_insert_hr.triggered.connect(self.insert_hr)
         self.pageAction(QWebPage.ToggleBold).changed.connect(self.update_link_action)
         self.action_insert_link.setEnabled(False)
+        self.action_insert_hr.setEnabled(False)
         self.action_clear = QAction(QIcon(I('trash.png')), _('Clear'), self)
         self.action_clear.triggered.connect(self.clear_text)
 
@@ -177,8 +181,9 @@ class EditorWidget(QWebView):  # {{{
         self.set_readonly(False)
 
     def update_link_action(self):
-        wac = self.pageAction(QWebPage.ToggleBold)
-        self.action_insert_link.setEnabled(wac.isEnabled())
+        wac = self.pageAction(QWebPage.ToggleBold).isEnabled()
+        self.action_insert_link.setEnabled(wac)
+        self.action_insert_hr.setEnabled(wac)
 
     def set_readonly(self, what):
         self.readonly = what
@@ -209,6 +214,9 @@ class EditorWidget(QWebView):  # {{{
         if col.isValid():
             self.exec_command('hiliteColor', unicode(col.name()))
 
+    def insert_hr(self, *args):
+        self.exec_command('insertHTML', '<hr>')
+
     def insert_link(self, *args):
         link, name, is_image = self.ask_link()
         if not link:
@@ -705,6 +713,7 @@ class Editor(QWidget):  # {{{
         if hasattr(w, 'setPopupMode'):
             w.setPopupMode(w.InstantPopup)
         self.toolbar2.addAction(self.editor.action_insert_link)
+        self.toolbar2.addAction(self.editor.action_insert_hr)
         # }}}
 
         # toolbar3 {{{