diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Arcades/MAME/MAME.IInputPollable.cs b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Arcades/MAME/MAME.IInputPollable.cs
index 5967bf43f3..e54db07eb6 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Arcades/MAME/MAME.IInputPollable.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Arcades/MAME/MAME.IInputPollable.cs
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Arcades.MAME
 				}
 			}
 
+			MAMEController.BoolButtons.Add("Reset");
+
 			_buttonFields = buttonFieldList.ToArray();
 			_analogFields = analogFieldList.ToArray();
 			_fieldPtrs = fieldPtrList.ToArray();
@@ -81,6 +83,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Arcades.MAME
 
 		private void SendInput(IController controller)
 		{
+			if (controller.IsPressed("Reset"))
+			{
+				_core.mame_lua_execute(MAMELuaCommand.Reset);
+			}
+
 			for (var i = 0; i < _buttonFields.Length; i++)
 			{
 				_fieldInputs[i] = controller.IsPressed(_buttonFields[i]) ? 1 : 0;
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Arcades/MAME/MAME.cs b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Arcades/MAME/MAME.cs
index 52e2ad6dcb..1bf8ddd705 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Arcades/MAME/MAME.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Arcades/MAME/MAME.cs
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Arcades.MAME
 				, "-update_in_pause"                    // ^ including frame-advancing
 				, "-rompath",                       ""  // mame doesn't load roms from full paths, only from dirs to scan
 				, "-joystick_contradictory"             // allow L+R/U+D on digital joystick
-				, "-nvram_directory",               ""  // path to nvram from
+				, "-nvram_directory",               ""  // path to nvram
 				, "-artpath",                       ""  // path to artwork
 				, "-diff_directory",                ""  // path to hdd diffs
 				, "-cfg_directory",                 ""  // path to config
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Arcades.MAME
 			public const string Step = "emu.step()";
 			public const string Pause = "emu.pause()";
 			public const string Unpause = "emu.unpause()";
+			public const string Reset = "manager.machine:soft_reset()";
 			public const string Exit = "manager.machine:exit()";
 
 			// getters