diff --git a/cmd-split-window.c b/cmd-split-window.c
index bbec0cc8..ed3f47fc 100644
--- a/cmd-split-window.c
+++ b/cmd-split-window.c
@@ -28,22 +28,23 @@
 #include "tmux.h"
 
 /*
- * Split a window (add a new pane).
+ * Create a new pane.
  */
 
 #define SPLIT_WINDOW_TEMPLATE "#{session_name}:#{window_index}.#{pane_index}"
 
-static enum cmd_retval	cmd_split_window_exec(struct cmd *,
-			    struct cmdq_item *);
+static enum cmd_retval	cmd_split_window_exec(struct cmd *, struct cmdq_item *);
 
-const struct cmd_entry cmd_split_window_entry = {
-	.name = "split-window",
-	.alias = "splitw",
+const struct cmd_entry cmd_new_pane_entry = {
+	.name = "new-pane",
+	.alias = "newp",
 
-	.args = { "bc:de:fF:hIl:p:Pt:vZ", 0, -1, NULL },
-	.usage = "[-bdefhIPvZ] [-c start-directory] [-e environment] "
-		 "[-F format] [-l size] " CMD_TARGET_PANE_USAGE
-		 " [shell-command [argument ...]]",
+	.args = { "bc:de:fF:hIkl:m:p:PR:s:S:t:vZ", 0, -1, NULL },
+	.usage = "[-bdefhIklPvZ] [-c start-directory] [-e environment] "
+		 "[-F format] [-l size] [-m message] [-p percentage] "
+	         "[-s style] [-S active-border-style] "
+	         "[-R inactive-border-style] " CMD_TARGET_PANE_USAGE " "
+	         "[shell-command [argument ...]]",
 
 	.target = { 't', CMD_FIND_PANE, 0 },
 
@@ -51,6 +52,46 @@ const struct cmd_entry cmd_split_window_entry = {
 	.exec = cmd_split_window_exec
 };
 
+const struct cmd_entry cmd_split_window_entry = {
+	.name = "split-window",
+	.alias = "splitw",
+
+	.args = { "bc:de:fF:hIkl:m:p:PR:s:S:t:vZ", 0, -1, NULL },
+	.usage = "[-bdefhIklPvZ] [-c start-directory] [-e environment] "
+		 "[-F format] [-l size] [-m message] [-p percentage] "
+	         "[-s style] [-S active-border-style] "
+	         "[-R inactive-border-style] " CMD_TARGET_PANE_USAGE " "
+	         "[shell-command [argument ...]]",
+
+	.target = { 't', CMD_FIND_PANE, 0 },
+
+	.flags = 0,
+	.exec = cmd_split_window_exec
+};
+
+static struct layout_cell *
+cmd_split_window_get_tiled_layout_cell(struct cmdq_item *item,
+    struct args *args, struct window *w, struct window_pane *wp, int flags)
+{
+	enum layout_type	 type;
+	struct layout_cell	*lc = NULL;
+	char			*cause = NULL;
+	int			 size;
+
+	if (window_pane_tile_geometry(w, wp, &size, &flags, &type, item, args,
+	    &cause) != 0) {
+		cmdq_error(item, "invalid tiled geometry %s", cause);
+		free(cause);
+		return (NULL);
+	}
+
+	window_push_zoom(wp->window, 1, args_has(args, 'Z'));
+	lc = layout_split_pane(wp, type, size, flags);
+	if (lc == NULL)
+		cmdq_error(item, "no space for new pane");
+	return (lc);
+}
+
 static enum cmd_retval
 cmd_split_window_exec(struct cmd *self, struct cmdq_item *item)
 {
@@ -63,51 +104,14 @@ cmd_split_window_exec(struct cmd *self, struct cmdq_item *item)
 	struct winlink		*wl = target->wl;
 	struct window		*w = wl->window;
 	struct window_pane	*wp = target->wp, *new_wp;
-	enum layout_type	 type;
-	struct layout_cell	*lc;
+	struct layout_cell	*lc = NULL;
 	struct cmd_find_state	 fs;
-	int			 size, flags, input;
-	const char		*template;
+	int			 flags, input;
+	const char		*template, *style;
 	char			*cause = NULL, *cp;
 	struct args_value	*av;
-	u_int			 count = args_count(args), curval = 0;
+	u_int			 count = args_count(args);
 
-	type = LAYOUT_TOPBOTTOM;
-	if (args_has(args, 'h'))
-		type = LAYOUT_LEFTRIGHT;
-
-	/* If the 'p' flag is dropped then this bit can be moved into 'l'. */
-	if (args_has(args, 'l') || args_has(args, 'p')) {
-		if (args_has(args, 'f')) {
-			if (type == LAYOUT_TOPBOTTOM)
-				curval = w->sy;
-			else
-				curval = w->sx;
-		} else {
-			if (type == LAYOUT_TOPBOTTOM)
-				curval = wp->sy;
-			else
-				curval = wp->sx;
-		}
-	}
-
-	size = -1;
-	if (args_has(args, 'l')) {
-		size = args_percentage_and_expand(args, 'l', 0, INT_MAX, curval,
-		    item, &cause);
-	} else if (args_has(args, 'p')) {
-		size = args_strtonum_and_expand(args, 'p', 0, 100, item,
-		    &cause);
-		if (cause == NULL)
-			size = curval * size / 100;
-	}
-	if (cause != NULL) {
-		cmdq_error(item, "size %s", cause);
-		free(cause);
-		return (CMD_RETURN_ERROR);
-	}
-
-	window_push_zoom(wp->window, 1, args_has(args, 'Z'));
 	input = (args_has(args, 'I') && count == 0);
 
 	flags = 0;
@@ -118,11 +122,9 @@ cmd_split_window_exec(struct cmd *self, struct cmdq_item *item)
 	if (input || (count == 1 && *args_string(args, 0) == '\0'))
 		flags |= SPAWN_EMPTY;
 
-	lc = layout_split_pane(wp, type, size, flags);
-	if (lc == NULL) {
-		cmdq_error(item, "no space for new pane");
+	lc = cmd_split_window_get_tiled_layout_cell(item, args, w, wp, flags);
+	if (lc == NULL)
 		return (CMD_RETURN_ERROR);
-	}
 
 	sc.item = item;
 	sc.s = s;
@@ -157,6 +159,44 @@ cmd_split_window_exec(struct cmd *self, struct cmdq_item *item)
 		environ_free(sc.environ);
 		return (CMD_RETURN_ERROR);
 	}
+
+	style = args_get(args, 's');
+	if (style != NULL) {
+		if (options_set_string(new_wp->options, "window-style", 0,
+		    "%s", style) == NULL) {
+			cmdq_error(item, "bad style: %s", style);
+			return (CMD_RETURN_ERROR);
+		}
+		options_set_string(new_wp->options, "window-active-style", 0,
+		    "%s", style);
+		new_wp->flags |= (PANE_REDRAW|PANE_STYLECHANGED
+		    |PANE_THEMECHANGED);
+	}
+	style = args_get(args, 'S');
+	if (style != NULL) {
+		if (options_set_string(new_wp->options,
+		    "pane-active-border-style", 0, "%s", style) == NULL) {
+			cmdq_error(item, "bad active border style: %s", style);
+			return (CMD_RETURN_ERROR);
+		}
+	}
+	style = args_get(args, 'R');
+	if (style != NULL) {
+		if (options_set_string(new_wp->options, "pane-border-style", 0,
+		    "%s", style) == NULL) {
+			cmdq_error(item, "bad inactive border style: %s",
+			    style);
+			return (CMD_RETURN_ERROR);
+		}
+	}
+	if (args_has(args, 'k') || args_has(args, 'm')) {
+		options_set_number(new_wp->options, "remain-on-exit", 3);
+		if (args_has(args, 'm'))
+			options_set_string(new_wp->options,
+				"remain-on-exit-format",
+				0, "%s", args_get(args, 'm'));
+	}
+
 	if (input) {
 		switch (window_pane_start_input(new_wp, item, &cause)) {
 		case -1:
diff --git a/cmd.c b/cmd.c
index cd64a3ea..d20b8736 100644
--- a/cmd.c
+++ b/cmd.c
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ extern const struct cmd_entry cmd_lock_server_entry;
 extern const struct cmd_entry cmd_lock_session_entry;
 extern const struct cmd_entry cmd_move_pane_entry;
 extern const struct cmd_entry cmd_move_window_entry;
+extern const struct cmd_entry cmd_new_pane_entry;
 extern const struct cmd_entry cmd_new_session_entry;
 extern const struct cmd_entry cmd_new_window_entry;
 extern const struct cmd_entry cmd_next_layout_entry;
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ const struct cmd_entry *cmd_table[] = {
 	&cmd_lock_session_entry,
 	&cmd_move_pane_entry,
 	&cmd_move_window_entry,
+	&cmd_new_pane_entry,
 	&cmd_new_session_entry,
 	&cmd_new_window_entry,
 	&cmd_next_layout_entry,
diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1
index a0138a64..9bc8d8a4 100644
--- a/tmux.1
+++ b/tmux.1
@@ -3268,6 +3268,98 @@ By default, it uses the format
 .Ql #{session_name}:#{window_index}
 but a different format may be specified with
 .Fl F .
+.Tg newp
+.It Xo Ic new\-pane
+.Op Fl bdefhIkPvZ
+.Op Fl c Ar start\-directory
+.Op Fl e Ar environment
+.Op Fl F Ar format
+.Op Fl l Ar size
+.Op Fl m Ar message
+.Op Fl p Ar percentage
+.Op Fl R Ar inactive\-border\-style
+.Op Fl s Ar style
+.Op Fl S Ar active\-border\-style
+.Op Fl t Ar target\-pane
+.Op Ar shell\-command Op Ar argument ...
+.Xc
+.D1 Pq alias: Ic newp
+Create a new pane.
+The new pane is created by splitting
+.Ar target\-pane .
+If
+.Fl d
+is given, the session does not make the new pane the current pane.
+.Fl Z
+zooms if the window is not zoomed, or keeps it zoomed if already zoomed.
+.Fl s
+sets the style for the pane content.
+.Fl S
+sets the border style when the pane is active and
+.Fl R
+sets the border style when the pane is inactive (see
+.Sx STYLES ) .
+.Pp
+.Fl h
+does a horizontal split and
+.Fl v
+a vertical split; if neither is specified,
+.Fl v
+is assumed.
+The
+.Fl l
+option specifies the size of the new pane in lines (for vertical split) or in
+columns (for horizontal split);
+.Ar size
+may be followed by
+.Ql %
+to specify a percentage of the available space.
+.Fl p
+is a shorthand option for this.
+The
+.Fl b
+option causes the new pane to be created to the left of or above
+.Ar target\-pane .
+The
+.Fl f
+option creates a new pane spanning the full window height (with
+.Fl h )
+or full window width (with
+.Fl v ) ,
+instead of splitting the active pane.
+.Pp
+.Fl k
+keeps the pane open after the optional
+.Ar shell\-command
+exits and waits for a key to be pressed before closing it.
+The message shown is controlled by the
+.Ic remain\-on\-exit\-format
+option.
+.Fl m Ar message
+is equivalent to
+.Fl k
+but also sets the
+.Ic remain\-on\-exit\-format
+option for this pane to
+.Ar message .
+.Pp
+An empty
+.Ar shell\-command
+(\[aq]\[aq]) will create a pane with no command running in it.
+The
+.Fl I
+flag (if
+.Ar shell\-command
+is not specified or empty)
+will create an empty pane and forward any output from stdin to it.
+For example:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+$ make 2>&1|tmux splitw \-dI &
+.Ed
+.Pp
+All other options have the same meaning as for the
+.Ic new\-window
+command.
 .Tg nextl
 .It Ic next\-layout Op Fl t Ar target\-window
 .D1 Pq alias: Ic nextl
@@ -3592,65 +3684,28 @@ the command behaves like
 .Ic last\-window .
 .Tg splitw
 .It Xo Ic split\-window
-.Op Fl bdfhIvPZ
+.Op Fl bdefhIkPvZ
 .Op Fl c Ar start\-directory
 .Op Fl e Ar environment
 .Op Fl F Ar format
 .Op Fl l Ar size
+.Op Fl m Ar message
+.Op Fl p Ar percentage
+.Op Fl R Ar inactive\-border\-style
+.Op Fl s Ar style
+.Op Fl S Ar active\-border\-style
 .Op Fl t Ar target\-pane
 .Op Ar shell\-command Op Ar argument ...
 .Xc
 .D1 Pq alias: Ic splitw
-Create a new pane by splitting
-.Ar target\-pane :
-.Fl h
-does a horizontal split and
-.Fl v
-a vertical split; if neither is specified,
-.Fl v
-is assumed.
-The
-.Fl l
-option specifies the size of the new pane in lines (for vertical split) or in
-columns (for horizontal split);
-.Ar size
-may be followed by
-.Ql %
-to specify a percentage of the available space.
-The
-.Fl b
-option causes the new pane to be created to the left of or above
+Creates a new pane by splitting
 .Ar target\-pane .
-The
-.Fl f
-option creates a new pane spanning the full window height (with
-.Fl h )
-or full window width (with
-.Fl v ) ,
-instead of splitting the active pane.
-.Fl Z
-zooms if the window is not zoomed, or keeps it zoomed if already zoomed.
+Shares behavior with
+.Ic new\-pane .
 .Pp
-An empty
-.Ar shell\-command
-(\[aq]\[aq]) will create a pane with no command running in it.
-Output can be sent to such a pane with the
-.Ic display\-message
-command.
-The
-.Fl I
-flag (if
-.Ar shell\-command
-is not specified or empty)
-will create an empty pane and forward any output from stdin to it.
-For example:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-$ make 2>&1|tmux splitw \-dI &
-.Ed
-.Pp
-All other options have the same meaning as for the
-.Ic new\-window
-command.
+See
+.Ic new\-pane
+for more details.
 .Tg swapp
 .It Xo Ic swap\-pane
 .Op Fl dDUZ
diff --git a/tmux.h b/tmux.h
index fec919e2..c94c6e07 100644
--- a/tmux.h
+++ b/tmux.h
@@ -3412,6 +3412,9 @@ enum client_theme window_pane_get_theme(struct window_pane *);
 void		 window_pane_send_theme_update(struct window_pane *);
 struct style_range *window_pane_border_status_get_range(struct window_pane *,
 			u_int, u_int);
+int		 window_pane_tile_geometry(struct window *,
+		     struct window_pane *, int *, int *, enum layout_type *,
+		     struct cmdq_item *, struct args *, char **);
 
 /* layout.c */
 u_int		 layout_count_cells(struct layout_cell *);
diff --git a/window.c b/window.c
index 57f3c972..f554ee67 100644
--- a/window.c
+++ b/window.c
@@ -2021,3 +2021,53 @@ window_pane_border_status_get_range(struct window_pane *wp, u_int x, u_int y)
 	 */
 	return (style_ranges_get_range(srs, x - wp->xoff - 2));
 }
+
+int
+window_pane_tile_geometry(struct window *w, struct window_pane *wp,
+    int *out_size, int *out_flags, enum layout_type *out_type,
+    struct cmdq_item *item, struct args *args, char **cause)
+{
+	int			size = -1, flags = *out_flags;
+	enum layout_type	type;
+	u_int			curval = 0;
+
+	type = LAYOUT_TOPBOTTOM;
+	if (args_has(args, 'h'))
+		type = LAYOUT_LEFTRIGHT;
+
+	if (args_has(args, 'l') || args_has(args, 'p')) {
+		if (args_has(args, 'f')) {
+			if (type == LAYOUT_TOPBOTTOM)
+				curval = w->sy;
+			else
+				curval = w->sx;
+		} else {
+			if (type == LAYOUT_TOPBOTTOM)
+				curval = wp->sy;
+			else
+				curval = wp->sx;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (args_has(args, 'l')) {
+		size = args_percentage_and_expand(args, 'l', 0, INT_MAX, curval,
+		    item, cause);
+	} else if (args_has(args, 'p')) {
+		size = args_strtonum_and_expand(args, 'p', 0, 100, item,
+		    cause);
+		if (cause == NULL)
+			size = curval * size / 100;
+	}
+	if (*cause != NULL)
+		return (-1);
+
+	if (args_has(args, 'b'))
+		flags |= SPAWN_BEFORE;
+	if (args_has(args, 'f'))
+		flags |= SPAWN_FULLSIZE;
+
+	*out_size = size;
+	*out_flags = flags;
+	*out_type = type;
+	return (0);
+}