The invention relates to a parking brake for a vehicle, comprising a handle (2) which can be displaced in relation to a mounting (6), a coupling unit (3), which tenses a brake cable (4) when the handle (2) is displaced, and a fixing device (17) for fixing the handle (2) in a fixed position. The aim of the invention is to provide a parking brake that can convert a pulling force on a handle into a tensing of the brake cable using constructionally compact, economical means. To this end, the handle (2) can be pulled axially away from the mounting (6) by a guide (5, 7), and a conversion unit (8) is connected to the mounting (6), said unit converting the axial displacement of a part that is associated with the handle (2) into a tensing of the brake cable (4).