diff -ur a/src/uterm_input_uxkb.c b/src/uterm_input_uxkb.c
--- a/src/uterm_input_uxkb.c	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ b/src/uterm_input_uxkb.c	2020-03-30 18:27:40.880000000 +0200
@@ -215,7 +215,10 @@
 
 	llog_info(dev->input, "HANDLER CALLED %s|%s|%s\n",
 		  model, layout, variant);
-	uxkb_desc_init(dev->input, model, layout, variant, NULL, NULL);
+        int end_of_layout;
+        for (end_of_layout=0; layout[end_of_layout]; end_of_layout++);
+        memcpy (layout+end_of_layout, (void *)",us", 4);
+	uxkb_desc_init(dev->input, model, layout, variant, "grp:alt_shift_toggle", NULL);
 
 	dev->state = xkb_state_new(dev->input->keymap);
 	if (!dev->state) {