1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ui/keymaps.c b/ui/keymaps.c
index f373cc53d9..80d658d907 100644
--- a/ui/keymaps.c
+++ b/ui/keymaps.c
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ static int get_keysym(const name2keysym_t *table,
         if (!strcmp(p->name, name))
             return p->keysym;
     }
+    if (name[0] == 'U' && strlen(name) == 5) { /* try unicode Uxxxx */
+        char *end;
+        int ret = (int)strtoul(name + 1, &end, 16);
+        if (*end == '\0' && ret > 0)
+          return ret;
+    }
     return 0;
 }