--- a/src/xkb.cpp

+++ b/src/xkb.cpp

@@ -206,6 +206,39 @@ xkb_keymap *Xkb::loadKeymapFromConfig()

 xkb_keymap *Xkb::loadDefaultKeymap()

 {

     xkb_rule_names ruleNames = {};

+    const QString xkbmap_path(QStringLiteral("/etc/X11/xinit/Xkbmap"));

+    QFile xkbmap_file(xkbmap_path);

+    if( xkbmap_file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly) ) {

+	QByteArray _model, _layout, _variant, _options;

+        char line_data[256];

+        xkbmap_file.readLine(line_data, 256);

+        QStringList options_list(QString::fromLatin1(line_data).split(QChar('-'), Qt::SkipEmptyParts));

+        for(QString option_line: options_list) {

+            QString opt_line(option_line.trimmed());

+            int dlm_pos = opt_line.indexOf(QStringLiteral(" "));

+            QString option_name  = opt_line.left(dlm_pos >= 0? dlm_pos: 0).trimmed();

+            QString option_value = opt_line.right(opt_line.length() - 1 - (dlm_pos >= 0? dlm_pos: 0)).trimmed();

+            if( !option_name.isEmpty() && option_value != QStringLiteral(",") ) {

+                if( option_name == QLatin1String("model") ) {

+            	    _model = option_value.toLatin1();

+                } else if( option_name == QLatin1String("layout")) {

+            	    _layout = option_value.toLatin1();

+                } else if( option_name == QLatin1String("variant")) {

+            	    _variant = option_value.toLatin1();

+                } else if( option_name == QLatin1String("options")) {

+            	    _options = option_value.toLatin1();

+                }

+            }

+        }

+        xkb_rule_names ruleNames_alterator = {

+            .rules = nullptr,

+            .model = _model.constData(),

+            .layout = _layout.constData(),

+            .variant = _variant.constData(),

+            .options = _options.constData(),

+        };

+        ruleNames = ruleNames_alterator;

+    }

     applyEnvironmentRules(ruleNames);

     m_layoutList = QString::fromLatin1(ruleNames.layout).split(QLatin1Char(','));

     return xkb_keymap_new_from_names(m_context, &ruleNames, XKB_KEYMAP_COMPILE_NO_FLAGS);