diff --git a/src/devices/IKeyboard.cpp b/src/devices/IKeyboard.cpp
index 13440169..3300f252 100644
--- a/src/devices/IKeyboard.cpp
+++ b/src/devices/IKeyboard.cpp
@@ -178,13 +178,18 @@ void IKeyboard::updateXKBTranslationState(xkb_keymap* const keymap) {
     if (xkbState)
         xkb_state_unref(xkbState);
 
+    if (xkbSymState)
+        xkb_state_unref(xkbSymState);
+
     xkbState       = nullptr;
     xkbStaticState = nullptr;
+    xkbSymState    = nullptr;
 
     if (keymap) {
         Debug::log(LOG, "Updating keyboard {:x}'s translation state from a provided keymap", (uintptr_t)this);
         xkbStaticState = xkb_state_new(keymap);
         xkbState       = xkb_state_new(keymap);
+        xkbSymState    = xkb_state_new(keymap);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -230,6 +235,7 @@ void IKeyboard::updateXKBTranslationState(xkb_keymap* const keymap) {
 
             xkbState       = xkb_state_new(KEYMAP);
             xkbStaticState = xkb_state_new(KEYMAP);
+            xkbSymState    = xkb_state_new(KEYMAP);
 
             xkb_keymap_unref(KEYMAP);
             xkb_context_unref(PCONTEXT);
@@ -252,6 +258,7 @@ void IKeyboard::updateXKBTranslationState(xkb_keymap* const keymap) {
 
     xkbState       = xkb_state_new(NEWKEYMAP);
     xkbStaticState = xkb_state_new(NEWKEYMAP);
+    xkbSymState    = xkb_state_new(NEWKEYMAP);
 
     xkb_keymap_unref(NEWKEYMAP);
     xkb_context_unref(PCONTEXT);
@@ -332,6 +339,9 @@ void IKeyboard::updateModifiers(uint32_t depressed, uint32_t latched, uint32_t l
 
     xkb_state_update_mask(xkbState, depressed, latched, locked, 0, 0, group);
 
+    if (xkbSymState)
+        xkb_state_update_mask(xkbSymState, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, group);
+
     if (!updateModifiersState())
         return;
 
diff --git a/src/devices/IKeyboard.hpp b/src/devices/IKeyboard.hpp
index 759b2f58..76d2c31b 100644
--- a/src/devices/IKeyboard.hpp
+++ b/src/devices/IKeyboard.hpp
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ class IKeyboard : public IHID {
     bool               keymapOverridden = false;
 
     xkb_layout_index_t activeLayout = 0;
-    xkb_state *        xkbState = nullptr, *xkbStaticState /* Static state: never gets modifiers or layout changes sent, used for keybinds. */ = nullptr;
-    xkb_keymap*        xkbKeymap = nullptr;
+    xkb_state *        xkbState = nullptr, *xkbStaticState /* Static state: never gets modifiers or layout changes sent, used for keybinds. */ = nullptr,
+              *xkbSymState = nullptr /* Same as static but gets layouts */;
+    xkb_keymap* xkbKeymap  = nullptr;
 
     struct {
         uint32_t depressed = 0, latched = 0, locked = 0, group = 0;
diff --git a/src/managers/KeybindManager.cpp b/src/managers/KeybindManager.cpp
index cd47bf71..d893e258 100644
--- a/src/managers/KeybindManager.cpp
+++ b/src/managers/KeybindManager.cpp
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ bool CKeybindManager::onKeyEvent(std::any event, SP<IKeyboard> pKeyboard) {
 
     const auto         KEYCODE = e.keycode + 8; // Because to xkbcommon it's +8 from libinput
 
-    const xkb_keysym_t keysym         = xkb_state_key_get_one_sym(pKeyboard->resolveBindsBySym ? pKeyboard->xkbState : m_pXKBTranslationState, KEYCODE);
+    const xkb_keysym_t keysym         = xkb_state_key_get_one_sym(pKeyboard->resolveBindsBySym ? pKeyboard->xkbSymState : m_pXKBTranslationState, KEYCODE);
     const xkb_keysym_t internalKeysym = xkb_state_key_get_one_sym(pKeyboard->xkbState, KEYCODE);
 
     if (handleInternalKeybinds(internalKeysym))