diff --git a/wayback-compositor/wayback-compositor.c b/wayback-compositor/wayback-compositor.c
index 5ea49b5..dcacda3 100644
--- a/wayback-compositor/wayback-compositor.c
+++ b/wayback-compositor/wayback-compositor.c
@@ -227,9 +227,15 @@ static void server_new_keyboard(struct tinywl_server *server, struct wlr_input_d
 
 	/* We need to prepare an XKB keymap and assign it to the keyboard. This
 	 * assumes the defaults (e.g. layout = "us"). */
+	struct xkb_rule_names rules = { 0 };
+		rules.rules = getenv("XKB_DEFAULT_RULES");
+		rules.model = getenv("XKB_DEFAULT_MODEL");
+		rules.layout = getenv("XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT");
+		rules.variant = getenv("XKB_DEFAULT_VARIANT");
+		rules.options = getenv("XKB_DEFAULT_OPTIONS");
 	struct xkb_context *context = xkb_context_new(XKB_CONTEXT_NO_FLAGS);
 	struct xkb_keymap *keymap =
-		xkb_keymap_new_from_names(context, NULL, XKB_KEYMAP_COMPILE_NO_FLAGS);
+		xkb_keymap_new_from_names(context, &rules, XKB_KEYMAP_COMPILE_NO_FLAGS);
 
 	wlr_keyboard_set_keymap(wlr_keyboard, keymap);
 	xkb_keymap_unref(keymap);