diff --git a/js/ui/status/keyboard.js b/js/ui/status/keyboard.js
index 5f8f5e6d2..0c8454149 100644
--- a/js/ui/status/keyboard.js
+++ b/js/ui/status/keyboard.js
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ const InputSourceIndicator = new Lang.Class({
             let engineDesc = IBusManager.getIBusManager().getEngineDesc(source.id);
             if (engineDesc) {
                 xkbLayout = engineDesc.get_layout();
-                xkbVariant = '';
+                xkbVariant = engineDesc.get_layout_variant();
             }
         }