diff --git a/clutter/clutter/gen-keyname-table.py b/clutter/clutter/gen-keyname-table.py
index e566fab9c..5826c06ba 100755
--- a/clutter/clutter/gen-keyname-table.py
+++ b/clutter/clutter/gen-keyname-table.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                 sys.exit(f"Failed to parse line: {line}")
 
             groups = match.groups()
-            keys.append(Key(groups[1], groups[0]))
+            keys.append(Key(groups[1], int(groups[0])))
 
     formatted_time = time.strftime("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y", time.gmtime())
     print(f"""/* clutter-keyname-table.h: Generated by gen-keyname-table.py from keynames.txt