diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-keyboard.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-keyboard.c
index f5101ab62..ba77fcc39 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-keyboard.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-keyboard.c
@@ -645,7 +645,8 @@ default_grab_key (MetaWaylandKeyboardGrab *grab,
 
   /* Synthetic key events are for autorepeat. Ignore those, as
    * autorepeat in Wayland is done on the client side. */
-  if (event->key.flags & CLUTTER_EVENT_FLAG_SYNTHETIC)
+  if ((event->key.flags & CLUTTER_EVENT_FLAG_SYNTHETIC) &&
+      !(event->key.flags & CLUTTER_EVENT_FLAG_INPUT_METHOD))
     return FALSE;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_NATIVE_BACKEND
@@ -788,7 +789,8 @@ meta_wayland_keyboard_handle_event (MetaWaylandKeyboard *keyboard,
 
   /* Synthetic key events are for autorepeat. Ignore those, as
    * autorepeat in Wayland is done on the client side. */
-  if (event->flags & CLUTTER_EVENT_FLAG_SYNTHETIC)
+  if ((event->flags & CLUTTER_EVENT_FLAG_SYNTHETIC) &&
+      !(event->flags & CLUTTER_EVENT_FLAG_INPUT_METHOD))
     return FALSE;
 
   meta_verbose ("Handling key %s event code %d\n",