diff --git a/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java b/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
index e3141a2cb..1c77e730f 100644
--- a/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
+++ b/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
@@ -709,7 +709,9 @@ class SDLInputConnection extends BaseInputConnection {
          */
         int keyCode = event.getKeyCode();
         if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
-
+            if (event.isPrintingKey()) {
+                commitText(String.valueOf((char) event.getUnicodeChar()), 1);
+            }
             SDLActivity.onNativeKeyDown(keyCode);
             return true;
         } else if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {