diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index 08623da..b8399e7 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -857,8 +857,17 @@ setup(void)
CWOverrideRedirect | CWBackPixel | CWColormap | CWEventMask | CWBorderPixel, &swa);
XSetClassHint(dpy, win, &ch);
- /* open input methods */
- xim = XOpenIM(dpy, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+ /* input methods */
+ if ((xim = XOpenIM(dpy, NULL, NULL, NULL)) == NULL) {
+ XSetLocaleModifiers("@im=local");
+ if ((xim = XOpenIM(dpy, NULL, NULL, NULL)) == NULL) {
+ XSetLocaleModifiers("@im=");
+ if ((xim = XOpenIM(dpy, NULL, NULL, NULL)) == NULL)
+ die("XOpenIM failed. Could not open input device.\n");
+ }
+ }
+
xic = XCreateIC(xim, XNInputStyle, XIMPreeditNothing | XIMStatusNothing,
XNClientWindow, win, XNFocusWindow, win, NULL);
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