diff -U 3 -r a/src/backends/x11/meta-backend-x11.c b/src/backends/x11/meta-backend-x11.c
--- a/src/backends/x11/meta-backend-x11.c	2019-10-07 16:11:27.513814136 +0300
+++ b/src/backends/x11/meta-backend-x11.c	2019-10-07 16:21:58.907060252 +0300
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@
         {
           switch (xkb_ev->any.xkb_type)
             {
+            case XkbNewKeyboardNotify:
             case XkbMapNotify:
               keymap_changed (backend);
               break;