diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index bf55977bb..c5c15f9cc 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Changelog
 - Fix setting background_opacity causing window margins/padding to be slightly
   different shade from background (:iss:`1221`)
 
+- Linux: Handle keyboards with a "+" key (:iss:`1224`)
+
 0.13.1 [2018-12-06]
 ------------------------------
 
diff --git a/glfw/cocoa_window.m b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
index b6c634884..8eb7cad6c 100644
--- a/glfw/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ static int translateKey(unsigned int key, GLFWbool apply_keymap)
                 K(';', SEMICOLON);
                 K('[', LEFT_BRACKET);
                 K(']', RIGHT_BRACKET);
+                K('+', PLUS);
                 K('`', GRAVE_ACCENT);
                 K('\\', BACKSLASH);
 #undef K
@@ -2218,6 +2219,7 @@ GLFWAPI void glfwGetCocoaKeyEquivalent(int glfw_key, int glfw_mods, unsigned sho
         K(';', SEMICOLON);
         K('[', LEFT_BRACKET);
         K(']', RIGHT_BRACKET);
+        K('+', PLUS);
         K('`', GRAVE_ACCENT);
         K('\\', BACKSLASH);
 
diff --git a/glfw/glfw3.h b/glfw/glfw3.h
index e728023af..9bb691bdd 100644
--- a/glfw/glfw3.h
+++ b/glfw/glfw3.h
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define GLFW_KEY_GRAVE_ACCENT       96  /* ` */
 #define GLFW_KEY_WORLD_1            161 /* non-US #1 */
 #define GLFW_KEY_WORLD_2            162 /* non-US #2 */
+#define GLFW_KEY_PLUS               163
 
 /* Function keys */
 #define GLFW_KEY_ESCAPE             256
diff --git a/glfw/xkb_glfw.c b/glfw/xkb_glfw.c
index e1d0ce76d..3c10adaae 100644
--- a/glfw/xkb_glfw.c
+++ b/glfw/xkb_glfw.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
         S(bracketleft, LEFT_BRACKET); \
         S(backslash, BACKSLASH); \
         S(bracketright, RIGHT_BRACKET); \
+        S(plus, PLUS); \
         S(grave, GRAVE_ACCENT); \
         S(Escape, ESCAPE); \
         S(Return, ENTER); \
diff --git a/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h b/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h
index cc06bd769..cbd6f6096 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h
+++ b/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
 #define GLFW_KEY_GRAVE_ACCENT       96  /* ` */
 #define GLFW_KEY_WORLD_1            161 /* non-US #1 */
 #define GLFW_KEY_WORLD_2            162 /* non-US #2 */
+#define GLFW_KEY_PLUS               163 /* non-US #2 */
 
 /* Function keys */
 #define GLFW_KEY_ESCAPE             256
diff --git a/kitty/glfw.c b/kitty/glfw.c
index cd5b10bce..b9c4861d5 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw.c
+++ b/kitty/glfw.c
@@ -1116,6 +1116,7 @@ init_glfw(PyObject *m) {
     ADDC(GLFW_KEY_GRAVE_ACCENT);
     ADDC(GLFW_KEY_WORLD_1);
     ADDC(GLFW_KEY_WORLD_2);
+    ADDC(GLFW_KEY_PLUS);
 
 // --- Function keys -----------------------------------------------------------
     ADDC(GLFW_KEY_ESCAPE);
diff --git a/kitty/key_encoding.py b/kitty/key_encoding.py
index 6402604ae..2ffc4af48 100644
--- a/kitty/key_encoding.py
+++ b/kitty/key_encoding.py
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ ENCODING = {
     'WORLD 2': 'x',
     'X': 'p',
     'Y': 'q',
-    'Z': 'r'
+    'Z': 'r',
+    'PLUS': 'Bi'
 }
 KEY_MAP = {
     32: 'A',
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ KEY_MAP = {
     96: 'v',
     161: 'w',
     162: 'x',
+    163: 'Bi',
     256: 'y',
     257: 'z',
     258: '0',
@@ -250,10 +252,8 @@ KEY_MAP = {
     346: 'Bg',
     347: 'Bh'
 }
-
 # END_ENCODING }}}
 
-
 text_keys = string.ascii_uppercase + string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits + '`~!@#$%^&*()_-+=[{]}\\|<,>./?;:\'" '
 
 
@@ -324,28 +324,35 @@ mod_map = {c: i for i, c in enumerate('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP')}
 key_rmap = {}
 g = globals()
 config_key_map = {}
-config_mod_map = {'SHIFT': SHIFT, 'ALT': ALT, 'OPTION': ALT, '⌥': ALT, '⌘': SUPER, 'CMD': SUPER, 'SUPER': SUPER, 'CTRL': CTRL, 'CONTROL': CTRL}
+config_mod_map = {
+    'SHIFT': SHIFT,
+    'ALT': ALT,
+    'OPTION': ALT,
+    '⌥': ALT,
+    '⌘': SUPER,
+    'CMD': SUPER,
+    'SUPER': SUPER,
+    'CTRL': CTRL,
+    'CONTROL': CTRL
+}
 for key_name, enc in ENCODING.items():
     key_name = key_name.replace(' ', '_')
     g[key_name] = config_key_map[key_name] = key_name
     key_rmap[enc] = key_name
 config_key_map.update({
-        '`': g['GRAVE_ACCENT'],
-        '-': g['MINUS'],
-        '=': g['EQUAL'],
-
-        '[': g['LEFT_BRACKET'],
-        ']': g['RIGHT_BRACKET'],
-        '\\': g['BACKSLASH'],
-
-        ';': g['SEMICOLON'],
-        "'": g['APOSTROPHE'],
-
-        ',': g['COMMA'],
-        '.': g['PERIOD'],
-        '/': g['SLASH'],
-
-        'ESC': g['ESCAPE'],
+    '`': g['GRAVE_ACCENT'],
+    '-': g['MINUS'],
+    '=': g['EQUAL'],
+    '[': g['LEFT_BRACKET'],
+    ']': g['RIGHT_BRACKET'],
+    '\\': g['BACKSLASH'],
+    ';': g['SEMICOLON'],
+    "'": g['APOSTROPHE'],
+    ',': g['COMMA'],
+    '.': g['PERIOD'],
+    '/': g['SLASH'],
+    'ESC': g['ESCAPE'],
+    '+': g['PLUS'],
 })
 
 enter_key = KeyEvent(PRESS, 0, g['ENTER'])