diff --git a/docs/build.rst b/docs/build.rst
index 9277fa942..4032c2631 100644
--- a/docs/build.rst
+++ b/docs/build.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Build-time dependencies:
     * gcc or clang
     * pkg-config
     * For building on Linux in addition to the above dependencies you might also need to install the ``-dev`` packages for:
-      ``libxcursor-dev``, ``libxrandr-dev``, ``libxi-dev``, ``libxinerama-dev``, ``libgl1-mesa-dev`` and ``libxkbcommon-x11-dev``,
+      ``libdbus-1-dev``, ``libxcursor-dev``, ``libxrandr-dev``, ``libxi-dev``, ``libxinerama-dev``, ``libgl1-mesa-dev`` and ``libxkbcommon-x11-dev``,
       if they are not already installed by your distro.
 
 Install and run from source
diff --git a/glfw/dbus_glfw.c b/glfw/dbus_glfw.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92fe73bbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glfw/dbus_glfw.c
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+//========================================================================
+// GLFW 3.3 XKB - www.glfw.org
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Copyright (c) 2018 Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
+//
+// This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+// warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
+// arising from the use of this software.
+//
+// Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+// including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+// freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+//
+// 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+//    claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
+//    in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would
+//    be appreciated but is not required.
+//
+// 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not
+//    be misrepresented as being the original software.
+//
+// 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
+//    distribution.
+//
+//========================================================================
+
+
+#include "internal.h"
+#include "dbus_glfw.h"
+
+static inline void
+report_error(DBusError *err, const char *msg) {
+    const char *prefix = msg ? msg : "DBUS error occurred";
+    _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR, "%s: %s", prefix, err->message);
+    dbus_error_free(err);
+}
+
+
+GLFWbool
+glfw_dbus_init(_GLFWDBUSData *dbus) {
+    DBusError err;
+    if (!dbus->session_conn) {
+        dbus_error_init(&err);
+        dbus->session_conn = dbus_bus_get_private(DBUS_BUS_SESSION, &err);
+        if (dbus_error_is_set(&err)) {
+            report_error(&err, "Failed to connect to DBUS system bus");
+            return GLFW_FALSE;
+        }
+    }
+    return GLFW_TRUE;
+}
+
+void
+glfw_dbus_terminate(_GLFWDBUSData *dbus) {
+    if (dbus->session_conn) {
+        dbus_connection_close(dbus->session_conn);
+        dbus_connection_unref(dbus->session_conn);
+        dbus->session_conn = NULL;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/glfw/dbus_glfw.h b/glfw/dbus_glfw.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d7f51c8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glfw/dbus_glfw.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+//========================================================================
+// GLFW 3.3 XKB - www.glfw.org
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Copyright (c) 2018 Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
+//
+// This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+// warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
+// arising from the use of this software.
+//
+// Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+// including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+// freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+//
+// 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+//    claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
+//    in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would
+//    be appreciated but is not required.
+//
+// 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not
+//    be misrepresented as being the original software.
+//
+// 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
+//    distribution.
+//
+//========================================================================
+
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <dbus/dbus.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+    DBusConnection *session_conn;
+} _GLFWDBUSData;
+
+
+GLFWbool glfw_dbus_init(_GLFWDBUSData *dbus);
+void glfw_dbus_terminate(_GLFWDBUSData *dbus);
diff --git a/glfw/glfw.py b/glfw/glfw.py
index 64f30a186..681f5311a 100755
--- a/glfw/glfw.py
+++ b/glfw/glfw.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def init_env(env, pkg_config, at_least_version, module='x11'):
         at_least_version('xkbcommon', 0, 5)
 
     if module == 'x11':
-        for dep in 'x11 xrandr xinerama xcursor xkbcommon xkbcommon-x11 x11-xcb'.split():
+        for dep in 'x11 xrandr xinerama xcursor xkbcommon xkbcommon-x11 x11-xcb dbus-1'.split():
             ans.cflags.extend(pkg_config(dep, '--cflags-only-I'))
             ans.ldpaths.extend(pkg_config(dep, '--libs'))
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def init_env(env, pkg_config, at_least_version, module='x11'):
         for p in ans.wayland_protocols:
             ans.sources.append(wayland_protocol_file_name(p))
             ans.all_headers.append(wayland_protocol_file_name(p, 'h'))
-        for dep in 'wayland-egl wayland-client wayland-cursor xkbcommon'.split():
+        for dep in 'wayland-egl wayland-client wayland-cursor xkbcommon dbus-1'.split():
             ans.cflags.extend(pkg_config(dep, '--cflags-only-I'))
             ans.ldpaths.extend(pkg_config(dep, '--libs'))
 
diff --git a/glfw/ibus_glfw.c b/glfw/ibus_glfw.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32cf731e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glfw/ibus_glfw.c
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+//========================================================================
+// GLFW 3.3 XKB - www.glfw.org
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Copyright (c) 2018 Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
+//
+// This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+// warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
+// arising from the use of this software.
+//
+// Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+// including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+// freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+//
+// 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+//    claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
+//    in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would
+//    be appreciated but is not required.
+//
+// 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not
+//    be misrepresented as being the original software.
+//
+// 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
+//    distribution.
+//
+//========================================================================
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "internal.h"
+#include "ibus_glfw.h"
+
+static inline GLFWbool
+has_env_var(const char *name, const char *val) {
+    const char *q = getenv(name);
+    return (q && strcmp(q, val)) ? GLFW_TRUE : GLFW_FALSE;
+}
+
+void
+glfw_connect_to_ibus(_GLFWIBUSData *ibus, _GLFWDBUSData *dbus) {
+    if (ibus->ok) return;
+    if (!has_env_var("XMODIFIERS", "@im=ibus") && !has_env_var("GTK_IM_MODULE", "ibus") && !has_env_var("QT_IM_MODULE", "ibus")) return;
+    if (!glfw_dbus_init(dbus)) return;
+}
diff --git a/glfw/ibus_glfw.h b/glfw/ibus_glfw.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1584516e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glfw/ibus_glfw.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+//========================================================================
+// GLFW 3.3 XKB - www.glfw.org
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Copyright (c) 2018 Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
+//
+// This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+// warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
+// arising from the use of this software.
+//
+// Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+// including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+// freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+//
+// 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+//    claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
+//    in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would
+//    be appreciated but is not required.
+//
+// 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not
+//    be misrepresented as being the original software.
+//
+// 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
+//    distribution.
+//
+//========================================================================
+
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "dbus_glfw.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+    GLFWbool ok;
+} _GLFWIBUSData;
+
+void glfw_connect_to_ibus(_GLFWIBUSData *ibus, _GLFWDBUSData *dbus);
diff --git a/glfw/source-info.json b/glfw/source-info.json
index 61b095144..76339916f 100644
--- a/glfw/source-info.json
+++ b/glfw/source-info.json
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
       "posix_time.h",
       "posix_thread.h",
       "xkb_glfw.h",
+      "dbus_glfw.h",
+      "ibus_glfw.h",
       "backend_utils.h",
       "egl_context.h",
       "osmesa_context.h",
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@
       "posix_time.c",
       "posix_thread.c",
       "xkb_glfw.c",
+      "dbus_glfw.c",
+      "ibus_glfw.c",
       "egl_context.c",
       "osmesa_context.c",
       "linux_joystick.c",
@@ -112,6 +116,8 @@
     "headers": [
       "x11_platform.h",
       "xkb_glfw.h",
+      "dbus_glfw.h",
+      "ibus_glfw.h",
       "backend_utils.h",
       "posix_time.h",
       "posix_thread.h",
@@ -126,6 +132,8 @@
       "x11_monitor.c",
       "x11_window.c",
       "xkb_glfw.c",
+      "dbus_glfw.c",
+      "ibus_glfw.c",
       "posix_time.c",
       "posix_thread.c",
       "glx_context.c",
diff --git a/glfw/wl_init.c b/glfw/wl_init.c
index cd7fa297c..4feada24a 100644
--- a/glfw/wl_init.c
+++ b/glfw/wl_init.c
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ int _glfwPlatformInit(void)
     _glfw.wl.registry = wl_display_get_registry(_glfw.wl.display);
     wl_registry_add_listener(_glfw.wl.registry, &registryListener, NULL);
 
-    if (!glfw_xkb_create_context(&_glfw.wl.xkb)) return GLFW_FALSE;
+    if (!glfw_xkb_create_context(&_glfw.wl.xkb, &_glfw.wl.dbus)) return GLFW_FALSE;
 
     // Sync so we got all registry objects
     wl_display_roundtrip(_glfw.wl.display);
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ void _glfwPlatformTerminate(void)
     }
 
     glfw_xkb_release(&_glfw.wl.xkb);
+    glfw_dbus_terminate(&_glfw.wl.dbus);
 
     if (_glfw.wl.cursorTheme)
         wl_cursor_theme_destroy(_glfw.wl.cursorTheme);
diff --git a/glfw/wl_platform.h b/glfw/wl_platform.h
index f0e408fe8..21683a849 100644
--- a/glfw/wl_platform.h
+++ b/glfw/wl_platform.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef struct _GLFWlibraryWayland
         _GLFWwindow*            keyboardFocus;
     } keyRepeatInfo;
     _GLFWXKBData                xkb;
+    _GLFWDBUSData               dbus;
 
     _GLFWwindow*                pointerFocus;
     _GLFWwindow*                keyboardFocus;
diff --git a/glfw/x11_init.c b/glfw/x11_init.c
index ea5b0f3b2..8660e9196 100644
--- a/glfw/x11_init.c
+++ b/glfw/x11_init.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static GLFWbool initExtensions(void)
     }
 
     if (!glfw_xkb_set_x11_events_mask()) return GLFW_FALSE;
-    if (!glfw_xkb_create_context(&_glfw.x11.xkb)) return GLFW_FALSE;
+    if (!glfw_xkb_create_context(&_glfw.x11.xkb, &_glfw.x11.dbus)) return GLFW_FALSE;
     if (!glfw_xkb_update_x11_keyboard_id(&_glfw.x11.xkb)) return GLFW_FALSE;
     if (!glfw_xkb_compile_keymap(&_glfw.x11.xkb, NULL)) return GLFW_FALSE;
 
@@ -689,6 +689,7 @@ void _glfwPlatformTerminate(void)
     }
 
     glfw_xkb_release(&_glfw.x11.xkb);
+    glfw_dbus_terminate(&_glfw.x11.dbus);
     free(_glfw.x11.primarySelectionString);
     free(_glfw.x11.clipboardString);
 
diff --git a/glfw/x11_platform.h b/glfw/x11_platform.h
index 2430065f5..b3faa2b29 100644
--- a/glfw/x11_platform.h
+++ b/glfw/x11_platform.h
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ typedef struct _GLFWlibraryX11
     } randr;
 
     _GLFWXKBData xkb;
+    _GLFWDBUSData dbus;
 
     struct {
         int         count;
diff --git a/glfw/xkb_glfw.c b/glfw/xkb_glfw.c
index ef1091cd6..4babb8450 100644
--- a/glfw/xkb_glfw.c
+++ b/glfw/xkb_glfw.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ glfw_xkb_release(_GLFWXKBData *xkb) {
 }
 
 GLFWbool
-glfw_xkb_create_context(_GLFWXKBData *xkb) {
+glfw_xkb_create_context(_GLFWXKBData *xkb, _GLFWDBUSData *dbus) {
     xkb->context = xkb_context_new(0);
     if (!xkb->context)
     {
@@ -211,9 +211,11 @@ glfw_xkb_create_context(_GLFWXKBData *xkb) {
                         "Failed to initialize XKB context");
         return GLFW_FALSE;
     }
+    glfw_connect_to_ibus(&xkb->ibus, dbus);
     return GLFW_TRUE;
 }
 
+
 GLFWbool
 glfw_xkb_compile_keymap(_GLFWXKBData *xkb, const char *map_str) {
     const char* locale = NULL;
diff --git a/glfw/xkb_glfw.h b/glfw/xkb_glfw.h
index 805aee367..1e251a88f 100644
--- a/glfw/xkb_glfw.h
+++ b/glfw/xkb_glfw.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include <xkbcommon/xkbcommon-x11.h>
 #endif
 
+#include "ibus_glfw.h"
+
 typedef struct {
     struct xkb_context*     context;
     struct xkb_keymap*      keymap;
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ typedef struct {
     xkb_mod_mask_t          activeUnknownModifiers;
     unsigned int            modifiers;
     xkb_mod_index_t         unknownModifiers[256];
+    _GLFWIBUSData           ibus;
 
 #ifdef _GLFW_X11
     int32_t                 keyboard_device_id;
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ GLFWbool glfw_xkb_update_x11_keyboard_id(_GLFWXKBData *xkb);
 #endif
 
 void glfw_xkb_release(_GLFWXKBData *xkb);
-GLFWbool glfw_xkb_create_context(_GLFWXKBData *xkb);
+GLFWbool glfw_xkb_create_context(_GLFWXKBData *xkb, _GLFWDBUSData *dbus);
 GLFWbool glfw_xkb_compile_keymap(_GLFWXKBData *xkb, const char *map_str);
 void glfw_xkb_update_modifiers(_GLFWXKBData *xkb, xkb_mod_mask_t depressed, xkb_mod_mask_t latched, xkb_mod_mask_t locked, xkb_layout_index_t base_group, xkb_layout_index_t latched_group, xkb_layout_index_t locked_group);
 GLFWbool glfw_xkb_should_repeat(_GLFWXKBData *xkb, xkb_keycode_t scancode);