diff --git a/sway/config.c b/sway/config.c
index d46b81ee..72fc41e7 100644
--- a/sway/config.c
+++ b/sway/config.c
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 struct sway_config *config = NULL;
 
 static struct xkb_state *keysym_translation_state_create(
-		struct xkb_rule_names rules) {
-	struct xkb_context *context = xkb_context_new(XKB_CONTEXT_NO_SECURE_GETENV);
+		struct xkb_rule_names rules, uint32_t context_flags) {
+	struct xkb_context *context = xkb_context_new(context_flags | XKB_CONTEXT_NO_SECURE_GETENV);
 	struct xkb_keymap *xkb_keymap = xkb_keymap_new_from_names(
 		context,
 		&rules,
@@ -344,8 +344,11 @@ static void config_defaults(struct sway_config *config) {
 
 	// The keysym to keycode translation
 	struct xkb_rule_names rules = {0};
-	config->keysym_translation_state =
-		keysym_translation_state_create(rules);
+	config->keysym_translation_state = keysym_translation_state_create(rules, 0);
+	if (config->keysym_translation_state == NULL) {
+		config->keysym_translation_state = keysym_translation_state_create(rules,
+			XKB_CONTEXT_NO_ENVIRONMENT_NAMES);
+	}
 	if (config->keysym_translation_state == NULL) {
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
@@ -995,8 +998,7 @@ void translate_keysyms(struct input_config *input_config) {
 
 	struct xkb_rule_names rules = {0};
 	input_config_fill_rule_names(input_config, &rules);
-	config->keysym_translation_state =
-		keysym_translation_state_create(rules);
+	config->keysym_translation_state = keysym_translation_state_create(rules, 0);
 	if (config->keysym_translation_state == NULL) {
 		sway_log(SWAY_ERROR, "Failed to create keysym translation XKB state "
 			"for device '%s'", input_config->identifier);