diff --git a/package/xorg/xkeyboard-config/xkeyboard-config.conf b/package/xorg/xkeyboard-config/xkeyboard-config.conf
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+# Create symlinks from xorg{,.lst,.xml} to base{,.lst,.xml} files, respectively,
+# because xorg only searches for rules named "xorg" and cannot use xkb
+# keymaps if none exist.
+var_append extraconfopt " " "--with-xkb-rules-symlink=xorg"