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diff --git a/unix/xserver/hw/vnc/Input.c b/unix/xserver/hw/vnc/Input.c
index 228b382d..534e435e 100644
--- a/unix/xserver/hw/vnc/Input.c
+++ b/unix/xserver/hw/vnc/Input.c
@@ -489,6 +489,30 @@ static void vncKeysymKeyboardEvent(KeySym keysym, int down)
keycode = vncKeysymToKeycode(keysym, state, &new_state);
+ /*
+ * Shift+Alt is often mapped to Meta, so try that rather than
+ * allocating a new entry, faking shift, or using the dummy
+ * key entries that many layouts have.
+ */
+ if ((state & ShiftMask) &&
+ ((keysym == XK_Alt_L) || (keysym == XK_Alt_R))) {
+ KeyCode alt, meta;
+
+ if (keysym == XK_Alt_L) {
+ alt = vncKeysymToKeycode(XK_Alt_L, state & ~ShiftMask, NULL);
+ meta = vncKeysymToKeycode(XK_Meta_L, state, NULL);
+ } else {
+ alt = vncKeysymToKeycode(XK_Alt_R, state & ~ShiftMask, NULL);
+ meta = vncKeysymToKeycode(XK_Meta_R, state, NULL);
+ }
+
+ if ((meta != 0) && (alt == meta)) {
+ LOG_DEBUG("Replacing Shift+Alt with Shift+Meta");
+ keycode = meta;
+ new_state = state;
+ }
+ }
+
/* Try some equivalent keysyms if we couldn't find a perfect match */
if (keycode == 0) {
for (i = 0;i < sizeof(altKeysym)/sizeof(altKeysym[0]);i++) {