diff --git a/src/motif/window.cpp b/src/motif/window.cpp
index c97a0ed0ed..339540128b 100644
--- a/src/motif/window.cpp
+++ b/src/motif/window.cpp
@@ -2637,6 +2637,7 @@ bool wxTranslateKeyEvent(wxKeyEvent& wxevent, wxWindow *win, Widget widget, XEve
     switch (xevent->xany.type)
     {
     case KeyPress:
+    case KeyRelease:
         {
             char buf[20];