diff --git a/src/msw/window.cpp b/src/msw/window.cpp
index 041edce030..650954d4e4 100644
--- a/src/msw/window.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/window.cpp
@@ -6309,6 +6309,9 @@ int VKToWX(WXWORD vk, WXLPARAM lParam, wchar_t *uc)
 
         case VK_DELETE:
             wxk = ChooseNormalOrExtended(lParam, WXK_NUMPAD_DELETE, WXK_DELETE);
+
+            if ( uc )
+                *uc = WXK_DELETE;
             break;
 
         case VK_RETURN: