diff --git a/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp b/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp
index 58993b4ef0320ed2dd53be3051ed4590ac97c15a..2b4430ecb90ebaa286b0ad9629cde595ba8c4a82 100644
--- a/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp
+++ b/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp
@@ -1815,6 +1815,7 @@ LRESULT AwtComponent::WindowProc(UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
                           "new = 0x%08X",
                           GetHWnd(), GetClassName(), (UINT)lParam);
           mr = WmInputLangChange(static_cast<UINT>(wParam), reinterpret_cast<HKL>(lParam));
+          g_bUserHasChangedInputLang = TRUE;
           CallProxyDefWindowProc(message, wParam, lParam, retValue, mr);
           // should return non-zero if we process this message
           retValue = 1;