diff --git a/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp b/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp
index 7f1388580d6add42a31d9a1da18c5ca630b284bf..e0a5c13e05a1429f1d6f43795b92bcb5467e0b36 100644
--- a/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp
+++ b/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp
@@ -1803,6 +1803,7 @@ 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;