diff --git a/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/00-debconf b/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/00-debconf
index c13e3b1..884db93 100644
--- a/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/00-debconf
+++ b/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/00-debconf
@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ keyboard-configuration	keyboard-configuration/ctrl_alt_bksp	boolean	true
 # Keyboard layout:
 # Choices: English (UK), English (UK) - English (UK\, Colemak), English (UK) - English (UK\, Dvorak with UK punctuation), English (UK) - English (UK\, Dvorak), English (UK) - English (UK\, Macintosh international), English (UK) - English (UK\, Macintosh), English (UK) - English (UK\, extended WinKeys), English (UK) - English (UK\, international with dead keys), Other
 keyboard-configuration  keyboard-configuration/variant  select  ${KEYBOARD_LAYOUT}
+# for internal use
+keyboard-configuration  keyboard-configuration/optionscode      string  PLACEHOLDER
diff --git a/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/01-run.sh b/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/01-run.sh
index 59988b2..897463e 100755
--- a/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/01-run.sh
+++ b/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/01-run.sh
@@ -67,3 +67,8 @@ usermod --pass='*' root
 EOF
 
 rm -f "${ROOTFS_DIR}/etc/ssh/"ssh_host_*_key*
+
+sed -i "s/PLACEHOLDER//" "${ROOTFS_DIR}/etc/default/keyboard"
+on_chroot << EOF
+DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
+EOF