1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/xterm.c b/src/xterm.c
index b95abdf6c5f..6f314ae9d54 100644
--- a/src/xterm.c
+++ b/src/xterm.c
@@ -10685,6 +10685,11 @@ XTread_socket (sd, bufp, numchars, expected)
                             require = decoding_buffer_size (&coding, nbytes);
                             p = (unsigned char *) alloca (require);
                             coding.mode |= CODING_MODE_LAST_BLOCK;
+                            /* We explicitely disable composition
+                               handling because key data should
+                               not contain any composition
+                               sequence.  */
+                            coding.composing = COMPOSITION_DISABLED;
                             decode_coding (&coding, copy_bufptr, p,
                                            nbytes, require);
                             nbytes = coding.produced;