diff --git a/src/keymap-manager.coffee b/src/keymap-manager.coffee
index 8b5a9ca..c332ba1 100644
--- a/src/keymap-manager.coffee
+++ b/src/keymap-manager.coffee
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ class KeymapManager
     # 229, which is the "composition key code". This API is deprecated, but this
     # is the most simple and reliable way we found to ignore keystrokes that are
     # part of IME compositions.
-    if event.keyCode is 229
+    if event.keyCode is 229 and event.key isnt 'Dead'
       return
 
     # keystroke is the atom keybind syntax, e.g. 'ctrl-a'