diff --git a/default/hypr/input.lua b/default/hypr/input.lua
index 6fddb9e0..c3c7d43f 100644
--- a/default/hypr/input.lua
+++ b/default/hypr/input.lua
@@ -21,24 +21,32 @@ local function read_vconsole()
   return values
 end
 
+-- Layouts that can't type Latin letters. Keep in sync with the list in
+-- etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/omarchy_hooks.conf.
+local non_latin_layouts =
+  " af am ara bd bg by et ge gr il in iq ir kg kh kz la lk mk mm mn mv np rs ru sy th tj ua "
+
 local vconsole = read_vconsole()
 
-local layout = vconsole.XKBLAYOUT or "us"
-local variant = vconsole.XKBVARIANT or ""
+local kb_layout = vconsole.XKBLAYOUT or "us"
+local kb_variant = vconsole.XKBVARIANT or ""
 local kb_options = "compose:caps,shift:both_capslock"
 
--- Prepend 'us' so Omarchy's Latin-keysym bindings resolve — Hyprland matches
--- bindings against the first layout in kb_layout, not the currently active one.
-if not (","..layout..","):find(",us,", 1, true) then
-  layout = "us," .. layout
-  variant = "," .. variant
+-- Hyprland resolves keybindings against the first entry in kb_layout, not the
+-- layout that's currently active, so Omarchy's Latin-keysym bindings (SUPER + W
+-- and friends) only fire when a Latin layout leads. Installing with a non-Latin
+-- one would otherwise leave the desktop unusable.
+if non_latin_layouts:find(" " .. kb_layout:match("^[^,]*") .. " ", 1, true) then
+  kb_layout = "us," .. kb_layout
+  kb_variant = "," .. kb_variant
+  -- Reach the original layout with Left Alt + Right Alt.
   kb_options = kb_options .. ",grp:alts_toggle"
 end
 
 hl.config({
   input = {
-    kb_layout = layout,
-    kb_variant = variant,
+    kb_layout = kb_layout,
+    kb_variant = kb_variant,
     kb_model = "",
     kb_options = kb_options,
     kb_rules = "",
diff --git a/test/shell.d/hyprland-keyboard-layout-test.sh b/test/shell.d/hyprland-keyboard-layout-test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68626cc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shell.d/hyprland-keyboard-layout-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/base-test.sh"
+
+require_command lua
+
+resolved_input() {
+  OMARCHY_PATH="$ROOT" OMARCHY_VCONSOLE="${1-}" lua <<'LUA'
+package.path = os.getenv("OMARCHY_PATH") .. "/?.lua;" .. package.path
+
+local vconsole = os.getenv("OMARCHY_VCONSOLE")
+local real_open = io.open
+
+io.open = function(path, mode)
+  if path ~= "/etc/vconsole.conf" then
+    return real_open(path, mode)
+  end
+
+  if not vconsole then
+    return nil
+  end
+
+  local file = io.tmpfile()
+  file:write(vconsole)
+  file:seek("set")
+  return file
+end
+
+hl = {
+  config = function(config)
+    local input = config.input
+    print(("[%s] [%s] [%s]"):format(input.kb_layout, input.kb_variant, input.kb_options))
+  end,
+}
+
+o = { window = function() end }
+
+require("default.hypr.input")
+LUA
+}
+
+assert_input() {
+  local description="$1"
+  local expected="$2"
+  local actual
+
+  if (( $# > 2 )); then
+    actual=$(resolved_input "$3")
+  else
+    actual=$(resolved_input)
+  fi
+
+  [[ $actual == "$expected" ]] ||
+    fail "$description" "expected: $expected"$'\n'"actual:   $actual"
+  pass "$description"
+}
+
+base_options="compose:caps,shift:both_capslock"
+toggle_options="$base_options,grp:alts_toggle"
+
+assert_input "missing vconsole.conf falls back to us" "[us] [] [$base_options]"
+assert_input "us layout passes through" "[us] [intl] [$base_options]" 'XKBLAYOUT=us
+XKBVARIANT=intl
+'
+assert_input "latin layouts are left alone" "[de] [nodeadkeys] [$base_options]" 'XKBLAYOUT=de
+XKBVARIANT=nodeadkeys
+'
+assert_input "non-latin layout gains us in front" "[us,ara] [,] [$toggle_options]" 'XKBLAYOUT=ara
+'
+assert_input "prepended us keeps variants aligned" "[us,ru] [,phonetic] [$toggle_options]" 'XKBLAYOUT=ru
+XKBVARIANT=phonetic
+'
+assert_input "non-latin layout in front gains us even when us trails" "[us,il,us] [,] [$toggle_options]" 'XKBLAYOUT=il,us
+'
+
+hooks_conf="$ROOT/etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/omarchy_hooks.conf"
+input_lua="$ROOT/default/hypr/input.lua"
+
+hooks_layouts=$(awk -F')' '/\) ;;$/ { gsub(/[[:space:]|]+/, "\n", $1); print $1 }' "$hooks_conf" | grep '^[a-z]\+$' | sort)
+lua_layouts=$(sed -n '/^local non_latin_layouts =/,+1p' "$input_lua" | grep -o '"[^"]*"' | tr -d '"' | tr ' ' '\n' | grep '^[a-z]\+$' | sort)
+
+[[ -n $hooks_layouts ]] || fail "non-latin layout list is readable from omarchy_hooks.conf"
+[[ $hooks_layouts == "$lua_layouts" ]] ||
+  fail "non-latin layout lists stay in sync" "$(diff <(echo "$hooks_layouts") <(echo "$lua_layouts"))"
+pass "non-latin layout lists stay in sync with the initramfs hook"