diff -pruN imsettings-1.2.8.orig/data/xinput.sh.in.in imsettings-1.2.8/data/xinput.sh.in.in
--- imsettings-1.2.8.orig/data/xinput.sh.in.in	2012-02-10 12:40:12.000000000 +0900
+++ imsettings-1.2.8/data/xinput.sh.in.in	2012-02-10 12:43:43.000000000 +0900
@@ -267,9 +267,10 @@ if [ -r "$USER_XINPUTRC" -a "x$IMSETTING
     fi
 elif [ -r "$SYS_XINPUTRC" ]; then
     # FIXME: This hardcoded list has to be gone in the future.
-    _language_list="as bn gu hi ja kn ko mai ml mr ne or pa si ta te th ur vi zh"
+    # Locales that normally use input-method for native input
+    _im_language_list="as bn gu hi ja kn ko mai ml mr ne or pa si ta te th ur vi zh"
     _sourced_xinputrc=0
-    for i in $_language_list; do
+    for i in $_im_language_list; do
         if echo $tmplang | grep -q -E "^$i"; then
             source "$SYS_XINPUTRC"
             READ_XINPUTRC=$SYS_XINPUTRC
@@ -277,6 +278,19 @@ elif [ -r "$SYS_XINPUTRC" ]; then
             break
         fi
     done
+    # Locales that usually use X locale compose
+    # FIXME: which other locales should be included here?
+    if [ $_sourced_xinputrc -eq 0 ]; then
+        _xcompose_language_list="am_ET el_GR fi_FI pt_BR ru_RU"
+        for i in $_xcompose_language_list; do
+            if echo $tmplang | grep -q -E "^$i"; then
+                source @XINPUT_PATH@/xcompose.conf
+                READ_XINPUTRC=@XINPUT_PATH@/xcompose.conf
+                _sourced_xinputrc=1
+                break
+            fi
+        done
+    fi
     if [ $_sourced_xinputrc -eq 0 ]; then
         # Read none.conf to set up properly for locales not listed the above.
         source @XINPUT_PATH@/none.conf