diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/config/appliance-gbm-generic.xml b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/config/appliance-gbm-generic.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4631db78b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/config/appliance-gbm-generic.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<settings version="1">
+  <section id="player">
+    <category id="input">
+      <group id="4">
+        <setting id="input.libinputkeyboardlayout">
+          <visible>true</visible>
+        </setting>
+      </group>
+    </category>
+  </section>
+</settings>
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
index 6ab0c92e48..bf16236492 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
@@ -178,7 +178,11 @@ configure_package() {
       KODI_PLAYER="-DCORE_PLATFORM_NAME=gbm -DAPP_RENDER_SYSTEM=gles"
       CFLAGS+=" -DEGL_NO_X11"
       CXXFLAGS+=" -DEGL_NO_X11"
-      PKG_APPLIANCE_XML="${PKG_DIR}/config/appliance-gbm.xml"
+      if [ "${PROJECT}" = "Generic" ]; then
+        PKG_APPLIANCE_XML="${PKG_DIR}/config/appliance-gbm-generic.xml"
+      else
+        PKG_APPLIANCE_XML="${PKG_DIR}/config/appliance-gbm.xml"
+      fi
     fi
   fi