diff --git a/crates/bootstrap/src/lib.rs b/crates/bootstrap/src/lib.rs
index ba853d83..8a4a2457 100644
--- a/crates/bootstrap/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bootstrap/src/lib.rs
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ async fn run(body: impl ExampleBody) {
         .build(&event_loop)
         .unwrap();
 
+    window.set_ime_allowed(true);
+
     // yakui_app has a helper for setting up winit and wgpu.
     let mut app = yakui_app::Graphics::new(&window).await;
 
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ async fn run(body: impl ExampleBody) {
         FontSettings::default(),
     )
     .unwrap();
+
     fonts.add(font, Some("monospace"));
 
     // Set up some default state that we'll modify later.
diff --git a/crates/yakui-winit/src/lib.rs b/crates/yakui-winit/src/lib.rs
index 19b70890..8430b2ce 100644
--- a/crates/yakui-winit/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/yakui-winit/src/lib.rs
@@ -178,6 +178,16 @@ impl YakuiWinit {
                     false
                 }
             }
+
+            WinitEvent::WindowEvent {
+                event: WindowEvent::Ime(winit::event::Ime::Commit(text)),
+                ..
+            } => {
+                for c in text.chars() {
+                    state.handle_event(Event::TextInput(c));
+                }
+                true
+            }
             _ => false,
         }
     }