diff --git a/rules/base.xml.in b/rules/base.xml.in
index 1ce39d59..7a5416ab 100644
--- a/rules/base.xml.in
+++ b/rules/base.xml.in
@@ -3061,7 +3061,24 @@
         <_description>Laos</_description>
         <languageList><iso639Id>lao</iso639Id></languageList>
       </configItem>
-      <variantList/>
+      <variantList>
+	<variant>
+	  <configItem>
+	    <name>basic</name>
+	    <_description>Laos</_description>
+            <languageList><iso639Id>lao</iso639Id>
+            </languageList>
+	  </configItem>
+	</variant>
+	<variant>
+	  <configItem>
+	    <name>stea</name>
+	    <_description>Laos - STEA (proposed standard layout)</_description>
+            <languageList><iso639Id>lao</iso639Id>
+            </languageList>
+	  </configItem>
+	</variant>
+      </variantList>
     </layout>
     <layout>
       <configItem>
diff --git a/symbols/la b/symbols/la
index b050cc47..a5687b95 100644
--- a/symbols/la
+++ b/symbols/la
@@ -75,3 +75,80 @@ override key <RTSH> {
 	[ 	Shift_R,		ISO_Last_Group 		]
     };
 };
+
+partial
+xkb_symbols "stea" {
+
+    // Describes the differences between a very simple US/ASCII
+    // keyboard and a Lao keyboard
+    // This keymap uses the proposed Lao keyboard standard by the
+    // PAN Localization Project
+    // Science Technology and Environment Agency of Lao PDR
+    // National University Computer and Emergency Science of Pakistan
+    // International Development Research Center
+    // Caveat: assigning multiple codepoints to a single key doesn't 
+    // work in XKB. Therefor the combining codepoint assignments
+    // have been omitted.
+
+
+    name[Group1]= "Laos - STEA (proposed standard layout)";
+
+    // Alphanumeric section
+    key <TLDE> { [  quotedbl,      apostrophe           	]};
+    key <AE01> { [ 0x1000ea2,               1,       0x1000ed1	]};
+    key <AE02> { [ 0x1000e9f,               2,       0x1000ed2	]};
+    key <AE03> { [ 0x1000ec2,               3,       0x1000ed3	]};
+    key <AE04> { [ 0x1000e96,               4,       0x1000ed4	]};
+    key <AE05> { [ 0x1000eb8,       0x1000ecc,       0x1000ed5	]};
+    key <AE06> { [ 0x1000eb9,       0x1000ebc,       0x1000ed6	]};
+    key <AE07> { [ 0x1000e84,               5,       0x1000ed7	]};
+    key <AE08> { [ 0x1000e95,               6,       0x1000ed8	]};
+    key <AE09> { [ 0x1000e88,               7,       0x1000ed9	]};
+    key <AE10> { [ 0x1000e82,               8,       0x1000ed0	]};
+    key <AE11> { [ 0x1000e8a,               9			]};
+    key <AE12> { [ 0x1000ecd 		]};
+
+    key <AD01> { [ 0x1000ebb		]};
+    key <AD02> { [ 0x1000ec4,               0			]};
+    key <AD03> { [ 0x1000eb3,       asterisk			]};
+    key <AD04> { [ 0x1000e9e,       underscore             	]};
+    key <AD05> { [ 0x1000eb0,       plus                	]};
+    key <AD06> { [ 0x1000eb4		]};
+    key <AD07> { [ 0x1000eb5		]};
+    key <AD08> { [ 0x1000eae,       0x1000ea3	                ]};
+    key <AD09> { [ 0x1000e99,       0x1000edc			]};
+    key <AD10> { [ 0x1000e8d,       0x1000ebd	]};
+    key <AD11> { [ 0x1000e9a,       minus	]};
+    key <AD12> { [ 0x1000ea5        	]};
+    key <BKSL> { [     slash,       backslash	                ]};
+
+    key <AC01> { [ 0x1000eb1		]};
+    key <AC02> { [ 0x1000eab,       semicolon	]};
+    key <AC03> { [ 0x1000e81,       period	]};
+    key <AC04> { [ 0x1000e94,       comma	]};
+    key <AC05> { [ 0x1000ec0,       colon	]};
+    key <AC06> { [ 0x1000ec9,       0x1000eca	]};
+    key <AC07> { [ 0x1000ec8,       0x1000ecb	]};
+    key <AC08> { [ 0x1000eb2,       exclam	]};
+    key <AC09> { [ 0x1000eaa,       question	]};
+    key <AC10> { [ 0x1000ea7,       percent	]};
+    key <AC11> { [ 0x1000e87,       equal	]};
+
+    key <AB01> { [ 0x1000e9c,       0x10020ad	]};
+    key <AB02> { [ 0x1000e9b,       parenleft	]};
+    key <AB03> { [ 0x1000ec1,       0x1000eaf	]};
+    key <AB04> { [ 0x1000ead,       x		]};
+    key <AB05> { [ 0x1000eb6		]};
+    key <AB06> { [ 0x1000eb7		]};
+    key <AB07> { [ 0x1000e97,       0x1000ec6	]};
+    key <AB08> { [ 0x1000ea1,       0x1000edd	]};
+    key <AB09> { [ 0x1000ec3,       dollar	]};
+    key <AB10> { [ 0x1000e9d,       parenright	]};
+
+    key <SPCE> { [ space, nobreakspace, nobreakspace		]};
+
+    key <KPDL> { [     comma,       period 			]};
+
+    include "level3(ralt_switch)"
+
+};