diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 040a81dce4..fa86629a1d 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-02-11 19:15 GMT-5 David G. Holm <dholm@ sd-llc.com>
+   * source/rtl/inkey.c
+     ! First pass at international character support for Windows console mode.
+
 20000211-23:05 GMT+1 Victor Szakats <info@szelvesz.hu>
    * make*.bat
      * The different make systems generate log files with different names.
diff --git a/harbour/source/rtl/inkey.c b/harbour/source/rtl/inkey.c
index f734a5aded..aa0ab5e801 100644
--- a/harbour/source/rtl/inkey.c
+++ b/harbour/source/rtl/inkey.c
@@ -365,7 +365,12 @@ void hb_inkeyPoll( void )     /* Poll the console keyboard to stuff the Harbour
                /* Save the keyboard state and ASCII key code */
                DWORD dwState = s_irInBuf[ s_cNumIndex ].Event.KeyEvent.dwControlKeyState;
                ch = s_irInBuf[ s_cNumIndex ].Event.KeyEvent.uChar.AsciiChar;
-               if( ch == 0 || ( dwState & ( ENHANCED_KEY | LEFT_ALT_PRESSED | LEFT_CTRL_PRESSED | RIGHT_ALT_PRESSED | RIGHT_CTRL_PRESSED | SHIFT_PRESSED ) ) )
+               if( ch < 0 )
+               {
+                  /* Process international key codes */
+                  ch += 256;
+               }
+               else if( ch == 0 || ( dwState & ( ENHANCED_KEY | LEFT_ALT_PRESSED | LEFT_CTRL_PRESSED | RIGHT_ALT_PRESSED | RIGHT_CTRL_PRESSED | SHIFT_PRESSED ) ) )
                {
                   /* Process non-ASCII key codes */
                   WORD wKey;