diff --git a/src/gui/text/qinputcontrol.cpp b/src/gui/text/qinputcontrol.cpp
index 3381fdb673..6036f052e9 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qinputcontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qinputcontrol.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 #include "qinputcontrol_p.h"
 #include <QtGui/qevent.h>
 
+// Patch: Enable Ctrl+key and Ctrl+Shift+key in all locales except German.
+// See https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/pull/1185.
+#include <QtCore/QLocale>
+
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 QInputControl::QInputControl(Type type, QObject *parent)
@@ -67,9 +71,16 @@ bool QInputControl::isAcceptableInput(const QKeyEvent *event) const
     if (c.category() == QChar::Other_Format)
         return true;
 
-    // QTBUG-35734: ignore Ctrl/Ctrl+Shift; accept only AltGr (Alt+Ctrl) on German keyboards
-    if (event->modifiers() == Qt::ControlModifier
-            || event->modifiers() == (Qt::ShiftModifier | Qt::ControlModifier)) {
+    // Patch: Enable Ctrl+key and Ctrl+Shift+key in all locales except German.
+    // See https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/pull/1185.
+    bool skipCtrlAndCtrlShift = false;
+    if (QGuiApplication::inputMethod()->locale().language() == QLocale::German) {
+        if (event->modifiers() == Qt::ControlModifier
+            || event->modifiers() == (Qt::ControlModifier | Qt::ShiftModifier)) {
+            skipCtrlAndCtrlShift = true;
+        }
+    }
+    if (skipCtrlAndCtrlShift) {
         return false;
     }