diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index c0e0002..7b89512 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ chg: on Windows, a fatal error will move the early console window to the foregro
 chg: com_hunkMegs doesn't have a maximum value anymore
   a value too high would reset it and the engine might fail to load with the default value
 
+fix: on Linux, the 'Z' and '9' keys could not be bound
+
 fix: cl_allowDownload 1 failing on "connect" (error 10047 on Windows)
 
 fix: cl_allowDownload 1 was using the current directory instead of fs_basepath
diff --git a/code/linux/sdl_core.cpp b/code/linux/sdl_core.cpp
index 160bba7..3c03fbb 100644
--- a/code/linux/sdl_core.cpp
+++ b/code/linux/sdl_core.cpp
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ static int QuakeKeyFromSDLKey( SDL_Keysym key )
 	const SDL_Keycode sym = key.sym;
 
 	// these ranges map directly to ASCII chars
-	if ((sym >= SDLK_a && sym < SDLK_z) ||
-		(sym >= SDLK_0 && sym < SDLK_9))
+	if ((sym >= SDLK_a && sym <= SDLK_z) ||
+		(sym >= SDLK_0 && sym <= SDLK_9))
 		return (int)sym;
 
 	// F1 to F24