diff --git a/android/app/src/main/cpp/main.c b/android/app/src/main/cpp/main.c
index e733f357..341cda96 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/cpp/main.c
+++ b/android/app/src/main/cpp/main.c
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_com_drbeef_ioq3quest_MainActivity_nativeFocusChanged
     g_HasFocus = focus;
 }
 
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_com_drbeef_ioq3quest_MainActivity_nativeKey(JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jint keycode, jint action)
+{
+	if (action == 0)
+	{
+		Com_QueueEvent( 0, SE_CHAR, keycode, qtrue, 0, NULL );
+	}
+}
+
 JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM* vm, void* reserved)
 {
     g_JavaVM = vm;
@@ -121,4 +129,4 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	VR_Destroy(engine);
 
 	return 0;
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/drbeef/ioq3quest/MainActivity.java b/android/app/src/main/java/com/drbeef/ioq3quest/MainActivity.java
index c11cd6da..893bd5a9 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/drbeef/ioq3quest/MainActivity.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/drbeef/ioq3quest/MainActivity.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.RemoteException;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.util.Pair;
+import android.view.KeyEvent;
 
 import androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat;
 import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ import static android.system.Os.setenv;
 
 public class MainActivity extends SDLActivity // implements KeyEvent.Callback
 {
+	private static final String SUPPORTED_ASCII = "qwertyuiop[]asdfghjkl;'\\<zxcvbnm,./QWERTYUIOP{}ASDFGHJKL:\"|>ZXCVBNM<>?`1234567890-=~!@#$%^&*()_+";
 	private int permissionCount = 0;
 	private static final int READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE_PERMISSION_ID = 1;
 	private static final int WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE_PERMISSION_ID = 2;
@@ -72,6 +74,17 @@ public class MainActivity extends SDLActivity // implements KeyEvent.Callback
 		super.onDestroy();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent event) {
+		//ASCII characters directly passed into the engine
+		if (SUPPORTED_ASCII.indexOf(event.getUnicodeChar()) >= 0) {
+			nativeKey(event.getUnicodeChar(), event.getAction());
+			return true;
+		}
+		//special keys using SDL
+		return super.dispatchKeyEvent(event);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Initializes the Activity only if the permission has been granted.
 	 */
@@ -246,6 +259,7 @@ public class MainActivity extends SDLActivity // implements KeyEvent.Callback
 
 	public static native void nativeCreate(MainActivity thisObject);
 	public static native void nativeFocusChanged(boolean focus);
+	public static native void nativeKey(int keycode, int action);
 
 	static {
 		System.loadLibrary("main");