diff --git a/src/core.go b/src/core.go
index da7da137395..03abc2857af 100644
--- a/src/core.go
+++ b/src/core.go
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func Run(opts *Options) (int, error) {
 		denyMutex.Unlock()
 		return BuildPattern(cache, patternCache,
 			opts.Fuzzy, opts.FuzzyAlgo, opts.Extended, opts.Case, opts.Normalize, forward, withPos,
-			opts.Filter == nil, nth, opts.Delimiter, inputRevision, runes, denylistCopy)
+			opts.Filter == nil, nth, opts.Delimiter, inputRevision, runes, denylistCopy, opts.KeymapConvert)
 	}
 	matcher := NewMatcher(cache, patternBuilder, sort, opts.Tac, eventBox, inputRevision)
 
diff --git a/src/keymap.go b/src/keymap.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96f32dd1c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/keymap.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package fzf
+
+var Keymap = map[string]map[rune]rune{
+	"hebrew": {
+		'א': 't',
+		'ב': 'c',
+		'ג': 'd',
+		'ד': 's',
+		'ה': 'v',
+		'ו': 'u',
+		'ז': 'z',
+		'ח': 'j',
+		'ט': 'y',
+		'י': 'h',
+		'כ': 'f',
+		'ך': 'f',
+		'ל': 'k',
+		'מ': 'n',
+		'ם': 'n',
+		'נ': 'b',
+		'ס': 'x',
+		'ע': 'g',
+		'פ': 'p',
+		'ף': 'p',
+		'צ': 'm',
+		'ץ': 'm',
+		'ק': 'e',
+		'ר': 'r',
+		'ש': 'a',
+		'ת': 'w',
+	},
+	"russian": {
+		'й': 'q',
+		'ц': 'w',
+		'у': 'e',
+		'к': 'r',
+		'е': 't',
+		'н': 'y',
+		'г': 'u',
+		'ш': 'i',
+		'щ': 'o',
+		'з': 'p',
+		'х': '[',
+		'ъ': ']',
+		'ф': 'a',
+		'ы': 's',
+		'в': 'd',
+		'а': 'f',
+		'п': 'g',
+		'р': 'h',
+		'о': 'j',
+		'л': 'k',
+		'д': 'l',
+		'ж': ';',
+		'э': '\'',
+		'я': 'z',
+		'ч': 'x',
+		'с': 'c',
+		'м': 'v',
+		'и': 'b',
+		'т': 'n',
+		'ь': 'm',
+		'б': ',',
+		'ю': '.',
+	},
+}
diff --git a/src/options.go b/src/options.go
index 5cb9f14ab7e..208a7bb94eb 100644
--- a/src/options.go
+++ b/src/options.go
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ Usage: fzf [options]
     -d, --delimiter=STR      Field delimiter regex (default: AWK-style)
     +s, --no-sort            Do not sort the result
     --literal                Do not normalize latin script letters
+    --keymap-convert, +C     Enable keyboard layout conversion (e.g. Hebrew to QWERTY)
+    --no-keymap-convert, -C  Disable keyboard layout conversion (default)
     --tail=NUM               Maximum number of items to keep in memory
     --disabled               Do not perform search
     --tiebreak=CRI[,..]      Comma-separated list of sort criteria to apply
@@ -646,6 +648,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	BlockProfile      string
 	MutexProfile      string
 	TtyDefault        string
+	KeymapConvert     bool
 }
 
 func filterNonEmpty(input []string) []string {
@@ -2587,6 +2590,10 @@ func parseOptions(index *int, opts *Options, allArgs []string) error {
 			opts.Multi = 0
 		case "--ansi":
 			opts.Ansi = true
+		case "--keymap-convert", "+C":
+			opts.KeymapConvert = true
+		case "--no-keymap-convert", "-C":
+			opts.KeymapConvert = false
 		case "--no-ansi":
 			opts.Ansi = false
 		case "--no-mouse":
diff --git a/src/pattern.go b/src/pattern.go
index 8e6966c34bd..d870ffc9dea 100644
--- a/src/pattern.go
+++ b/src/pattern.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ type Pattern struct {
 	forward       bool
 	withPos       bool
 	text          []rune
+	altText       []rune
 	termSets      []termSet
 	sortable      bool
 	cacheable     bool
@@ -64,17 +65,27 @@ type Pattern struct {
 	procFun       map[termType]algo.Algo
 	cache         *ChunkCache
 	denylist      map[int32]struct{}
+	keymapConvert bool
 }
 
-var _splitRegex *regexp.Regexp
+var (
+	_splitRegex   *regexp.Regexp
+	qwertyMapping map[rune]rune
+)
 
 func init() {
 	_splitRegex = regexp.MustCompile(" +")
+	qwertyMapping = make(map[rune]rune)
+	for _, kmap := range Keymap {
+		for k, v := range kmap {
+			qwertyMapping[k] = v
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // BuildPattern builds Pattern object from the given arguments
 func BuildPattern(cache *ChunkCache, patternCache map[string]*Pattern, fuzzy bool, fuzzyAlgo algo.Algo, extended bool, caseMode Case, normalize bool, forward bool,
-	withPos bool, cacheable bool, nth []Range, delimiter Delimiter, revision revision, runes []rune, denylist map[int32]struct{}) *Pattern {
+	withPos bool, cacheable bool, nth []Range, delimiter Delimiter, revision revision, runes []rune, denylist map[int32]struct{}, keymapConvert bool) *Pattern {
 
 	var asString string
 	if extended {
@@ -129,6 +140,29 @@ func BuildPattern(cache *ChunkCache, patternCache map[string]*Pattern, fuzzy boo
 		}
 	}
 
+	var altText []rune
+	textRunes := []rune(asString)
+	if keymapConvert {
+		needsConversion := false
+		for _, r := range textRunes {
+			if _, ok := qwertyMapping[r]; ok {
+				needsConversion = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if needsConversion {
+			altRunes := make([]rune, len(textRunes))
+			for i, r := range textRunes {
+				if qwerty, ok := qwertyMapping[r]; ok {
+					altRunes[i] = qwerty
+				} else {
+					altRunes[i] = r
+				}
+			}
+			altText = altRunes
+		}
+	}
+
 	ptr := &Pattern{
 		fuzzy:         fuzzy,
 		fuzzyAlgo:     fuzzyAlgo,
@@ -137,7 +171,8 @@ func BuildPattern(cache *ChunkCache, patternCache map[string]*Pattern, fuzzy boo
 		normalize:     normalize,
 		forward:       forward,
 		withPos:       withPos,
-		text:          []rune(asString),
+		text:          textRunes,
+		altText:       altText,
 		termSets:      termSets,
 		sortable:      sortable,
 		cacheable:     cacheable,
@@ -146,7 +181,8 @@ func BuildPattern(cache *ChunkCache, patternCache map[string]*Pattern, fuzzy boo
 		delimiter:     delimiter,
 		cache:         cache,
 		denylist:      denylist,
-		procFun:       make(map[termType]algo.Algo)}
+		procFun:       make(map[termType]algo.Algo),
+		keymapConvert: keymapConvert}
 
 	ptr.cacheKey = ptr.buildCacheKey()
 	ptr.procFun[termFuzzy] = fuzzyAlgo
@@ -344,7 +380,7 @@ func (p *Pattern) matchChunk(chunk *Chunk, space []Result, slab *util.Slab) []Re
 // MatchItem returns true if the Item is a match
 func (p *Pattern) MatchItem(item *Item, withPos bool, slab *util.Slab) (*Result, []Offset, *[]int) {
 	if p.extended {
-		if offsets, bonus, pos := p.extendedMatch(item, withPos, slab); len(offsets) == len(p.termSets) {
+		if offsets, bonus, pos := p.extendedMatch(item, withPos, slab, p.keymapConvert); len(offsets) == len(p.termSets) {
 			result := buildResult(item, offsets, bonus)
 			return &result, offsets, pos
 		}
@@ -366,13 +402,24 @@ func (p *Pattern) basicMatch(item *Item, withPos bool, slab *util.Slab) (Offset,
 	} else {
 		input = p.transformInput(item)
 	}
-	if p.fuzzy {
-		return p.iter(p.fuzzyAlgo, input, p.caseSensitive, p.normalize, p.forward, p.text, withPos, slab)
+
+	matchFunc := func(pattern []rune) (Offset, int, *[]int) {
+		if p.fuzzy {
+			return p.iter(p.fuzzyAlgo, input, p.caseSensitive, p.normalize, p.forward, pattern, withPos, slab)
+		}
+		return p.iter(algo.ExactMatchNaive, input, p.caseSensitive, p.normalize, p.forward, pattern, withPos, slab)
+	}
+
+	offset, bonus, pos := matchFunc(p.text)
+	if p.altText != nil {
+		if altOffset, altBonus, altPos := matchFunc(p.altText); altBonus > bonus {
+			return altOffset, altBonus, altPos
+		}
 	}
-	return p.iter(algo.ExactMatchNaive, input, p.caseSensitive, p.normalize, p.forward, p.text, withPos, slab)
+	return offset, bonus, pos
 }
 
-func (p *Pattern) extendedMatch(item *Item, withPos bool, slab *util.Slab) ([]Offset, int, *[]int) {
+func (p *Pattern) extendedMatch(item *Item, withPos bool, slab *util.Slab, keymapConvert bool) ([]Offset, int, *[]int) {
 	var input []Token
 	if len(p.nth) == 0 {
 		input = []Token{{text: &item.text, prefixLength: 0}}
@@ -392,6 +439,33 @@ func (p *Pattern) extendedMatch(item *Item, withPos bool, slab *util.Slab) ([]Of
 		for _, term := range termSet {
 			pfun := p.procFun[term.typ]
 			off, score, pos := p.iter(pfun, input, term.caseSensitive, term.normalize, p.forward, term.text, withPos, slab)
+
+			altText := term.text
+			if keymapConvert {
+				needsConversion := false
+				for _, r := range altText {
+					if _, ok := qwertyMapping[r]; ok {
+						needsConversion = true
+						break
+					}
+				}
+				if needsConversion {
+					altRunes := make([]rune, len(altText))
+					for i, r := range altText {
+						if qwerty, ok := qwertyMapping[r]; ok {
+							altRunes[i] = qwerty
+						} else {
+							altRunes[i] = r
+						}
+					}
+					altText = altRunes
+				}
+			}
+
+			if altOff, altScore, altPos := p.iter(pfun, input, term.caseSensitive, term.normalize, p.forward, altText, withPos, slab); altScore > score {
+				off, score, pos = altOff, altScore, altPos
+			}
+
 			if sidx := off[0]; sidx >= 0 {
 				if term.inv {
 					continue
diff --git a/src/pattern_test.go b/src/pattern_test.go
index 8e566263470..896c510af56 100644
--- a/src/pattern_test.go
+++ b/src/pattern_test.go
@@ -65,15 +65,15 @@ func TestParseTermsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func buildPattern(fuzzy bool, fuzzyAlgo algo.Algo, extended bool, caseMode Case, normalize bool, forward bool,
-	withPos bool, cacheable bool, nth []Range, delimiter Delimiter, runes []rune) *Pattern {
+	withPos bool, cacheable bool, nth []Range, delimiter Delimiter, runes []rune, keymapConvert bool) *Pattern {
 	return BuildPattern(NewChunkCache(), make(map[string]*Pattern),
 		fuzzy, fuzzyAlgo, extended, caseMode, normalize, forward,
-		withPos, cacheable, nth, delimiter, revision{}, runes, nil)
+		withPos, cacheable, nth, delimiter, revision{}, runes, nil, keymapConvert)
 }
 
 func TestExact(t *testing.T) {
-	pattern := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, true, CaseSmart, false, true, false, true,
-		[]Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune("'abc"))
+	pattern := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, true, CaseSmart, false, true,
+		false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune("'abc"), false)
 	chars := util.ToChars([]byte("aabbcc abc"))
 	res, pos := algo.ExactMatchNaive(
 		pattern.caseSensitive, pattern.normalize, pattern.forward, &chars, pattern.termSets[0][0].text, true, nil)
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func TestExact(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestEqual(t *testing.T) {
-	pattern := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, true, CaseSmart, false, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune("^AbC$"))
+	pattern := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, true, CaseSmart, false, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune("^AbC$"), false)
 
 	match := func(str string, sidxExpected int, eidxExpected int) {
 		chars := util.ToChars([]byte(str))
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ func TestEqual(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCaseSensitivity(t *testing.T) {
-	pat1 := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, false, CaseSmart, false, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune("abc"))
-	pat2 := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, false, CaseSmart, false, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune("Abc"))
-	pat3 := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, false, CaseIgnore, false, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune("abc"))
-	pat4 := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, false, CaseIgnore, false, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune("Abc"))
-	pat5 := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, false, CaseRespect, false, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune("abc"))
-	pat6 := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, false, CaseRespect, false, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune("Abc"))
+	pat1 := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, false, CaseSmart, false, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune("abc"), false)
+	pat2 := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, false, CaseSmart, false, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune("Abc"), false)
+	pat3 := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, false, CaseIgnore, false, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune("abc"), false)
+	pat4 := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, false, CaseIgnore, false, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune("Abc"), false)
+	pat5 := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, false, CaseRespect, false, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune("abc"), false)
+	pat6 := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, false, CaseRespect, false, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune("Abc"), false)
 
 	if string(pat1.text) != "abc" || pat1.caseSensitive != false ||
 		string(pat2.text) != "Abc" || pat2.caseSensitive != true ||
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func TestCaseSensitivity(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestOrigTextAndTransformed(t *testing.T) {
-	pattern := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, true, CaseSmart, false, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune("jg"))
+	pattern := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, true, CaseSmart, false, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune("jg"), false)
 	tokens := Tokenize("junegunn", Delimiter{})
 	trans := Transform(tokens, []Range{{1, 1}})
 
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func TestOrigTextAndTransformed(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestCacheKey(t *testing.T) {
 	test := func(extended bool, patStr string, expected string, cacheable bool) {
-		pat := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, extended, CaseSmart, false, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune(patStr))
+		pat := buildPattern(true, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, extended, CaseSmart, false, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune(patStr), false)
 		if pat.CacheKey() != expected {
 			t.Errorf("Expected: %s, actual: %s", expected, pat.CacheKey())
 		}
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func TestCacheKey(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestCacheable(t *testing.T) {
 	test := func(fuzzy bool, str string, expected string, cacheable bool) {
-		pat := buildPattern(fuzzy, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, true, CaseSmart, true, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune(str))
+		pat := buildPattern(fuzzy, algo.FuzzyMatchV2, true, CaseSmart, true, true, false, true, []Range{}, Delimiter{}, []rune(str), false)
 		if pat.CacheKey() != expected {
 			t.Errorf("Expected: %s, actual: %s", expected, pat.CacheKey())
 		}