Index: plugins/keyboard/gsd-keyboard-xkb.c
===================================================================
--- plugins/keyboard/gsd-keyboard-xkb.c.orig
+++ plugins/keyboard/gsd-keyboard-xkb.c
@@ -361,6 +361,57 @@ show_hide_icon ()
 	}
 }
 
+static void
+_maybe_add_layout_switcher (GSList      *layouts,
+                            GConfClient *conf_client)
+{
+        GSList   *options;
+        gboolean  appended;
+
+        /* If yes, we need to make sure there's a way to change the layout
+         * Based on xkl_layout_chooser_add_default_switcher_if_necessary() in
+         * capplets/keyboard/gnome-keyboard-properties-xkbltadd.c
+         * (gnome-control-center) */
+        options = gconf_client_get_list (conf_client,
+                                         GKBD_KEYBOARD_CONFIG_KEY_OPTIONS,
+                                         GCONF_VALUE_STRING,
+                                         NULL);
+
+        if (options == NULL) {
+                GSList   *option;
+
+                /* nothing in gconf, get the current options from X */
+                GkbdKeyboardConfig kbd_config;
+
+                gkbd_keyboard_config_init (&kbd_config,
+                                           conf_client,
+                                           xkl_engine);
+                gkbd_keyboard_config_load_from_x_initial (&kbd_config, NULL);
+
+                for (option = kbd_config.options; option != NULL; option = option->next) {
+                        options = g_slist_prepend (options,
+                                                   g_strdup (option->data));
+                }
+
+                options = g_slist_reverse (options);
+
+                gkbd_keyboard_config_term (&kbd_config);
+        }
+
+        appended = FALSE;
+        options = gkbd_keyboard_config_add_default_switch_option_if_necessary (layouts, options, &appended);
+
+        if (appended) {
+                gconf_client_set_list (conf_client,
+                                       GKBD_KEYBOARD_CONFIG_KEY_OPTIONS,
+                                       GCONF_VALUE_STRING, options,
+                                       NULL);
+        }
+
+        g_slist_foreach (options, (GFunc) g_free, NULL);
+        g_slist_free (options);
+}
+
 static gboolean
 try_activating_xkb_config_if_new (GkbdKeyboardConfig *
 				  current_sys_kbd_config)
@@ -542,6 +593,7 @@ apply_xkb_settings (void)
 				g_slist_free (free_layouts);
 			}
 
+			_maybe_add_layout_switcher (layouts, conf_client);
 			gconf_client_set_list (conf_client,
 					       GKBD_KEYBOARD_CONFIG_KEY_LAYOUTS,
 					       GCONF_VALUE_STRING, layouts,