Index: plugins/keyboard/gsd-keyboard-xkb.c
===================================================================
--- plugins/keyboard/gsd-keyboard-xkb.c.orig
+++ plugins/keyboard/gsd-keyboard-xkb.c
@@ -317,6 +317,53 @@ show_hide_icon ()
 	}
 }
 
+static void
+_maybe_add_layout_switcher (GSList      *layouts,
+                            GSettings   *settings_keyboard)
+{
+        gchar    **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
+         * plugins/region/gnome-region-panel-xkbltadd.c
+         * (gnome-control-center) */
+        g_settings_get_strv (settings_keyboard, GKBD_KEYBOARD_CONFIG_KEY_OPTIONS);
+
+        if (options == NULL) {
+                GPtrArray *options_array;
+                gchar     *option;
+
+                /* nothing in gconf, get the current options from X */
+                GkbdKeyboardConfig kbd_config;
+
+                gkbd_keyboard_config_init (&kbd_config, xkl_engine);
+                gkbd_keyboard_config_load_from_x_initial (&kbd_config, NULL);
+
+                options_array = g_ptr_array_new ();
+                option = kbd_config.options;
+
+                while (option != NULL) {
+                        g_ptr_array_add (options_array, g_strdup (option));
+                        option++;
+                }
+                options = g_ptr_array_free (options_array, FALSE);
+
+                gkbd_keyboard_config_term (&kbd_config);
+        }
+
+        appended = FALSE;
+        options = gkbd_keyboard_config_add_default_switch_option_if_necessary (layouts, options, &appended);
+
+        if (appended) {
+                g_settings_set_strv (settings_keyboard,
+                                     GKBD_KEYBOARD_CONFIG_KEY_OPTIONS,
+                                     (const gchar *const*)(options));
+        }
+
+        g_strfreev (options);
+}
+
 static gboolean
 try_activating_xkb_config_if_new (GkbdKeyboardConfig *
 				  current_sys_kbd_config)
@@ -486,6 +533,7 @@ apply_xkb_settings (void)
 						      (gdm_layout));
 			}
 
+			_maybe_add_layout_switcher (layouts, settings_keyboard);
 			g_settings_set_strv (settings_keyboard,
 					     GKBD_KEYBOARD_CONFIG_KEY_LAYOUTS,
 					     (const gchar *