diff --git a/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-sato/matchbox-session-sato/session b/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-sato/matchbox-session-sato/session
index 1a7e99c..a3138b6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-sato/matchbox-session-sato/session
+++ b/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-sato/matchbox-session-sato/session
@@ -8,13 +8,20 @@ else
     SHOWCURSOR="yes"
 fi
 
+if [ "$HAVE_KEYBOARD" = "1" ]; then
+    KEYBOARD_APPLET=""
+else
+    KEYBOARD_APPLET="keyboard"
+fi
+
+
 matchbox-desktop &
 
 # Lines containing feature-[foo] are removed at build time if the machine
 # doesn't have the feature "foo".
 
 START_APPLETS=showdesktop,windowselector
-END_APPLETS=clock,battery,systray,startup-notify,notify
+END_APPLETS=clock,battery,$KEYBOARD_APPLET,systray,startup-notify,notify
 END_APPLETS=openmoko-panel-gsm,$END_APPLETS # feature-phone
 
 matchbox-panel --titlebar --start-applets $START_APPLETS --end-applets $END_APPLETS &