diff --git a/include/sway/config.h b/include/sway/config.h
index 71721393e2..2ec7137504 100644
--- a/include/sway/config.h
+++ b/include/sway/config.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct sway_binding {
 	char *input;
 	uint32_t flags;
 	list_t *keys; // sorted in ascending order
-	list_t *syms; // sorted in ascending order; NULL if BINDING_CODE is not set
+	list_t **translations; // translations[i] = all keycodes for keysym keys[i]
 	uint32_t modifiers;
 	xkb_layout_index_t group;
 	char *command;
diff --git a/sway/commands/bind.c b/sway/commands/bind.c
index 268f285537..294ddedba9 100644
--- a/sway/commands/bind.c
+++ b/sway/commands/bind.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "list.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "stringop.h"
-#include "util.h"
 
 int binding_order = 0;
 
@@ -22,9 +21,12 @@ void free_sway_binding(struct sway_binding *binding) {
 	if (!binding) {
 		return;
 	}
-
+	if (binding->translations) {
+		for (int i = 0; i < binding->keys->length; i++) {
+			list_free_items_and_destroy(binding->translations[i]);
+		}
+	}
 	list_free_items_and_destroy(binding->keys);
-	list_free_items_and_destroy(binding->syms);
 	free(binding->input);
 	free(binding->command);
 	free(binding);
@@ -653,97 +655,81 @@ void seat_execute_command(struct sway_seat *seat, struct sway_binding *binding)
  * and the total count of matches.
  */
 struct keycode_matches {
-	xkb_keysym_t keysym;
-	xkb_keycode_t keycode;
-	int count;
+	xkb_keysym_t *keysym;
+	list_t *keys;
+	int error;
 };
 
 /**
  * Iterate through keycodes in the keymap to find ones matching
  * the specified keysym.
  */
-static void find_keycode(struct xkb_keymap *keymap,
+static void add_matching_keycodes(struct xkb_keymap *keymap,
 		xkb_keycode_t keycode, void *data) {
 	xkb_keysym_t keysym = xkb_state_key_get_one_sym(
 			config->keysym_translation_state, keycode);
 
+	struct keycode_matches *matches = data;
 	if (keysym == XKB_KEY_NoSymbol) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	struct keycode_matches *matches = data;
-	if (matches->keysym == keysym) {
-		matches->keycode = keycode;
-		matches->count++;
+	if (*matches->keysym == keysym) {
+		xkb_keycode_t *new_keycode = malloc(sizeof(keycode));
+		if (!new_keycode) {
+			sway_log(SWAY_ERROR, "Unable to allocate memory for keysym");
+			matches->error++;
+			return;
+		}
+		*new_keycode = keycode;
+		char buffer[64] = {0};
+		xkb_keysym_get_name(keysym, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+		sway_log(SWAY_DEBUG, "Translated keysym [%d (%s)] -> keycode [%d (%s)]",
+				keysym, buffer,
+				*new_keycode, xkb_keymap_key_get_name(keymap, *new_keycode));
+		list_add(matches->keys, new_keycode);
 	}
 }
 
-/**
- * Return the keycode for the specified keysym.
- */
-static struct keycode_matches get_keycode_for_keysym(xkb_keysym_t keysym) {
-	struct keycode_matches matches = {
-		.keysym = keysym,
-		.keycode = XKB_KEYCODE_INVALID,
-		.count = 0,
-	};
-
-	xkb_keymap_key_for_each(
-			xkb_state_get_keymap(config->keysym_translation_state),
-			find_keycode, &matches);
-	return matches;
-}
-
 bool translate_binding(struct sway_binding *binding) {
 	if ((binding->flags & BINDING_CODE) == 0) {
 		return true;
 	}
+	int keys_len = binding->keys->length;
 
-	switch (binding->type) {
-	// a bindsym to translate
-	case BINDING_KEYSYM:
-		binding->syms = binding->keys;
-		binding->keys = create_list();
-		break;
-	// a bindsym to re-translate
-	case BINDING_KEYCODE:
-		list_free_items_and_destroy(binding->keys);
-		binding->keys = create_list();
-		break;
-	default:
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	for (int i = 0; i < binding->syms->length; ++i) {
-		xkb_keysym_t *keysym = binding->syms->items[i];
-		struct keycode_matches matches = get_keycode_for_keysym(*keysym);
-
-		if (matches.count != 1) {
-			sway_log(SWAY_INFO, "Unable to convert keysym %" PRIu32 " into"
-					" a single keycode (found %d matches)",
-					*keysym, matches.count);
-			goto error;
+	// Clean out for retranslation
+	if (binding->type == BINDING_KEYCODE) {
+		for (int i = 0; i < keys_len; i++) {
+			list_free_items_and_destroy(binding->translations[i]);
 		}
+	}
 
-		xkb_keycode_t *keycode = malloc(sizeof(xkb_keycode_t));
-		if (!keycode) {
-			sway_log(SWAY_ERROR, "Unable to allocate memory for a keycode");
+	// Begin translation
+	binding->translations = malloc(keys_len * sizeof(*binding->keys));
+	for (int i = 0; i < keys_len; ++i) {
+		struct keycode_matches matches = {
+			.keysym = (xkb_keysym_t*)binding->keys->items[i],
+			.keys = binding->translations[i] = create_list(),
+			.error = 0,
+		};
+
+		xkb_keymap_key_for_each(
+				xkb_state_get_keymap(config->keysym_translation_state),
+				add_matching_keycodes, &matches);
+
+		if (matches.error) {
+			sway_log(SWAY_INFO, "Unable to convert keysym %" PRIu32 " into", *matches.keysym);
 			goto error;
 		}
-
-		*keycode = matches.keycode;
-		list_add(binding->keys, keycode);
 	}
-
-	list_qsort(binding->keys, key_qsort_cmp);
 	binding->type = BINDING_KEYCODE;
 	return true;
 
 error:
-	list_free_items_and_destroy(binding->keys);
+	for (int i = 0; i < keys_len; i++) {
+		list_free_items_and_destroy(binding->translations[i]);
+	}
 	binding->type = BINDING_KEYSYM;
-	binding->keys = binding->syms;
-	binding->syms = NULL;
 	return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/sway/input/keyboard.c b/sway/input/keyboard.c
index 1a73df0147..52ba98d319 100644
--- a/sway/input/keyboard.c
+++ b/sway/input/keyboard.c
@@ -179,10 +179,31 @@ static void get_active_binding(const struct sway_shortcut_state *state,
 		if (state->npressed == (size_t)binding->keys->length) {
 			match = true;
 			for (size_t j = 0; j < state->npressed; j++) {
-				uint32_t key = *(uint32_t *)binding->keys->items[j];
-				if (key != state->pressed_keys[j]) {
-					match = false;
-					break;
+				uint32_t key;
+
+				// If translated bindsym, keys are syms not keycodes.
+				// keysym j mapped to keycodes translations[j]
+				if (binding->type & BINDING_CODE) {
+					bool dup_match = false;
+					list_t *duplicate_keys = binding->translations[j];
+					for (int k = 0; k < duplicate_keys->length; k++) {
+						key = *(uint32_t *)duplicate_keys->items[k];
+						if (key == state->pressed_keys[j]) {
+							dup_match = true;
+							break;
+						}
+					}
+					if (!dup_match) {
+						match = false;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+				else {
+					key = *(uint32_t *)binding->keys->items[j];
+					if (key != state->pressed_keys[j]) {
+						match = false;
+						break;
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		} else if (binding->keys->length == 1) {