diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_win32/ecore_win32_event.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_win32/ecore_win32_event.c
index e0431a8e50..4476b2b88b 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_win32/ecore_win32_event.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_win32/ecore_win32_event.c
@@ -1217,6 +1217,11 @@ _ecore_win32_event_char_get(int           key,
   *keysymbol = NULL;
   *keycompose = NULL;
 
+   /* check control charaters such as ^a(key:1), ^z(key:26) */
+   if ((key > 0) && (key < 27) &&
+       ((GetKeyState(VK_CONTROL) & 0x8000) ||
+        (GetKeyState(VK_CONTROL) & 0x8000))) key += 96;
+
    switch (key)
      {
      case VK_PROCESSKEY: