diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_x/xcb/ecore_xcb_events.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_x/xcb/ecore_xcb_events.c
index beb4cf214b..fabf54f6fb 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_x/xcb/ecore_xcb_events.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_x/xcb/ecore_xcb_events.c
@@ -2342,7 +2342,7 @@ _ecore_xcb_event_key_press(xcb_generic_event_t *event)
    xcb_keycode_t keycode = 0;
    xcb_key_press_event_t *xevent;
    char *keyname = NULL, *key = NULL;
-   char *compose = NULL;
+   char *compose = NULL, *tmp = NULL;
    char compose_buffer[256];
    int val = 0;
 
@@ -2369,7 +2369,10 @@ _ecore_xcb_event_key_press(xcb_generic_event_t *event)
         compose_buffer[val] = 0;
         compose =
           eina_str_convert(nl_langinfo(CODESET), "UTF-8", compose_buffer);
-//        tmp = compose;
+        if (!compose)
+          ERR("Ecore_X cannot convert input key string '%s' to UTF-8. "
+              "Is Eina built with iconv support?", compose_buffer);
+        tmp = compose;
      }
 
    key = _ecore_xcb_keymap_keysym_to_string(sym);
@@ -2401,6 +2404,10 @@ _ecore_xcb_event_key_press(xcb_generic_event_t *event)
         ecore_event_add(ECORE_EVENT_KEY_DOWN, e, NULL, NULL);
      }
    _ecore_xcb_event_last_time = xevent->time;
+   
+on_error:
+   if (tmp)
+     free(tmp);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_x/xlib/ecore_x_events.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_x/xlib/ecore_x_events.c
index 54d3a85566..136cd63ad4 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_x/xlib/ecore_x_events.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_x/xlib/ecore_x_events.c
@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@ _ecore_key_press(int        event,
         compose_buffer[val] = 0;
         compose = eina_str_convert(nl_langinfo(CODESET), "UTF-8",
                                    compose_buffer);
+        if (!compose)
+          ERR("Ecore_X cannot convert input key string '%s' to UTF-8. "
+              "Is Eina built with iconv support?", compose_buffer);
         tmp = compose;
      }