const struct dom0_vga_console_info *info =
                        (void *)((char *)xen_start_info +
                                 xen_start_info->console.dom0.info_off);
+               struct xen_platform_op op = {
+                       .cmd = XENPF_firmware_info,
+                       .interface_version = XENPF_INTERFACE_VERSION,
+                       .u.firmware_info.type = XEN_FW_KBD_SHIFT_FLAGS,
+               };
 
                xen_init_vga(info, xen_start_info->console.dom0.info_size);
                xen_start_info->console.domU.mfn = 0;
                xen_start_info->console.domU.evtchn = 0;
 
+               if (HYPERVISOR_dom0_op(&op) == 0)
+                       boot_params.kbd_status = op.u.firmware_info.u.kbd_shift_flags;
+
                xen_init_apic();
 
                /* Make sure ACS will be enabled */
 
 #define XEN_FW_DISK_INFO          1 /* from int 13 AH=08/41/48 */
 #define XEN_FW_DISK_MBR_SIGNATURE 2 /* from MBR offset 0x1b8 */
 #define XEN_FW_VBEDDC_INFO        3 /* from int 10 AX=4f15 */
+#define XEN_FW_KBD_SHIFT_FLAGS    5 /* Int16, Fn02: Get keyboard shift flags. */
 struct xenpf_firmware_info {
        /* IN variables. */
        uint32_t type;
                        /* must refer to 128-byte buffer */
                        GUEST_HANDLE(uchar) edid;
                } vbeddc_info; /* XEN_FW_VBEDDC_INFO */
+
+               uint8_t kbd_shift_flags; /* XEN_FW_KBD_SHIFT_FLAGS */
        } u;
 };
 DEFINE_GUEST_HANDLE_STRUCT(xenpf_firmware_info_t);