diff --git a/src/Web/Avalonia.Web/AvaloniaView.cs b/src/Web/Avalonia.Web/AvaloniaView.cs
index 12d31258b5..9d7a629836 100644
--- a/src/Web/Avalonia.Web/AvaloniaView.cs
+++ b/src/Web/Avalonia.Web/AvaloniaView.cs
@@ -254,7 +254,14 @@ namespace Avalonia.Web
 
         private bool OnKeyDown (string code, string key, int modifier)
         {
-            return _topLevelImpl.RawKeyboardEvent(RawKeyEventType.KeyDown, code, key, (RawInputModifiers)modifier);
+            var handled = _topLevelImpl.RawKeyboardEvent(RawKeyEventType.KeyDown, code, key, (RawInputModifiers)modifier);
+
+            if (!handled)
+            {
+                handled = _topLevelImpl.RawTextEvent(key);
+            }
+
+            return handled;
         }
 
         private bool OnKeyUp(string code, string key, int modifier)