diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/Makefile b/drivers/tty/vt/Makefile
index fe30ce512819..b3dfe9d5717e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ $(obj)/defkeymap.o:  $(obj)/defkeymap.c
 ifdef GENERATE_KEYMAP
 
 $(obj)/defkeymap.c: $(obj)/%.c: $(src)/%.map
-	loadkeys --mktable $< > $@
+	loadkeys --mktable --unicode $< > $@
 
 endif