diff --git a/gtk/src/toga_gtk/keys.py b/gtk/src/toga_gtk/keys.py
index 0744027f23..6a05c5283e 100644
--- a/gtk/src/toga_gtk/keys.py
+++ b/gtk/src/toga_gtk/keys.py
@@ -189,7 +189,14 @@
 
 def toga_key(event):
     """Convert a GDK Key Event into a Toga key."""
-    key = GDK_KEYS[event.keyval]
+    try:
+        key = GDK_KEYS[event.keyval]
+    except KeyError:  # pragma: no cover
+        # Ignore any key event code we can't map. This can happen for weird key
+        # combination (ctrl-alt-tux), and if the X server has weird key
+        # bindings. If we can't map it, we can't really type it either, so we
+        # need to no-cover this branch.
+        return None
 
     modifiers = set()