diff --git a/news.d/bugfix/1755.windows.md b/news.d/bugfix/1755.windows.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d60eec9b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news.d/bugfix/1755.windows.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Send correct scancode in simulated key presses.
diff --git a/plover/oslayer/windows/keyboardcontrol.py b/plover/oslayer/windows/keyboardcontrol.py
index e960dc10f..062ecd98f 100644
--- a/plover/oslayer/windows/keyboardcontrol.py
+++ b/plover/oslayer/windows/keyboardcontrol.py
@@ -561,15 +561,19 @@ def _mouse_input(flags, x, y, data):
 
     # Keyboard input type to send key input
     @staticmethod
-    def _keyboard_input(code, flags):
+    def _keyboard_input(code, scancode, flags):
         if flags & KEYEVENTF_UNICODE:
-            # special handling of Unicode characters
+            # special handling of Unicode characters (scancode discarded)
             return KEYBDINPUT(0, code, flags, 0, None)
-        return KEYBDINPUT(code, 0, flags, 0, None)
+        return KEYBDINPUT(code, scancode, flags, 0, None)
 
     # Abstraction to set flags to 0 and create an input type
     def _keyboard(self, code, flags=0):
-        return self._input(self._keyboard_input(code, flags))
+        return self._input(
+            self._keyboard_input(
+                code, self.keyboard_layout.vk_to_sc_with_fallback.get(code, 0), flags
+            )
+        )
 
     def _key_event(self, keycode, pressed):
         flags = 0 if pressed else KEYEVENTF_KEYUP
diff --git a/plover/oslayer/windows/keyboardlayout.py b/plover/oslayer/windows/keyboardlayout.py
index 52a75c927..fcb2a642b 100644
--- a/plover/oslayer/windows/keyboardlayout.py
+++ b/plover/oslayer/windows/keyboardlayout.py
@@ -376,13 +376,32 @@ def __init__(self, layout_id=None, debug=False):
 
         # Find virtual key code for each scan code (if any).
         sc_to_vk = {}
-        vk_to_sc = {}
+        self.vk_to_sc = vk_to_sc = {}
         for sc in range(0x01, 0x7F + 1):
             vk = MapVirtualKeyEx(sc, 3, layout_id)
             if vk != 0:
                 sc_to_vk[sc] = vk
                 vk_to_sc[vk] = sc
 
+        from copy import copy
+
+        self.vk_to_sc_with_fallback = copy(vk_to_sc)
+        for vk, fallback_vk in [
+            (VK.CONTROL, VK.LCONTROL),
+            (VK.CONTROL, VK.RCONTROL),
+            (VK.MENU, VK.LMENU),
+            (VK.MENU, VK.RMENU),
+            (VK.SHIFT, VK.LSHIFT),
+            (VK.SHIFT, VK.RSHIFT),
+        ]:
+            if (
+                fallback_vk in self.vk_to_sc_with_fallback
+                and vk not in self.vk_to_sc_with_fallback
+            ):
+                self.vk_to_sc_with_fallback[vk] = self.vk_to_sc_with_fallback[
+                    fallback_vk
+                ]
+
         state = (wintypes.BYTE * 256)()
         strbuf = ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(8)