diff --git a/src/keyboard_input.cpp b/src/keyboard_input.cpp
index fb22d72884..bfc78b2cad 100644
--- a/src/keyboard_input.cpp
+++ b/src/keyboard_input.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 // Qt
 #include <QKeyEvent>
 
+#include <cmath>
+
 namespace KWin
 {
 
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ void KeyboardInputRedirection::reconfigure()
     if (waylandServer()->seat()->keyboard()) {
         const auto config = InputConfig::self()->inputConfig()->group(QStringLiteral("Keyboard"));
         const int delay = config.readEntry("RepeatDelay", 660);
-        const int rate = int(config.readEntry("RepeatRate", 25.0));
+        const int rate = std::ceil(config.readEntry("RepeatRate", 25.0));
         const QString repeatMode = config.readEntry("KeyRepeat", "repeat");
         // when the clients will repeat the character or turn repeat key events into an accent character selection, we want
         // to tell the clients that we are indeed repeating keys.