diff --git a/res/values/arrays.xml b/res/values/arrays.xml
index 896c515..c6e2139 100644
--- a/res/values/arrays.xml
+++ b/res/values/arrays.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <resources>
-	<string-array name="pref_layout_values">
-		<item>azerty</item>
-		<item>qwerty</item>
-	</string-array>
+  <string-array name="pref_layout_values">
+    <item>system</item>
+    <item>azerty</item>
+    <item>qwerty</item>
+  </string-array>
 </resources>
diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index 9637b57..04c3b57 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,17 @@
 
 	<string name="settings_activity_label">Unexpected Keyboard Settings</string>
 
-  <string name="subtype_label_azerty">%s AZERTY</string>
-  <string name="subtype_label_qwerty">%s QWERTY</string>
+  <string name="subtype_label_azerty">%s</string>
+  <string name="subtype_label_qwerty">%s</string>
 
 	<string name="pref_category_layout">Layout</string>
+  <string name="pref_layout_title">Change keyboard layout</string>
+  <string name="pref_layout_summary">%s</string>
+  <string-array name="pref_layout_entries">
+    <item>System settings</item>
+    <item>Azerty</item>
+    <item>Qwerty</item>
+  </string-array>
 	<string name="pref_disable_accent_keys_title">Toggle accent keys</string>
 	<string name="pref_disable_accent_keys_summary">Whether to remove the accent keys from the keyboard</string>
 
diff --git a/res/xml/method.xml b/res/xml/method.xml
index 92c02ff..5a515cd 100644
--- a/res/xml/method.xml
+++ b/res/xml/method.xml
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@
       android:imeSubtypeLocale="en_US"
       android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
       android:isAsciiCapable="true"
+      android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="default_layout=qwerty"
     />
   <subtype android:label="@string/subtype_label_azerty"
       android:languageTag="fr"
       android:imeSubtypeLocale="fr_FR"
       android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
       android:isAsciiCapable="true"
+      android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="default_layout=azerty"
     />
 </input-method>
diff --git a/res/xml/settings.xml b/res/xml/settings.xml
index d56f029..f943557 100644
--- a/res/xml/settings.xml
+++ b/res/xml/settings.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
 	<PreferenceCategory android:title="@string/pref_category_layout">
+    <ListPreference
+      android:key="layout"
+      android:title="@string/pref_layout_title"
+      android:summary="@string/pref_layout_summary"
+      android:defaultValue="system"
+      android:entries="@array/pref_layout_entries"
+      android:entryValues="@array/pref_layout_values" />
+    />
     <CheckBoxPreference
       android:key="disable_accent_keys"
       android:title="@string/pref_disable_accent_keys_title"
diff --git a/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/Config.java b/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/Config.java
index dd42b0e..386dc73 100644
--- a/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/Config.java
+++ b/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/Config.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class Config
 	public final float			keyHorizontalInterval;
 	public final float			keyRound;
 
+  public int layout; // Or '-1' for the system defaults
 	public float				subValueDist;
 	public boolean				vibrateEnabled;
 	public long					vibrateDuration;
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ class Config
 		keyHorizontalInterval = res.getDimension(R.dimen.key_horizontal_interval);
 		keyRound = res.getDimension(R.dimen.key_round);
 		// default values
+    layout = -1;
 		subValueDist = 10f;
 		vibrateEnabled = true;
 		vibrateDuration = 20;
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ class Config
 	{
 		SharedPreferences	prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(_context);
 
+    layout = layoutId_of_string(prefs.getString("layout", "system")); 
 		subValueDist = prefs.getFloat("sub_value_dist", subValueDist);
 		vibrateEnabled = prefs.getBoolean("vibrate_enabled", vibrateEnabled);
 		vibrateDuration = prefs.getInt("vibrate_duration", (int)vibrateDuration);
@@ -87,4 +90,16 @@ class Config
 		return (TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, value,
 			_context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics()));
 	}
+
+  public static int layoutId_of_string(String name)
+  {
+    switch (name)
+    {
+      case "azerty": return R.xml.azerty;
+      case "qwerty": return R.xml.qwerty;
+      case "system": return -1;
+      default: throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/Keyboard2.java b/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/Keyboard2.java
index d0e58eb..7310053 100644
--- a/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/Keyboard2.java
+++ b/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/Keyboard2.java
@@ -33,19 +33,6 @@ public class Keyboard2 extends InputMethodService
 
   private Map<Integer, KeyboardData> _layoutCache = new HashMap<Integer, KeyboardData>();
 
-  private static final int DEFAULT_LAYOUT = R.xml.qwerty;
-  private static final Map<String, Integer> LAYOUTS = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
-
-  private static void add_layout(String lang, int resId)
-  {
-    LAYOUTS.put(new Locale(lang).getLanguage(), resId);
-  }
-
-  static
-  {
-    add_layout("fr", R.xml.azerty);
-  }
-
   private KeyboardData getLayout(int resId)
   {
     KeyboardData l = _layoutCache.get(resId);
@@ -81,10 +68,23 @@ public class Keyboard2 extends InputMethodService
 
   private void refreshSubtype(InputMethodSubtype subtype)
   {
-    Integer l = LAYOUTS.get(subtype.getLanguageTag());
-    if (l == null)
-      l = DEFAULT_LAYOUT;
-    _currentTextLayout = l;
+    int l;
+    if (_config.layout == -1)
+      l = Config.layoutId_of_string(subtype.getExtraValueOf("default_layout"));
+    else
+      l = _config.layout;
+    if (_currentTextLayout != l)
+    {
+      _currentTextLayout = l;
+      _keyboardView.setKeyboard(getLayout(l));
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void refreshSubtypeImm()
+  {
+    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
+    _config.shouldOfferSwitchingToNextInputMethod = imm.shouldOfferSwitchingToNextInputMethod(getConnectionToken());
+    refreshSubtype(imm.getCurrentInputMethodSubtype());
   }
 
 	@Override
@@ -100,27 +100,23 @@ public class Keyboard2 extends InputMethodService
 	@Override
 	public void				onStartInputView(EditorInfo info, boolean restarting)
 	{
-    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
-    _config.shouldOfferSwitchingToNextInputMethod = imm.shouldOfferSwitchingToNextInputMethod(getConnectionToken());
-    refreshSubtype(imm.getCurrentInputMethodSubtype());
+    refreshSubtypeImm();
 		if ((info.inputType & InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER) != 0)
       _keyboardView.setKeyboard(getLayout(R.xml.numeric));
-    else
-      _keyboardView.setKeyboard(getLayout(_currentTextLayout));
 	}
 
   @Override
   public void onCurrentInputMethodSubtypeChanged(InputMethodSubtype subtype)
   {
     refreshSubtype(subtype);
-    _keyboardView.setKeyboard(getLayout(_currentTextLayout));
   }
 
 	@Override
 	public void				onSharedPreferenceChanged(SharedPreferences sharedPreferences, String key)
 	{
 		_config.refresh();
-		_keyboardView.refreshConfig(_config);
+    refreshSubtypeImm();
+		_keyboardView.refreshConfig(_config, getLayout(_currentTextLayout));
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/Keyboard2View.java b/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/Keyboard2View.java
index 0dc76ea..37a210f 100644
--- a/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/Keyboard2View.java
+++ b/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/Keyboard2View.java
@@ -56,11 +56,12 @@ public class Keyboard2View extends View
 		super(context, attrs);
 		_vibratorService = (Vibrator)context.getSystemService(Context.VIBRATOR_SERVICE);
 		_handler = new Handler(this);
-    refreshConfig(((Keyboard2)context).getConfig());
+    refreshConfig(((Keyboard2)context).getConfig(), null);
 		setOnTouchListener(this);
 	}
 
-  public void refreshConfig(Config config)
+  /* Internally calls [reset()]. */
+  public void refreshConfig(Config config, KeyboardData kw)
   {
     Resources res = getResources();
 		_config = config;
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@ public class Keyboard2View extends View
 		Typeface	specialKeysFont = ((Keyboard2)getContext()).getSpecialKeyFont();
 		_specialKeyLabelPaint = initLabelPaint(Paint.Align.CENTER, specialKeysFont);
 		_specialKeySubLabelPaint = initLabelPaint(Paint.Align.LEFT, specialKeysFont);
+    if (kw != null)
+      setKeyboard(kw); // handle layout options then calls reset().
   }
 
 	private Paint		initLabelPaint(Paint.Align align, Typeface font)