diff --git a/srcpkgs/keyd/files/keyd/run b/srcpkgs/keyd/files/keyd/run
index 868cb747ab6..5e62cef91c7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/keyd/files/keyd/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/keyd/files/keyd/run
@@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+
+# Sometimes when starting the keyd service, the keyboard can become unresponsive.
+# This is the result of keyd starting when the early udevd process is still running but
+# before the udevd runit service has started. The udevd runit service kills the early udevd
+# process causing the keyboard to become unresponsive until the keyd process has been
+# terminated. The below code verifies that the supervised udevd process is the same as
+# the currently running udevd process.
+[ "$(cat /var/service/udevd/supervise/pid)" = "$(pgrep -x udevd)" ] || exit 1
+
 exec keyd
diff --git a/srcpkgs/keyd/template b/srcpkgs/keyd/template
index 39b6aeaff0a..b9d4b6aefe2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/keyd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/keyd/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'keyd'
 pkgname=keyd
 version=2.4.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_use_env=yes
 short_desc="Key remapping daemon for linux"