diff --git a/dlls/winemac.drv/keyboard.c b/dlls/winemac.drv/keyboard.c
index 5d911217a57..a86ec910fb1 100644
--- a/dlls/winemac.drv/keyboard.c
+++ b/dlls/winemac.drv/keyboard.c
@@ -398,18 +398,18 @@ static const struct {
     { VK_VOLUME_UP | 0x100,     "Volume Up" },
 };
 
-static BOOL char_matches_string(WCHAR wchar, UniChar *string, BOOL ignore_diacritics)
+static Boolean char_matches_string(WCHAR wchar, UniChar *string, CollatorRef collatorRef)
 {
-    BOOL ret;
-    CFStringRef s1 = CFStringCreateWithCharactersNoCopy(NULL, (UniChar*)&wchar, 1, kCFAllocatorNull);
-    CFStringRef s2 = CFStringCreateWithCharactersNoCopy(NULL, string, wcslen(string), kCFAllocatorNull);
-    CFStringCompareFlags flags = kCFCompareCaseInsensitive | kCFCompareNonliteral | kCFCompareWidthInsensitive;
-    if (ignore_diacritics)
-        flags |= kCFCompareDiacriticInsensitive;
-    ret = (CFStringCompare(s1, s2, flags) == kCFCompareEqualTo);
-    CFRelease(s1);
-    CFRelease(s2);
-    return ret;
+    Boolean equivalent;
+    OSStatus status;
+
+    status = UCCompareText(collatorRef, (UniChar*)&wchar, 1, string, wcslen(string), &equivalent, NULL);
+    if (status != noErr)
+    {
+        WARN("Failed to compare %s to %s\n", debugstr_wn(&wchar, 1), debugstr_w(string));
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+    return equivalent;
 }
 
 
@@ -657,6 +657,9 @@ void macdrv_compute_keyboard_layout(struct macdrv_thread_data *thread_data)
     int keyc;
     WCHAR vkey;
     const UCKeyboardLayout *uchr;
+    LocaleRef localeRef;
+    CollatorRef collatorRef, caseInsensitiveCollatorRef, diacriticInsensitiveCollatorRef;
+    UCCollateOptions collateOptions = 0;
     const UInt32 modifier_combos[] = {
         0,
         shiftKey >> 8,
@@ -778,6 +781,13 @@ void macdrv_compute_keyboard_layout(struct macdrv_thread_data *thread_data)
 
     uchr = (const UCKeyboardLayout*)CFDataGetBytePtr(thread_data->keyboard_layout_uchr);
 
+    LocaleRefFromLocaleString("POSIX", &localeRef);
+    UCCreateCollator(localeRef, 0, collateOptions, &collatorRef);
+    collateOptions |= kUCCollateComposeInsensitiveMask | kUCCollateWidthInsensitiveMask | kUCCollateCaseInsensitiveMask;
+    UCCreateCollator(localeRef, 0, collateOptions, &caseInsensitiveCollatorRef);
+    collateOptions |= kUCCollateDiacritInsensitiveMask;
+    UCCreateCollator(localeRef, 0, collateOptions, &diacriticInsensitiveCollatorRef);
+
     /* Using the keyboard layout, build a map of key code + modifiers -> characters. */
     memset(map, 0, sizeof(map));
     for (keyc = 0; keyc < ARRAY_SIZE(map); keyc++)
@@ -824,7 +834,7 @@ void macdrv_compute_keyboard_layout(struct macdrv_thread_data *thread_data)
                     if (thread_data->keyc2vkey[keyc] || !map[keyc][combo][0])
                         continue;
 
-                    if (char_matches_string(vkey, map[keyc][combo], ignore_diacritics))
+                    if (char_matches_string(vkey, map[keyc][combo], ignore_diacritics ? diacriticInsensitiveCollatorRef : caseInsensitiveCollatorRef))
                     {
                         thread_data->keyc2vkey[keyc] = vkey;
                         vkey_used[vkey] = 1;
@@ -850,7 +860,7 @@ void macdrv_compute_keyboard_layout(struct macdrv_thread_data *thread_data)
                 if (thread_data->keyc2vkey[keyc] || !map[keyc][combo][0])
                     continue;
 
-                if (char_matches_string(vkey, map[keyc][combo], FALSE))
+                if (char_matches_string(vkey, map[keyc][combo], collatorRef))
                 {
                     thread_data->keyc2vkey[keyc] = vkey;
                     vkey_used[vkey] = 1;
@@ -879,7 +889,7 @@ void macdrv_compute_keyboard_layout(struct macdrv_thread_data *thread_data)
                 if (thread_data->keyc2vkey[keyc] || !map[keyc][combo][0])
                     continue;
 
-                if (char_matches_string(symbol_vkeys[i].wchar, map[keyc][combo], FALSE))
+                if (char_matches_string(symbol_vkeys[i].wchar, map[keyc][combo], collatorRef))
                 {
                     thread_data->keyc2vkey[keyc] = vkey;
                     vkey_used[vkey] = 1;
@@ -982,6 +992,10 @@ void macdrv_compute_keyboard_layout(struct macdrv_thread_data *thread_data)
         vkey_used[vkey] = 1;
         TRACE("keyc 0x%04x -> vkey 0x%04x (spare vkey)\n", keyc, vkey);
     }
+
+    UCDisposeCollator(&collatorRef);
+    UCDisposeCollator(&caseInsensitiveCollatorRef);
+    UCDisposeCollator(&diacriticInsensitiveCollatorRef);
 }