diff --git a/src/DETHRACE/pc-win95/win95sys.c b/src/DETHRACE/pc-win95/win95sys.c
index 77175309..086ab075 100644
--- a/src/DETHRACE/pc-win95/win95sys.c
+++ b/src/DETHRACE/pc-win95/win95sys.c
@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ void Win32ReleaseInputDevice(void) {
 int PDGetASCIIFromKey(int pKey) {
     LOG_TRACE("(%d)", pKey);
 
-    if (PDKeyDown(KEY_SHIFT_ANY)) {
+    /* The Windows Carmageddon executable uses PDKeyDown here. The German DOS executable uses PDKeyDown3. */
+    if (PDKeyDown3(KEY_SHIFT_ANY)) {
         return gASCII_shift_table[pKey];
     } else {
         return gASCII_table[pKey];