diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/ikt5a.cpp b/src/mame/drivers/ikt5a.cpp
index 0415f3259a2..667ab84cf79 100644
--- a/src/mame/drivers/ikt5a.cpp
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/ikt5a.cpp
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 *******************************************************************************/
 
 #include "emu.h"
-//#include "bus/pc_kbd/keyboards.h"
-//#include "bus/pc_kbd/pc_kbdc.h"
+#include "bus/pc_kbd/keyboards.h"
+#include "bus/pc_kbd/pc_kbdc.h"
 //#include "bus/rs232/rs232.h"
 #include "cpu/mcs51/mcs51.h"
 #include "machine/eepromser.h"
@@ -21,16 +21,28 @@ public:
 		: driver_device(mconfig, type, tag)
 		, m_maincpu(*this, "maincpu")
 		, m_eeprom(*this, "eeprom")
+		, m_keyboard(*this, "keyboard")
 		, m_chargen(*this, "chargen")
+		, m_keyboard_clk(true)
+		, m_keyboard_data(true)
+		, m_keyboard_shifter(0)
 	{
 	}
 
 	void ikt5a(machine_config &config);
 
+protected:
+	virtual void machine_start() override;
+
 private:
 	u32 screen_update(screen_device &screen, bitmap_rgb32 &bitmap, const rectangle &cliprect);
 
+	DECLARE_WRITE_LINE_MEMBER(keyboard_clk_w);
+	DECLARE_WRITE_LINE_MEMBER(keyboard_data_w);
+
 	void eeprom_w(u8 data);
+	void keyboard_ack_w(u8 data);
+	void keyboard_shift_w(u8 data);
 	u8 p1_r();
 	void p1_w(u8 data);
 	u8 p3_r();
@@ -40,19 +52,62 @@ private:
 
 	required_device<mcs51_cpu_device> m_maincpu;
 	required_device<eeprom_serial_93cxx_device> m_eeprom;
+	required_device<pc_kbdc_device> m_keyboard;
 	required_region_ptr<u8> m_chargen;
+
+	bool m_keyboard_clk;
+	bool m_keyboard_data;
+	u8 m_keyboard_shifter;
 };
 
+void ikt5a_state::machine_start()
+{
+	save_item(NAME(m_keyboard_clk));
+	save_item(NAME(m_keyboard_data));
+	save_item(NAME(m_keyboard_shifter));
+}
+
 u32 ikt5a_state::screen_update(screen_device &screen, bitmap_rgb32 &bitmap, const rectangle &cliprect)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
+WRITE_LINE_MEMBER(ikt5a_state::keyboard_clk_w)
+{
+	if (m_keyboard_clk && !state)
+	{
+		m_maincpu->set_input_line(MCS51_INT1_LINE, BIT(m_keyboard_shifter, 0) ? ASSERT_LINE : CLEAR_LINE);
+		m_keyboard_shifter >>= 1;
+		if (m_keyboard_data)
+			m_keyboard_shifter |= 0x80;
+	}
+	m_keyboard_clk = state;
+}
+
+WRITE_LINE_MEMBER(ikt5a_state::keyboard_data_w)
+{
+	m_keyboard_data = state;
+}
+
 void ikt5a_state::eeprom_w(u8 data)
 {
 	m_eeprom->cs_write(BIT(data, 6));
 	m_eeprom->di_write(BIT(data, 3));
 	m_eeprom->clk_write(BIT(data, 1));
+
+	m_keyboard->clock_write_from_mb(!BIT(data, 0));
+}
+
+void ikt5a_state::keyboard_ack_w(u8 data)
+{
+	m_maincpu->set_input_line(MCS51_INT1_LINE, CLEAR_LINE);
+	m_keyboard_shifter = 0;
+}
+
+void ikt5a_state::keyboard_shift_w(u8 data)
+{
+	m_maincpu->set_input_line(MCS51_INT1_LINE, BIT(m_keyboard_shifter, 0) ? ASSERT_LINE : CLEAR_LINE);
+	m_keyboard_shifter >>= 1;
 }
 
 u8 ikt5a_state::p1_r()
@@ -77,6 +132,8 @@ void ikt5a_state::prog_map(address_map &map)
 void ikt5a_state::ext_map(address_map &map)
 {
 	map(0x6400, 0x6400).mirror(0xff).w(FUNC(ikt5a_state::eeprom_w));
+	map(0x7000, 0x7000).mirror(0xff).w(FUNC(ikt5a_state::keyboard_ack_w));
+	map(0x7c00, 0x7c00).mirror(0xff).w(FUNC(ikt5a_state::keyboard_shift_w));
 	map(0x8000, 0x9fff).ram();
 }
 
@@ -91,6 +148,10 @@ void ikt5a_state::ikt5a(machine_config &config)
 
 	EEPROM_93C06_16BIT(config, m_eeprom); // ST M9306B6
 
+	PC_KBDC(config, m_keyboard, pc_xt_keyboards, STR_KBD_IBM_PC_XT_83);
+	m_keyboard->out_clock_cb().set(FUNC(ikt5a_state::keyboard_clk_w));
+	m_keyboard->out_data_cb().set(FUNC(ikt5a_state::keyboard_data_w));
+
 	screen_device &screen(SCREEN(config, "screen", SCREEN_TYPE_RASTER));
 	screen.set_raw(15_MHz_XTAL, 800, 0, 640, 375, 0, 350); // timings guessed
 	screen.set_screen_update(FUNC(ikt5a_state::screen_update));