diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Handler/Keyboard.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Handler/Keyboard.js
index 0372564299..c446cb0988 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Handler/Keyboard.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Handler/Keyboard.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ OpenLayers.Handler.Keyboard = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Handler, {
         if (OpenLayers.Handler.prototype.activate.apply(this, arguments)) {
             for (var i=0, len=this.KEY_EVENTS.length; i<len; i++) {
                 OpenLayers.Event.observe(
-                    document, this.KEY_EVENTS[i], this.eventListener);
+                    this.map.div, this.KEY_EVENTS[i], this.eventListener);
             }
             return true;
         } else {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ OpenLayers.Handler.Keyboard = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Handler, {
         if (OpenLayers.Handler.prototype.deactivate.apply(this, arguments)) {
             for (var i=0, len=this.KEY_EVENTS.length; i<len; i++) {
                 OpenLayers.Event.stopObserving(
-                    document, this.KEY_EVENTS[i], this.eventListener);
+                    this.map.div, this.KEY_EVENTS[i], this.eventListener);
             }
             deactivated = true;
         }