diff --git a/lib/awful/widget/keyboardlayout.lua b/lib/awful/widget/keyboardlayout.lua
index b3b837626..f9142b894 100644
--- a/lib/awful/widget/keyboardlayout.lua
+++ b/lib/awful/widget/keyboardlayout.lua
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ function keyboardlayout.get_groups_from_group_names(group_names)
                 end
 
                 if section then
-                    section = string.gsub(section, "%(([%w_]+)%)", "%1")
+                    section = string.gsub(section, "%(([%w-_]+)%)", "%1")
                 end
 
                 table.insert(layout_groups, { vendor = vendor,
@@ -241,10 +241,7 @@ local function update_layout(self)
         layouts[1].group_idx = 0
     end
     for _, v in ipairs(layouts) do
-        local layout_name = v.file
-        if v.section ~= nil then
-            layout_name = layout_name .. "(" .. v.section .. ")"
-        end
+        local layout_name = self.layout_name(v)
         -- Please note that numbers of groups reported by xkb_get_group_names
         -- is greater by one than the real group number.
         self._layout[v.group_idx - 1] = layout_name
@@ -260,7 +257,13 @@ function keyboardlayout.new()
 
     self.widget = widget
 
-    update_layout(self);
+    self.layout_name = function(v)
+        local name = v.file
+        if v.section ~= nil then
+            name = name .. "(" .. v.section .. ")"
+        end
+        return name
+    end
 
     self.next_layout = function()
         self.set_layout((self._current + 1) % (#self._layout + 1))
@@ -275,6 +278,8 @@ function keyboardlayout.new()
         awesome.xkb_set_layout_group(group_number);
     end
 
+    update_layout(self);
+
     -- callback for processing layout changes
     capi.awesome.connect_signal("xkb::map_changed",
                                 function () update_layout(self) end)
diff --git a/spec/awful/keyboardlayout_spec.lua b/spec/awful/keyboardlayout_spec.lua
index ae168e9f8..e2a5c9660 100644
--- a/spec/awful/keyboardlayout_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/awful/keyboardlayout_spec.lua
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ describe("awful.widget.keyboardlayout get_groups_from_group_names", function()
             { file = "de", group_idx = 1 },
             { file = "jp", group_idx = 1 }
         },
+        ["us(altgr-intl)"] = {
+            { file = "us", group_idx = 1, section = "altgr-intl" }
+        },
         -- possible eight variations of a single term
         ["de"] = {
             { file = "de", group_idx = 1 }