diff --git a/crates/bevy_input/src/keyboard.rs b/crates/bevy_input/src/keyboard.rs
index 58db560f6d..23f07807cd 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_input/src/keyboard.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_input/src/keyboard.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ pub struct KeyboardInput {
     pub logical_key: Key,
     /// The press state of the key.
     pub state: ButtonState,
+    /// On some systems, holding down a key for some period of time causes that key to be repeated
+    /// as though it were being pressed and released repeatedly. This field is [`true`] if this
+    /// event is the result of one of those repeats.
+    pub repeat: bool,
     /// Window that received the input.
     pub window: Entity,
 }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_winit/src/converters.rs b/crates/bevy_winit/src/converters.rs
index 5cc2c03475..a6358433c3 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_winit/src/converters.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_winit/src/converters.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub fn convert_keyboard_input(
         state: convert_element_state(keyboard_input.state),
         key_code: convert_physical_key_code(keyboard_input.physical_key),
         logical_key: convert_logical_key(&keyboard_input.logical_key),
+        repeat: keyboard_input.repeat,
         window,
     }
 }