diff --git a/PSReadLine/ReadLine.cs b/PSReadLine/ReadLine.cs
index c06120db..3c6e6dc8 100644
--- a/PSReadLine/ReadLine.cs
+++ b/PSReadLine/ReadLine.cs
@@ -289,6 +289,24 @@ internal static PSKeyInfo ReadKey()
             return key;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reads a key, discarding the key if the PSKeyInfo returned does not
+        /// have a valid character. Will loop until a valid character is read.
+        /// The purpose of this method is to handle cases such as dead keys on
+        /// Windows on layouts such as US-International.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns> The valid character read. </returns>
+        internal static char ReadKeyChar()
+        {
+            PSKeyInfo key;
+            do
+            {
+                key = ReadKey();
+            }
+            while (key.KeyChar == '\0');
+            return key.KeyChar;
+        }
+
         private void PrependQueuedKeys(PSKeyInfo key)
         {
             if (_queuedKeys.Count > 0)
diff --git a/PSReadLine/ReadLine.vi.cs b/PSReadLine/ReadLine.vi.cs
index 571f06f5..1f3cf701 100644
--- a/PSReadLine/ReadLine.vi.cs
+++ b/PSReadLine/ReadLine.vi.cs
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public static void RepeatLastCharSearchBackwards(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, obj
         /// </summary>
         public static void SearchChar(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg = null)
         {
-            char keyChar = ReadKey().KeyChar;
+            char keyChar = ReadKeyChar();
             ViCharacterSearcher.Set(keyChar, isBackward: false, isBackoff: false);
             ViCharacterSearcher.Search(keyChar, arg, backoff: false);
         }
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public static void SearchChar(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg = null)
         /// </summary>
         public static void SearchCharBackward(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg = null)
         {
-            char keyChar = ReadKey().KeyChar;
+            char keyChar = ReadKeyChar();
             ViCharacterSearcher.Set(keyChar, isBackward: true, isBackoff: false);
             ViCharacterSearcher.SearchBackward(keyChar, arg, backoff: false);
         }
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public static void SearchCharBackward(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg = n
         /// </summary>
         public static void SearchCharWithBackoff(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg = null)
         {
-            char keyChar = ReadKey().KeyChar;
+            char keyChar = ReadKeyChar();
             ViCharacterSearcher.Set(keyChar, isBackward: false, isBackoff: true);
             ViCharacterSearcher.Search(keyChar, arg, backoff: true);
         }
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public static void SearchCharWithBackoff(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg
         /// </summary>
         public static void SearchCharBackwardWithBackoff(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg = null)
         {
-            char keyChar = ReadKey().KeyChar;
+            char keyChar = ReadKeyChar();
             ViCharacterSearcher.Set(keyChar, isBackward: true, isBackoff: true);
             ViCharacterSearcher.SearchBackward(keyChar, arg, backoff: true);
         }
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ public static void ViDeleteEndOfGlob(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg = nu
         /// </summary>
         public static void ViDeleteToChar(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg = null)
         {
-            var keyChar = ReadKey().KeyChar;
+            var keyChar = ReadKeyChar();
             ViDeleteToChar(keyChar, key, arg);
         }
 
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ public static void ViDeleteToChar(char keyChar, ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, obje
         /// </summary>
         public static void ViDeleteToCharBackward(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg = null)
         {
-            var keyChar = ReadKey().KeyChar;
+            var keyChar = ReadKeyChar();
             ViDeleteToCharBack(keyChar, key, arg);
         }
 
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ public static void ViDeleteToCharBack(char keyChar, ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null,
         /// </summary>
         public static void ViDeleteToBeforeChar(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg = null)
         {
-            var keyChar = ReadKey().KeyChar;
+            var keyChar = ReadKeyChar();
             ViDeleteToBeforeChar(keyChar, key, arg);
         }
 
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ public static void ViDeleteToBeforeChar(char keyChar, ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null
         /// </summary>
         public static void ViDeleteToBeforeCharBackward(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg = null)
         {
-            var keyChar = ReadKey().KeyChar;
+            var keyChar = ReadKeyChar();
             ViDeleteToBeforeCharBack(keyChar, key, arg);
         }
 
diff --git a/PSReadLine/Replace.vi.cs b/PSReadLine/Replace.vi.cs
index 8617f79c..12baff7d 100644
--- a/PSReadLine/Replace.vi.cs
+++ b/PSReadLine/Replace.vi.cs
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ private static void ReplaceCharInPlace(ConsoleKeyInfo? key, object arg)
         /// </summary>
         public static void ViReplaceToChar(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg = null)
         {
-            var keyChar = ReadKey().KeyChar;
+            var keyChar = ReadKeyChar();
             ViReplaceToChar(keyChar, key, arg);
         }
 
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ private static void ViReplaceToChar(char keyChar, ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, ob
         /// </summary>
         public static void ViReplaceToCharBackward(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg = null)
         {
-            var keyChar = ReadKey().KeyChar;
+            var keyChar = ReadKeyChar();
             ViReplaceToCharBack(keyChar, key, arg);
         }
 
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ private static void ViReplaceToCharBack(char keyChar, ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null
         /// </summary>
         public static void ViReplaceToBeforeChar(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg = null)
         {
-            var keyChar = ReadKey().KeyChar;
+            var keyChar = ReadKeyChar();
             ViReplaceToBeforeChar(keyChar, key, arg);
         }
 
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ private static void ViReplaceToBeforeChar(char keyChar, ConsoleKeyInfo? key = nu
         /// </summary>
         public static void ViReplaceToBeforeCharBackward(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg = null)
         {
-            var keyChar = ReadKey().KeyChar;
+            var keyChar = ReadKeyChar();
             ViReplaceToBeforeCharBack(keyChar, key, arg);
         }