--- ./js/ui/status/keyboard.js	2018-07-18 23:01:36.000000000 +0200
+++ /var/ports/work/usr/ports/x11/gnome-shell/work/gnome-shell-3.28.3/js/ui/status/keyboard.js	2019-02-02 17:41:29.229662000 +0100
@@ -245,6 +245,20 @@
                 id += '+' + variants[i];
             sourcesList.push({ type: INPUT_SOURCE_TYPE_XKB, id: id });
         }
+
+        // FreeBSD: systemd-localed is absent, so the above sourcesList,
+        // which would otherwise come from org.freedesktop.locale1, is
+        // empty. As a fallback, retrieve the input source from the
+        // current locale.
+
+        let _keyboardManagerLayout = KeyboardManager.getKeyboardManager()._getLocaleLayout();
+        if (_keyboardManagerLayout) {
+            let _kMLid = _keyboardManagerLayout.layout;
+            if (!!_keyboardManagerLayout.variant)
+                _kMLid = _kMLid + '+' + _keyboardManagerLayout.variant;
+            sourcesList.push({ type: INPUT_SOURCE_TYPE_XKB, id: _kMLid });
+        }
+
         return sourcesList;
     },