diff -r 824a9837bbb3 -r 71f60bf6ebb7 sdlterm/cython/sdlterm.pyx
--- a/sdlterm/cython/sdlterm.pyx	Wed Jan 23 00:59:21 2013 +0100
+++ b/sdlterm/cython/sdlterm.pyx	Wed Jan 23 21:49:40 2013 +0100
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     cdef struct Event_key:
         char *keyname
         Py_UNICODE unicode
+        int mod
 
     cdef struct Event_mouse:
         int x, y
@@ -107,7 +108,8 @@
             char = event.key.unicode
             if char == '\x00':
                 char = None
-            return ('keypress', keyname, char)
+            mod = event.key.mod
+            return ('keypress', keyname, char, mod)
         if event.type == event.RESIZE:
             return ('resize',)
         if event.type == event.QUIT: