diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/SeedKeyboard.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/SeedKeyboard.qml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73efc2fba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/SeedKeyboard.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import QtQuick 2.15
+import QtQuick.Layouts 1.0
+import QtQuick.Controls 2.15
+import QtQuick.Controls.Material 2.0
+
+Item {
+    id: root
+
+    signal keyEvent(keycode: int, text: string)
+
+    property int padding: 15
+
+    property int keywidth: (root.width - 2 * padding) / 11 - keyhspacing
+    property int keyheight: (root.height - 2 * padding) / 4 - keyvspacing
+    property int keyhspacing: 4
+    property int keyvspacing: 5
+
+    function emitKeyEvent(key) {
+        var keycode
+        if (key == '<=') {
+            keycode = Qt.Key_Backspace
+        } else {
+            keycode = parseInt(key, 36) - 9 + 0x40 // map char to key code
+        }
+        keyEvent(keycode, key)
+    }
+
+    ColumnLayout {
+        id: rootLayout
+        x: padding
+        y: padding
+        width: parent.width - 2*padding
+        spacing: keyvspacing
+        RowLayout {
+            Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignHCenter
+            spacing: keyhspacing
+            Repeater {
+                model: ['q','w','e','r','t','y','u','i','o','p','<=']
+                delegate: SeedKeyboardKey {
+                    key: modelData
+                    kbd: root
+                    implicitWidth: keywidth
+                    implicitHeight: keyheight
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        RowLayout {
+            Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignHCenter
+            spacing: keyhspacing
+            Repeater {
+                model: ['a','s','d','f','g','h','j','k','l']
+                delegate: SeedKeyboardKey {
+                    key: modelData
+                    kbd: root
+                    implicitWidth: keywidth
+                    implicitHeight: keyheight
+                }
+            }
+            // spacer
+            Item { Layout.preferredHeight: 1; Layout.preferredWidth: keywidth / 2 }
+        }
+        RowLayout {
+            Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignHCenter
+            spacing: keyhspacing
+            Repeater {
+                model: ['z','x','c','v','b','n','m']
+                delegate: SeedKeyboardKey {
+                    key: modelData
+                    kbd: root
+                    implicitWidth: keywidth
+                    implicitHeight: keyheight
+                }
+            }
+            // spacer
+            Item { Layout.preferredHeight: 1; Layout.preferredWidth: keywidth }
+        }
+        RowLayout {
+            Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignHCenter
+            SeedKeyboardKey {
+                key: ' '
+                kbd: root
+                implicitWidth: keywidth * 5
+                implicitHeight: keyheight
+            }
+            // spacer
+            Item { Layout.preferredHeight: 1; Layout.preferredWidth: keywidth / 2 }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/SeedKeyboardKey.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/SeedKeyboardKey.qml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edf878df4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/SeedKeyboardKey.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import QtQuick 2.15
+import QtQuick.Layouts 1.0
+import QtQuick.Controls 2.15
+import QtQuick.Controls.Material 2.0
+
+Pane {
+    id: root
+
+    property string key
+    property QtObject kbd
+    padding: 1
+
+    FlatButton {
+        anchors.fill: parent
+
+        focusPolicy: Qt.NoFocus
+        autoRepeat: true
+        autoRepeatDelay: 750
+
+        text: key
+
+        padding: 0
+        font.pixelSize: Math.max(root.height * 1/3, constants.fontSizeSmall)
+
+        onClicked: {
+            kbd.emitKeyEvent(key)
+        }
+
+        // send keyevent again, otherwise it is ignored
+        onDoubleClicked: {
+            kbd.emitKeyEvent(key)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/SeedTextArea.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/SeedTextArea.qml
index 0047869be..096c7bb52 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/SeedTextArea.qml
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/SeedTextArea.qml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Pane {
     padding: 0
 
     property string text
-    property alias readOnly: seedtextarea.readOnly
+    property bool readOnly: false
     property alias placeholderText: seedtextarea.placeholderText
 
     property var _suggestions: []
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ Pane {
             font.pixelSize: constants.fontSizeLarge
             font.family: FixedFont
             inputMethodHints: Qt.ImhSensitiveData | Qt.ImhLowercaseOnly | Qt.ImhNoPredictiveText
+            readOnly: true
 
             background: Rectangle {
                 color: constants.darkerBackground
@@ -100,6 +101,21 @@ Pane {
                 cursorPosition = text.length
             }
         }
+
+        SeedKeyboard {
+            id: kbd
+            Layout.fillWidth: true
+            Layout.preferredHeight: kbd.width / 2
+            visible: !root.readOnly
+            onKeyEvent: {
+                if (keycode == Qt.Key_Backspace) {
+                    if (seedtextarea.text.length > 0)
+                        seedtextarea.text = seedtextarea.text.substring(0, seedtextarea.text.length-1)
+                } else {
+                    seedtextarea.text = seedtextarea.text + text
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     FontMetrics {