diff --git a/include/svl/languageoptions.hxx b/include/svl/languageoptions.hxx
index ef8fb1b..96698c0 100644
--- a/include/svl/languageoptions.hxx
+++ b/include/svl/languageoptions.hxx
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ class SVL_DLLPUBLIC SvtSystemLanguageOptions : public utl::ConfigItem
 {
 private:
     OUString m_sWin16SystemLocale;
+	
+    bool isKeyboardLayoutTypeInstalled(sal_Int16 scriptType);
 
 public:
     SvtSystemLanguageOptions();
@@ -106,6 +108,9 @@ public:
     virtual void    Notify( const com::sun::star::uno::Sequence< OUString >& rPropertyNames );
 
     LanguageType GetWin16SystemLanguage();
+	
+    bool isCTLKeyboardLayoutInstalled();
+    bool isCJKKeyboardLayoutInstalled();
 };
 
 #endif // _SVTOOLS_LANGUAGEOPTIONS_HXX
diff --git a/svl/source/config/languageoptions.cxx b/svl/source/config/languageoptions.cxx
index eb7a711..2d03097 100644
--- a/svl/source/config/languageoptions.cxx
+++ b/svl/source/config/languageoptions.cxx
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/i18n/ScriptType.hpp>
 #include <unotools/syslocale.hxx>
 
+#include <windows.h>
+
 using namespace ::com::sun::star;
 // global ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -205,4 +207,39 @@ LanguageType SvtSystemLanguageOptions::GetWin16SystemLanguage()
 }
 
 
+bool SvtSystemLanguageOptions::isKeyboardLayoutTypeInstalled(sal_Int16 scriptType)
+{
+	bool isInstalled = false;
+
+	int nLayouts = GetKeyboardLayoutList(0, NULL);
+	if (nLayouts > 0)
+	{
+		HKL *lpList = (HKL*)LocalAlloc(LPTR, (nLayouts * sizeof(HKL)));
+		nLayouts = GetKeyboardLayoutList(nLayouts, lpList);
+
+		for(int i = 0; i < nLayouts; ++i)
+		{
+			LCID lang = MAKELCID(((UINT)lpList[i] & 0xffffffff), SORT_DEFAULT);
+			if (MsLangId::getScriptType(lang) == scriptType)
+				isInstalled = true;
+		}
+
+		if (lpList) LocalFree(lpList);
+	}
+
+	return isInstalled;
+}
+
+
+bool SvtSystemLanguageOptions::isCTLKeyboardLayoutInstalled()
+{
+	return isKeyboardLayoutTypeInstalled(::com::sun::star::i18n::ScriptType::COMPLEX);
+}
+
+
+bool SvtSystemLanguageOptions::isCJKKeyboardLayoutInstalled()
+{
+	return isKeyboardLayoutTypeInstalled(::com::sun::star::i18n::ScriptType::ASIAN);
+}
+
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