diff --git a/jay-config/src/input.rs b/jay-config/src/input.rs
index 94259bd0..ae185f1e 100644
--- a/jay-config/src/input.rs
+++ b/jay-config/src/input.rs
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ impl Seat {
     /// The closure is invoked when the user presses the last key of the modified keysym.
     /// Note that the keysym is calculated without modifiers applied. To perform an action
     /// when `SHIFT+k` is pressed, use `SHIFT | SYM_k` not `SHIFT | SYM_K`.
+    ///
+    /// CapsLock and NumLock are ignored during modifier evaluation. Therefore, bindings
+    /// containing these modifiers will never be invoked.
     pub fn bind<T: Into<ModifiedKeySym>, F: Fn() + 'static>(self, mod_sym: T, f: F) {
         get!().bind(self, mod_sym, f)
     }
diff --git a/src/ifs/wl_seat/event_handling.rs b/src/ifs/wl_seat/event_handling.rs
index 7192f971..de22e181 100644
--- a/src/ifs/wl_seat/event_handling.rs
+++ b/src/ifs/wl_seat/event_handling.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ use {
         wire::WlDataOfferId,
         xkbcommon::{ModifierState, XKB_KEY_DOWN, XKB_KEY_UP},
     },
-    jay_config::keyboard::{mods::Modifiers, syms::KeySym, ModifiedKeySym},
+    jay_config::keyboard::{
+        mods::{Modifiers, CAPS, NUM},
+        syms::KeySym,
+        ModifiedKeySym,
+    },
     smallvec::SmallVec,
     std::rc::Rc,
 };
@@ -339,7 +343,8 @@ impl WlSeatGlobal {
                 let old_mods = kb_state.mods();
                 let keysyms = kb_state.unmodified_keysyms(key);
                 for &sym in keysyms {
-                    if let Some(mods) = self.shortcuts.get(&(old_mods.mods_effective, sym)) {
+                    let mods = old_mods.mods_effective & !(CAPS.0 | NUM.0);
+                    if let Some(mods) = self.shortcuts.get(&(mods, sym)) {
                         shortcuts.push(ModifiedKeySym {
                             mods,
                             sym: KeySym(sym),