diff --git a/rust/agama-server/src/l10n/keyboard.rs b/rust/agama-server/src/l10n/keyboard.rs
index a10c202ff..775ea052a 100644
--- a/rust/agama-server/src/l10n/keyboard.rs
+++ b/rust/agama-server/src/l10n/keyboard.rs
@@ -20,16 +20,13 @@
 
 use agama_locale_data::{get_localectl_keymaps, keyboard::XkbConfigRegistry, KeymapId};
 use gettextrs::*;
-use serde::Serialize;
-use serde_with::{serde_as, DisplayFromStr};
+use serde::ser::{Serialize, SerializeStruct};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
-#[serde_as]
 // Minimal representation of a keymap
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, utoipa::ToSchema)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, utoipa::ToSchema)]
 pub struct Keymap {
     /// Keymap identifier (e.g., "us")
-    #[serde_as(as = "DisplayFromStr")]
     pub id: KeymapId,
     /// Keymap description
     description: String,
@@ -48,6 +45,18 @@ impl Keymap {
     }
 }
 
+impl Serialize for Keymap {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: serde::Serializer,
+    {
+        let mut state = serializer.serialize_struct("Keymap", 2)?;
+        state.serialize_field("id", &self.id.to_string())?;
+        state.serialize_field("description", &self.localized_description())?;
+        state.end()
+    }
+}
+
 /// Represents the keymaps database.
 ///
 /// The list of supported keymaps is read from `systemd-localed` and the
diff --git a/rust/package/agama.changes b/rust/package/agama.changes
index 4541f3dcd..b7951148c 100644
--- a/rust/package/agama.changes
+++ b/rust/package/agama.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 27 10:44:22 UTC 2024 - Imobach Gonzalez Sosa <igonzalezsosa@suse.com>
+
+- Expose keymaps localized descriptions (gh#agama-project/agama#1643).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 25 14:33:50 UTC 2024 - Clemens Famulla-Conrad <cfamullaconrad@suse.com>