diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index cfcdf660b..6ef6c7100 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - Command palette: Improve searching to use word level matching (:pull:`9727`)
 
-- GLFW: Add ``glfwGetKeyboardRepeatDelay()`` to the GLFW API to query the current keyboard key-repeat delay from the OS, implemented for X11, Wayland and Cocoa backends
+- GLFW: Add ``glfwGetKeyboardRepeatDelay()`` to the GLFW API to query the current keyboard key-repeat initial delay and repeat interval from the OS, implemented for X11, Wayland and Cocoa backends
 
 0.46.2 [2026-03-21]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/glfw/cocoa_window.m b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
index ae7e0b2bd..4a16bb45e 100644
--- a/glfw/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
@@ -2782,9 +2782,10 @@ monotonic_t _glfwPlatformGetDoubleClickInterval(_GLFWwindow* window UNUSED)
     return s_double_to_monotonic_t([NSEvent doubleClickInterval]);
 }
 
-monotonic_t _glfwPlatformGetKeyboardRepeatDelay(void)
+void _glfwPlatformGetKeyboardRepeatDelay(monotonic_t *delay, monotonic_t *interval)
 {
-    return s_double_to_monotonic_t([NSEvent keyRepeatDelay]);
+    if (delay) *delay = s_double_to_monotonic_t([NSEvent keyRepeatDelay]);
+    if (interval) *interval = s_double_to_monotonic_t([NSEvent keyRepeatInterval]);
 }
 
 void _glfwPlatformIconifyWindow(_GLFWwindow* window)
diff --git a/glfw/glfw3.h b/glfw/glfw3.h
index e3fc7122a..002e58b17 100644
--- a/glfw/glfw3.h
+++ b/glfw/glfw3.h
@@ -4370,7 +4370,7 @@ GLFWAPI void glfwPostEmptyEvent(void);
 GLFWAPI bool glfwGetIgnoreOSKeyboardProcessing(void);
 GLFWAPI void glfwSetIgnoreOSKeyboardProcessing(bool enabled);
 GLFWAPI bool glfwGrabKeyboard(int grab);
-GLFWAPI monotonic_t glfwGetKeyboardRepeatDelay(void);
+GLFWAPI void glfwGetKeyboardRepeatDelay(monotonic_t *delay, monotonic_t *interval);
 
 /*! @brief Returns the value of an input option for the specified window.
  *
diff --git a/glfw/input.c b/glfw/input.c
index 572b1fb34..9ded16610 100644
--- a/glfw/input.c
+++ b/glfw/input.c
@@ -720,9 +720,11 @@ GLFWAPI bool glfwGrabKeyboard(int grab) {
     return _glfw.keyboard_grabbed;
 }
 
-GLFWAPI monotonic_t glfwGetKeyboardRepeatDelay(void) {
-    _GLFW_REQUIRE_INIT_OR_RETURN(ms_to_monotonic_t(500ll));
-    return _glfwPlatformGetKeyboardRepeatDelay();
+GLFWAPI void glfwGetKeyboardRepeatDelay(monotonic_t *delay, monotonic_t *interval) {
+    _GLFW_REQUIRE_INIT();
+    if (delay) *delay = ms_to_monotonic_t(500ll);
+    if (interval) *interval = ms_to_monotonic_t(30ll);
+    _glfwPlatformGetKeyboardRepeatDelay(delay, interval);
 }
 
 GLFWAPI int glfwGetInputMode(GLFWwindow* handle, int mode)
diff --git a/glfw/internal.h b/glfw/internal.h
index fa3ff57f2..3821b403f 100644
--- a/glfw/internal.h
+++ b/glfw/internal.h
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ void _glfwPlatformGetWindowFrameSize(_GLFWwindow* window,
 void _glfwPlatformGetWindowContentScale(_GLFWwindow* window,
                                         float* xscale, float* yscale);
 monotonic_t _glfwPlatformGetDoubleClickInterval(_GLFWwindow* window);
-monotonic_t _glfwPlatformGetKeyboardRepeatDelay(void);
+void _glfwPlatformGetKeyboardRepeatDelay(monotonic_t *delay, monotonic_t *interval);
 void _glfwPlatformIconifyWindow(_GLFWwindow* window);
 void _glfwPlatformRestoreWindow(_GLFWwindow* window);
 void _glfwPlatformMaximizeWindow(_GLFWwindow* window);
diff --git a/glfw/null_window.c b/glfw/null_window.c
index 191917124..1c3c90b00 100644
--- a/glfw/null_window.c
+++ b/glfw/null_window.c
@@ -311,9 +311,10 @@ monotonic_t _glfwPlatformGetDoubleClickInterval(_GLFWwindow* window UNUSED)
     return ms_to_monotonic_t(500ll);
 }
 
-monotonic_t _glfwPlatformGetKeyboardRepeatDelay(void)
+void _glfwPlatformGetKeyboardRepeatDelay(monotonic_t *delay, monotonic_t *interval)
 {
-    return ms_to_monotonic_t(500ll);
+    if (delay) *delay = ms_to_monotonic_t(500ll);
+    if (interval) *interval = ms_to_monotonic_t(30ll);
 }
 
 void _glfwPlatformIconifyWindow(_GLFWwindow* window)
diff --git a/glfw/wl_window.c b/glfw/wl_window.c
index 9c7deb9eb..c176915e9 100644
--- a/glfw/wl_window.c
+++ b/glfw/wl_window.c
@@ -1769,9 +1769,11 @@ monotonic_t _glfwPlatformGetDoubleClickInterval(_GLFWwindow* window UNUSED)
     return ms_to_monotonic_t(500ll);
 }
 
-monotonic_t _glfwPlatformGetKeyboardRepeatDelay(void)
+void _glfwPlatformGetKeyboardRepeatDelay(monotonic_t *delay, monotonic_t *interval)
 {
-    return _glfw.wl.keyboardRepeatDelay;
+    if (delay) *delay = _glfw.wl.keyboardRepeatDelay;
+    if (interval && _glfw.wl.keyboardRepeatRate > 0)
+        *interval = s_to_monotonic_t(1ll) / (monotonic_t)_glfw.wl.keyboardRepeatRate;
 }
 
 void _glfwPlatformIconifyWindow(_GLFWwindow* window)
diff --git a/glfw/x11_window.c b/glfw/x11_window.c
index f7223e1b6..6be8e14ca 100644
--- a/glfw/x11_window.c
+++ b/glfw/x11_window.c
@@ -2876,16 +2876,16 @@ monotonic_t _glfwPlatformGetDoubleClickInterval(_GLFWwindow* window UNUSED)
     return ms_to_monotonic_t(500ll);
 }
 
-monotonic_t _glfwPlatformGetKeyboardRepeatDelay(void)
+void _glfwPlatformGetKeyboardRepeatDelay(monotonic_t *delay, monotonic_t *interval)
 {
-    monotonic_t delay = ms_to_monotonic_t(500ll);
     XkbDescPtr xkb = XkbAllocKeyboard();
     if (xkb) {
-        if (XkbGetControls(_glfw.x11.display, XkbRepeatKeysMask, xkb) == Success)
-            delay = ms_to_monotonic_t(xkb->ctrls->repeat_delay);
+        if (XkbGetControls(_glfw.x11.display, XkbRepeatKeysMask, xkb) == Success) {
+            if (delay) *delay = ms_to_monotonic_t(xkb->ctrls->repeat_delay);
+            if (interval) *interval = ms_to_monotonic_t(xkb->ctrls->repeat_interval);
+        }
         XkbFreeKeyboard(xkb, 0, True);
     }
-    return delay;
 }
 
 void _glfwPlatformIconifyWindow(_GLFWwindow* window)
diff --git a/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h b/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h
index b95adce28..38d7f433d 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h
+++ b/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h
@@ -2206,7 +2206,7 @@ typedef bool (*glfwGrabKeyboard_func)(int);
 GFW_EXTERN glfwGrabKeyboard_func glfwGrabKeyboard_impl;
 #define glfwGrabKeyboard glfwGrabKeyboard_impl
 
-typedef monotonic_t (*glfwGetKeyboardRepeatDelay_func)(void);
+typedef void (*glfwGetKeyboardRepeatDelay_func)(monotonic_t*, monotonic_t*);
 GFW_EXTERN glfwGetKeyboardRepeatDelay_func glfwGetKeyboardRepeatDelay_impl;
 #define glfwGetKeyboardRepeatDelay glfwGetKeyboardRepeatDelay_impl