diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 51c39ea..a7e92a0 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1395,7 +1395,12 @@ activate(GtkApplication *app, gpointer data)
         create_simple_action(app, "quit", G_CALLBACK(run_quit_action));
 
         // Setup shortcuts
-        const char *capture_accels[] = { "space", NULL };
+        const char *capture_accels[] = {
+                "space",
+                "AudioLowerVolume",
+                "AudioRaiseVolume",
+                NULL
+        };
         gtk_application_set_accels_for_action(app, "app.capture", capture_accels);
 
         const char *quit_accels[] = { "<Ctrl>q", "<Ctrl>w", NULL };
@@ -1496,6 +1501,12 @@ activate(GtkApplication *app, gpointer data)
 
         gtk_application_add_window(app, GTK_WINDOW(window));
         gtk_widget_set_visible(window, true);
+
+        // Inhibit system shortcuts to be able to use
+        // VolumeUp and VolumeDown hardware buttons to take a picture
+        GtkNative *native = gtk_widget_get_native (GTK_WIDGET (window));
+        GdkSurface *surface = gtk_native_get_surface (native);
+        gdk_toplevel_inhibit_system_shortcuts (GDK_TOPLEVEL (surface), NULL);
 }
 
 static void