diff --git a/quantum/process_keycode/process_unicode_common.c b/quantum/process_keycode/process_unicode_common.c
index c270d5119ac..e8f5001380c 100644
--- a/quantum/process_keycode/process_unicode_common.c
+++ b/quantum/process_keycode/process_unicode_common.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 unicode_config_t unicode_config;
 static uint8_t saved_mods;
 
+
 void set_unicode_input_mode(uint8_t os_target) {
   unicode_config.input_mode = os_target;
   eeprom_update_byte(EECONFIG_UNICODEMODE, os_target);
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ void unicode_input_mode_init(void) {
 }
 
 __attribute__((weak))
-void unicode_input_start (void) {
+void unicode_input_start(void) {
   saved_mods = get_mods(); // Save current mods
   clear_mods(); // Unregister mods to start from a clean state
 
@@ -131,3 +132,35 @@ void send_unicode_hex_string(const char *str) {
     str += n; // Move to the first ' ' (or '\0') after the current token
   }
 }
+
+bool process_record_unicode_common(uint16_t keycode, keyrecord_t *record) {
+  if (record->event.pressed) {
+    switch (keycode) {
+      case UNI_OSX:
+        set_unicode_input_mode(UC_OSX);
+        break;
+      case UNI_LINUX:
+        set_unicode_input_mode(UC_LNX);
+        break;
+      case UNI_WIN:
+        set_unicode_input_mode(UC_WIN);
+        break;
+      case UNI_WINC:
+        set_unicode_input_mode(UC_WINC);
+        break;
+      case UNI_OSX_RALT:
+        set_unicode_input_mode(UC_OSX_RALT);
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  #ifdef UNICODE_ENABLE
+    return process_unicode(keycode, record);
+  #endif
+  #ifdef UCIS_ENABLE
+    return process_ucis(keycode, record);
+  #endif
+  #ifdef UNICODEMAP_ENABLE
+    return process_unicode_map(keycode, record);
+  #endif
+  return true;
+}
diff --git a/quantum/process_keycode/process_unicode_common.h b/quantum/process_keycode/process_unicode_common.h
index 7f896461b6a..b1fc8c0ac83 100644
--- a/quantum/process_keycode/process_unicode_common.h
+++ b/quantum/process_keycode/process_unicode_common.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ void unicode_input_start(void);
 void unicode_input_finish(void);
 void register_hex(uint16_t hex);
 void send_unicode_hex_string(const char *str);
+bool process_record_unicode_common(uint16_t keycode, keyrecord_t *record);
 
 #define UC_OSX 0  // Mac OS X
 #define UC_LNX 1  // Linux
diff --git a/quantum/quantum.c b/quantum/quantum.c
index 3770b0312b5..4267c1e0361 100644
--- a/quantum/quantum.c
+++ b/quantum/quantum.c
@@ -256,27 +256,21 @@ bool process_record_quantum(keyrecord_t *record) {
   #ifdef TAP_DANCE_ENABLE
     process_tap_dance(keycode, record) &&
   #endif
+  #if (defined(UNICODE_ENABLE) || defined(UNICODEMAP_ENABLE) || defined(UCIS_ENABLE))
+    process_record_unicode_common(keycode, record) &&
+  #endif
   #ifdef LEADER_ENABLE
     process_leader(keycode, record) &&
   #endif
   #ifdef COMBO_ENABLE
     process_combo(keycode, record) &&
   #endif
-  #ifdef UNICODE_ENABLE
-    process_unicode(keycode, record) &&
-  #endif
-  #ifdef UCIS_ENABLE
-    process_ucis(keycode, record) &&
-  #endif
   #ifdef PRINTING_ENABLE
     process_printer(keycode, record) &&
   #endif
   #ifdef AUTO_SHIFT_ENABLE
     process_auto_shift(keycode, record) &&
   #endif
-  #ifdef UNICODEMAP_ENABLE
-    process_unicode_map(keycode, record) &&
-  #endif
   #ifdef TERMINAL_ENABLE
     process_terminal(keycode, record) &&
   #endif
diff --git a/quantum/quantum_keycodes.h b/quantum/quantum_keycodes.h
index e983798f2ba..6a3a6461bdc 100644
--- a/quantum/quantum_keycodes.h
+++ b/quantum/quantum_keycodes.h
@@ -453,7 +453,11 @@ enum quantum_keycodes {
     TERM_ON,
     TERM_OFF,
 #endif
-
+    UNI_OSX,
+    UNI_LINUX,
+    UNI_WIN,
+    UNI_WINC,
+    UNI_OSX_RALT,
     // always leave at the end
     SAFE_RANGE
 };