diff --git a/doc/latex.rst b/doc/latex.rst
index dd5fd1679..81f70dc1e 100644
--- a/doc/latex.rst
+++ b/doc/latex.rst
@@ -817,6 +817,8 @@ Macros
      multiple paragraphs in header cells of tables.
   .. versionadded:: 1.6.3
      ``\sphinxstylecodecontinued`` and ``\sphinxstylecodecontinues``.
+  .. versionadded:: 2.4.0
+     ``\sphinxkeyboard``
 - ``\sphinxtableofcontents``: it is a
   wrapper (defined differently in :file:`sphinxhowto.cls` and in
   :file:`sphinxmanual.cls`) of standard ``\tableofcontents``.  The macro
diff --git a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
index 3e67b5610..e27b44aa8 100644
--- a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
+++ b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
@@ -1836,6 +1836,7 @@
 \protected\def\sphinxtitleref#1{\emph{#1}}
 \protected\def\sphinxmenuselection#1{\emph{#1}}
 \protected\def\sphinxguilabel#1{\emph{#1}}
+\protected\def\sphinxkeyboard#1{\sphinxcode{#1}}
 \protected\def\sphinxaccelerator#1{\underline{#1}}
 \protected\def\sphinxcrossref#1{\emph{#1}}
 \protected\def\sphinxtermref#1{\emph{#1}}
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/latex.py b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
index 55348145f..a370b5144 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
@@ -1935,6 +1935,8 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(SphinxTranslator):
     def visit_literal(self, node: Element) -> None:
         if self.in_title:
             self.body.append(r'\sphinxstyleliteralintitle{\sphinxupquote{')
+        elif 'kbd' in node['classes']:
+            self.body.append(r'\sphinxkeyboard{\sphinxupquote{')
         else:
             self.body.append(r'\sphinxcode{\sphinxupquote{')
 
diff --git a/tests/test_markup.py b/tests/test_markup.py
index edf4d7379..b6d99db90 100644
--- a/tests/test_markup.py
+++ b/tests/test_markup.py
@@ -230,6 +230,13 @@ def get_verifier(verify, verify_re):
         '<p><span class="guilabel">Foo</span></p>',
         r'\sphinxguilabel{Foo}',
     ),
+    (
+        # kbd role
+        'verify',
+        ':kbd:`space`',
+        '<p><kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">space</kbd></p>',
+        '\\sphinxkeyboard{\\sphinxupquote{space}}',
+    ),
     (
         # non-interpolation of dashes in option role
         'verify_re',