diff --git a/browser/src/map/Clipboard.js b/browser/src/map/Clipboard.js
index 27e306019..f22672b72 100644
--- a/browser/src/map/Clipboard.js
+++ b/browser/src/map/Clipboard.js
@@ -354,15 +354,15 @@ L.Clipboard = L.Class.extend({
 				}
 
 				var formData = new FormData();
-				formData.append('data', new Blob([fallbackHtml]), 'clipboard');
+				formData.append('data', new Blob([src]), 'clipboard');
 				that._doAsyncDownload(
 					'POST', dest, formData, false,
 					function() {
 						if (that._checkAndDisablePasteSpecial()) {
-							window.app.console.log('up-load of fallback done, now paste special');
+							window.app.console.log('up-load of URL done, now paste special');
 							app.socket.sendMessage('uno .uno:PasteSpecial');
 						} else {
-							window.app.console.log('up-load of fallback done, now paste');
+							window.app.console.log('up-load of URL done, now paste');
 							app.socket.sendMessage('uno .uno:Paste');
 						}
 
diff --git a/wsd/ClientSession.cpp b/wsd/ClientSession.cpp
index 7a791258e..b5c172393 100644
--- a/wsd/ClientSession.cpp
+++ b/wsd/ClientSession.cpp
@@ -318,7 +318,24 @@ void ClientSession::handleClipboardRequest(DocumentBroker::ClipboardRequest
         if (data.get())
         {
             preProcessSetClipboardPayload(*data);
-            docBroker->forwardToChild(client_from_this(), "setclipboard\n" + *data, true);
+
+            if (data->starts_with("http"))
+            {
+                // We got a URL, download that and set the result as the clipboard.
+                std::shared_ptr<http::Session> httpSession = http::Session::create(*data);
+                std::shared_ptr<const http::Response> httpResponse =
+                    httpSession->syncRequest(http::Request(Poco::URI(*data).getPathAndQuery()));
+                if (httpResponse->statusLine().statusCode() == http::StatusCode::OK)
+                {
+                    std::string body = httpResponse->getBody();
+                    docBroker->forwardToChild(client_from_this(), "setclipboard\n" + body, true);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // List of mimetype-size-data tuples, pass that over as-is.
+                docBroker->forwardToChild(client_from_this(), "setclipboard\n" + *data, true);
+            }
 
             // FIXME: work harder for error detection ?
             std::ostringstream oss;