diff --git a/callwidget.cpp b/callwidget.cpp
index 14cf72aea098c1b5727e6dadb743e0e4f504e8d7..91857ccc6b8d805c652b314ad0393b7962d36498 100644
--- a/callwidget.cpp
+++ b/callwidget.cpp
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ CallWidget::CallWidget(QWidget* parent) :
     connect(ui->messageView, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(const QPoint&)),
         this, SLOT(ShowContextMenu(const QPoint&)));
 
+    connect(ui->messageView, &MessageWebView::pasteKeyDetected,
+            this, &CallWidget::Paste);
+
     // set first view to welcome view
     ui->stackedWidget->setCurrentWidget(ui->welcomePage);
     ui->btnConversations->setChecked(true);
diff --git a/messagewebview.cpp b/messagewebview.cpp
index 111d35d46e3b7543253f222c0b3fb43bf4b3f82f..fc61e38c558b991128a74f4259335d4af0585437 100644
--- a/messagewebview.cpp
+++ b/messagewebview.cpp
@@ -621,3 +621,14 @@ PrivateBridging::blockConversation()
     }
     return 0;
 }
+
+Q_INVOKABLE int
+PrivateBridging::emitPasteKeyDetected()
+{
+    if (auto messageView = qobject_cast<MessageWebView*>(this->parent())) {
+        emit messageView->pasteKeyDetected();
+    } else {
+        qDebug() << "JS bridging - exception during emitPasteKeyDetected";
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/messagewebview.h b/messagewebview.h
index ed27dee74af21d69b74aef0f11f390d5dea7fd01..ffa5f3535d9d29c4bbe2200ed62408d559af5e59 100644
--- a/messagewebview.h
+++ b/messagewebview.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public:
     Q_INVOKABLE int blockConversation();
     Q_INVOKABLE int emitMessagesCleared();
     Q_INVOKABLE int emitMessagesLoaded();
+    Q_INVOKABLE int emitPasteKeyDetected();
 };
 
 class MessageWebView : public QWebEngineView
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ signals:
     void messagesCleared();
     void messagesLoaded();
     void textSelectedReady();
+    void pasteKeyDetected();
 
 private slots:
     void slotLoadFinished();
diff --git a/web/chatview.js b/web/chatview.js
index f923e214829d041d1c10af4d552ba9459217a621..7fbea30ec9917b9d234bc95b64157f4bd42de2b3 100644
--- a/web/chatview.js
+++ b/web/chatview.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ var   messages          = document.getElementById("messages")
 var   backToBottomBtn   = document.getElementById("back_to_bottom_button")
 var   sendContainer     = document.getElementById("file_image_send_container")
 
+messageBarInput.onpaste = pasteKeyDetected;
 
 /* States: allows us to avoid re-doing something if it isn't meaningful */
 var displayLinksEnabled = true
@@ -1755,3 +1756,7 @@ function remove(e) {
         sendContainer.style.visibility = "hidden";
     }
 }
+
+function pasteKeyDetected() {
+    window.jsbridge.emitPasteKeyDetected();
+}