diff --git a/core/modules/startup/rootwidget.js b/core/modules/startup/rootwidget.js
index b00ea741f..1749600e7 100644
--- a/core/modules/startup/rootwidget.js
+++ b/core/modules/startup/rootwidget.js
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ exports.startup = function() {
 	$tw.rootWidget.addEventListener("tm-copy-to-clipboard",function(event) {
 		$tw.utils.copyToClipboard(event.param,{
 			successNotification: event.paramObject && event.paramObject.successNotification,
-			failureNotification: event.paramObject && event.paramObject.failureNotification
+			failureNotification: event.paramObject && event.paramObject.failureNotification,
+			plainText: event.paramObject && event.paramObject.plain
 		},event.paramObject.type);
 	});
 	// Install the tm-focus-selector message
diff --git a/core/modules/utils/dom/dom.js b/core/modules/utils/dom/dom.js
index ad412af71..cb38e1cc8 100644
--- a/core/modules/utils/dom/dom.js
+++ b/core/modules/utils/dom/dom.js
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ exports.copyToClipboard = function(text,options,type) {
 	textArea.setSelectionRange(0,text.length);
 	textArea.addEventListener("copy",function(event) {
 		event.preventDefault();
-		event.clipboardData.setData("text/plain",text);
+		event.clipboardData.setData("text/plain",options.plainText);
 		event.clipboardData.setData(type,text);
 	});
 	var succeeded = false;
diff --git a/core/wiki/macros/copy-to-clipboard.tid b/core/wiki/macros/copy-to-clipboard.tid
index 46a73d28e..411fcf067 100644
--- a/core/wiki/macros/copy-to-clipboard.tid
+++ b/core/wiki/macros/copy-to-clipboard.tid
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ tags: $:/tags/Macro
 
 \whitespace trim
 
-\procedure copy-to-clipboard(src,class:"tc-btn-invisible",style,type:"text/plain")
-
+\procedure copy-to-clipboard(src,class:"tc-btn-invisible",style,type:"text/plain",plain)
 \procedure copy-to-clipboard-actions()
-<$action-sendmessage $message="tm-copy-to-clipboard" $param=<<src>> type=<<type>>/>
+<$action-sendmessage $message="tm-copy-to-clipboard" $param=<<src>> type=<<type>> plain=<<plain>>/>
 \end copy-to-clipboard-actions
 <$button actions=<<copy-to-clipboard-actions>>
 	class=<<class>>
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ tags: $:/tags/Macro
 \procedure copy-to-clipboard-above-right(src,class:"tc-btn-invisible",style,type:"text/plain")
 <div style.position="relative">
 	<div style.position="absolute" style.bottom="0" style.right="0">
-		<$transclude $variable="copy-to-clipboard" src=<<src>> class=<<class>> style=<<style>> type=<<type>>/>
+		<$transclude $variable="copy-to-clipboard" src=<<src>> class=<<class>> style=<<style>> type=<<type>> plain=<<plain>>/>
 	</div>
 </div>
 \end