diff --git a/src/Text3.cpp b/src/Text3.cpp
index 1cba2af9de..24e6b5e19b 100644
--- a/src/Text3.cpp
+++ b/src/Text3.cpp
@@ -1021,7 +1021,8 @@ void Text::dispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
 		if (arg.empty()) {
 			if (theClipboard().isInternal())
 				pasteFromStack(cur, bv->buffer().errorList("Paste"), 0);
-			else if (theClipboard().hasGraphicsContents())
+			else if (theClipboard().hasGraphicsContents() 
+				     && !theClipboard().hasTextContents())
 				pasteClipboardGraphics(cur, bv->buffer().errorList("Paste"));
 			else
 				pasteClipboardText(cur, bv->buffer().errorList("Paste"));
diff --git a/src/frontends/Clipboard.h b/src/frontends/Clipboard.h
index cdbe98b9a6..7235b01013 100644
--- a/src/frontends/Clipboard.h
+++ b/src/frontends/Clipboard.h
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ public:
 
 	/// Does the clipboard contain LyX contents?
 	virtual bool hasLyXContents() const = 0;
+	/// Does the clipboard contain text contents?
+	virtual bool hasTextContents() const = 0;
 	/// Does the clipboard contain graphics contents of a certain type?
 	virtual bool hasGraphicsContents(GraphicsType type = AnyGraphicsType) const = 0;
 	/// state of clipboard.
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiClipboard.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiClipboard.cpp
index 0979d1f7ad..ed1f492858 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiClipboard.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiClipboard.cpp
@@ -342,6 +342,14 @@ bool GuiClipboard::hasLyXContents() const
 }
 
 
+bool GuiClipboard::hasTextContents() const
+{
+	QMimeData const * const source =
+		qApp->clipboard()->mimeData(QClipboard::Clipboard);
+	return source->hasText();	
+}
+
+
 bool GuiClipboard::hasGraphicsContents(Clipboard::GraphicsType type) const
 {
 	if (type == AnyGraphicsType) {
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiClipboard.h b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiClipboard.h
index 40fa01e386..d0552a8281 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiClipboard.h
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiClipboard.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public:
 	void put(std::string const & lyx, docstring const & text);
 	bool hasLyXContents() const;
 	bool hasGraphicsContents(GraphicsType type = AnyGraphicsType) const;
+	bool hasTextContents() const;
 	bool isInternal() const;
 	bool hasInternal() const;
 	bool empty() const;