diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
index 850530ae05..ead525ec5f 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "BufferView.h"
 #include "Converter.h"
 #include "Cursor.h"
+#include "CutAndPaste.h"
 #include "Encoding.h"
 #include "ErrorList.h"
 #include "Format.h"
@@ -994,6 +995,9 @@ void GuiView::setCurrentWorkArea(GuiWorkArea * wa)
 	if (old_gwa == wa)
 		return;
 
+	if (view())
+		cap::saveSelection(view()->cursor());
+
 	theGuiApp()->setCurrentView(this);
 	d.current_work_area_ = wa;
 	for (int i = 0; i != d.splitter_->count(); ++i) {