diff --git a/lib/configure.py b/lib/configure.py
index 618677eca4..d1989d1880 100644
--- a/lib/configure.py
+++ b/lib/configure.py
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ def checkFormatEntries(dtl_tools):
 \Format luatex     tex    "LaTeX (LuaTeX)"        "" ""	"%%"	"document,menu=export"	""
 \Format pdflatex   tex    "LaTeX (pdflatex)"      "" ""	"%%"	"document,menu=export"	""
 \Format xetex      tex    "LaTeX (XeTeX)"         "" ""	"%%"	"document,menu=export"	""
-\Format latexclipboard tex "LaTeX (clipboard)"    "" ""	"%%"	""	""
+\Format latexclipboard tex "LaTeX (clipboard)"    "" ""	"%%"	"menu=none"	""
 \Format text       txt    "Plain text"            a  ""	"%%"	"document,menu=export"	"text/plain"
 \Format text2      txt    "Plain text (pstotext)" "" ""	"%%"	"document"	""
 \Format text3      txt    "Plain text (ps2ascii)" "" ""	"%%"	"document"	""
diff --git a/src/Format.h b/src/Format.h
index cc383c0249..4fcd3c9553 100644
--- a/src/Format.h
+++ b/src/Format.h
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ public:
 		/// This format should  appear in the File > Export menu
 		export_menu = 4,
 		/// This may be a compressed file but doesn't need decompression
-		zipped_native = 8
+		zipped_native = 8,
+		/// This format should not appear in a menu at all
+		no_menu = 16
 	};
 	///
 	Format(std::string const & n, std::string const & e, docstring const & p,
@@ -96,6 +98,8 @@ public:
 	///
 	bool inExportMenu() const { return flags_ & export_menu; }
 	///
+	bool noMenu() const { return flags_ & no_menu; }
+	///
 	bool zippedNative() const { return flags_ & zipped_native; }
 	///
 	static bool formatSorter(Format const * lhs, Format const * rhs);
diff --git a/src/LyXRC.cpp b/src/LyXRC.cpp
index a8d086d9e8..83bf82d0f7 100644
--- a/src/LyXRC.cpp
+++ b/src/LyXRC.cpp
@@ -884,6 +884,8 @@ LyXRC::ReturnValues LyXRC::read(Lexer & lexrc, bool check_format)
 					flgs |= Format::zipped_native;
 				else if (flag == "menu=export")
 					flgs |= Format::export_menu;
+				else if (flag == "menu=none")
+					flgs |= Format::no_menu;
 				else
 					LYXERR0("Ignoring unknown flag `"
 					       << flag << "' for format `"
@@ -2521,6 +2523,7 @@ void LyXRC::write(ostream & os, bool ignore_system_lyxrc, string const & name) c
 			    format->documentFormat() != cit->documentFormat() ||
 			    format->vectorFormat() != cit->vectorFormat() ||
 			    format->inExportMenu() != cit->inExportMenu() ||
+			    format->noMenu() != cit->noMenu() ||
 			    format->mime() != cit->mime()) {
 				os << "\\format \"" << cit->name() << "\" \""
 				   << cit->extensions() << "\" \""
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt/Menus.cpp b/src/frontends/qt/Menus.cpp
index de881c61fd..b77164b8a3 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt/Menus.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt/Menus.cpp
@@ -1126,6 +1126,8 @@ void MenuDefinition::expandFormats(MenuItem::Kind const kind, Buffer const * buf
 
 		switch (kind) {
 		case MenuItem::ImportFormats:
+			if (f->noMenu())
+				continue;
 			label += from_ascii("...");
 			break;
 		case MenuItem::ViewFormats: