diff --git a/config.example.toml b/config.example.toml
index ddd7b04..2b965d1 100644
--- a/config.example.toml
+++ b/config.example.toml
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ next_floating = "ALT+F12"
 close_pane = "ALT+X"
 open_font_selector = "ALT+T"
 open_scrollback = "ALT+S"
+paste = "CTRL+SHIFT+V"
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/AppConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/AppConfig.java
index 2424662..fac9e3c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/AppConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/AppConfig.java
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ public record AppConfig(
             "previous_tab",
             "next_tab",
             "open_font_selector",
-            "open_scrollback"
+            "open_scrollback",
+            "paste"
     );
 
     public static AppConfig load() {
@@ -102,7 +103,8 @@ public record AppConfig(
                         Map.entry("previous_tab", KeyBinding.parse("ALT+SHIFT+H")),
                         Map.entry("next_tab", KeyBinding.parse("ALT+SHIFT+L")),
                         Map.entry("open_font_selector", KeyBinding.parse("ALT+T")),
-                        Map.entry("open_scrollback", KeyBinding.parse("ALT+S"))
+                        Map.entry("open_scrollback", KeyBinding.parse("ALT+S")),
+                        Map.entry("paste", KeyBinding.parse("CTRL+SHIFT+V"))
                 )
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/Main.java b/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/Main.java
index e7464e3..336afa7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/Main.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import javafx.scene.control.Dialog;
 import javafx.scene.control.Label;
 import javafx.scene.control.Spinner;
 import javafx.scene.control.SpinnerValueFactory;
+import javafx.scene.input.Clipboard;
 import javafx.scene.input.KeyEvent;
 import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane;
 import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
@@ -131,6 +132,9 @@ public final class Main extends Application {
         } else if (config.keybindings().get("open_scrollback").matches(event)) {
             openScrollbackInEditor();
             event.consume();
+        } else if (config.keybindings().get("paste").matches(event)) {
+            pasteFromClipboard();
+            event.consume();
         } else {
             String encoded = KeyEncoder.encode(event);
             if (encoded != null) {
@@ -152,6 +156,13 @@ public final class Main extends Application {
         }
     }
 
+    private void pasteFromClipboard() {
+        Clipboard clipboard = Clipboard.getSystemClipboard();
+        if (clipboard.hasString()) {
+            compositor.activePane().paste(clipboard.getString());
+        }
+    }
+
     private void openFontSelector() {
         Dialog<ButtonType> dialog = new Dialog<>();
         dialog.setTitle("Font");
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/TerminalPane.java b/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/TerminalPane.java
index de70d3c..592b945 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/TerminalPane.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/TerminalPane.java
@@ -115,6 +115,19 @@ public final class TerminalPane implements AutoCloseable, RenderTarget {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Paste text to the shell: ghostty sanitises it (stripping anything that could smuggle in
+     * control sequences) and wraps it in the bracketed-paste markers, then it goes to the pty
+     * like typed input. We always request bracketed mode — every modern shell and editor enables
+     * DECSET 2004, and the jlibghostty API does not expose querying the terminal's live mode.
+     */
+    public void paste(String text) {
+        if (text == null || text.isEmpty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        send(Ghostty.encodePaste(text, true));
+    }
+
     public boolean sendMouse(MouseInput input, MouseEncoderSize size, boolean anyButtonPressed) {
         synchronized (terminal) {
             mouseEncoder.syncFromTerminal(terminal);