diff --git a/src/plugins/dbus3270/gobject.c b/src/plugins/dbus3270/gobject.c
index 83ba239..f3b5d62 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dbus3270/gobject.c
+++ b/src/plugins/dbus3270/gobject.c
@@ -391,6 +391,12 @@ void pw3270_dbus_get_clipboard(PW3270Dbus *object, int row, int col, int len, DB
 	}
 }
 
+void pw3270_dbus_set_clipboard(PW3270Dbus *object, const gchar *text, DBusGMethodInvocation *context)
+{
+    gtk_clipboard_set_text(gtk_widget_get_clipboard(pw3270_get_toplevel(),GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD),(gchar *) text, -1);
+	dbus_g_method_return(context,0);
+}
+
 void pw3270_dbus_set_script(PW3270Dbus *object, const gchar *text, int mode, DBusGMethodInvocation *context)
 {
 	GtkWidget *widget = pw3270_get_terminal_widget(NULL);
diff --git a/src/plugins/dbus3270/pw3270dbus.xml b/src/plugins/dbus3270/pw3270dbus.xml
index 3b5b945..80a9cb5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dbus3270/pw3270dbus.xml
+++ b/src/plugins/dbus3270/pw3270dbus.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
       <arg type="i" name="len" direction="in" />
       <arg type="s" name="text" direction="out" />
     </method>
+    <method name="setClipboard">
+      <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.Async" value="true"/>
+      <arg type="s" name="text" direction="in" />
+    </method>
     <method name="getClipboard">
       <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.Async" value="true"/>
       <arg type="s" name="text" direction="out" />
diff --git a/src/plugins/dbus3270/service.h b/src/plugins/dbus3270/service.h
index 4acf99c..247f36c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dbus3270/service.h
+++ b/src/plugins/dbus3270/service.h
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@
 	void		  pw3270_dbus_get_text_at(PW3270Dbus *object, int row, int col, int len, DBusGMethodInvocation *context);
 	void		  pw3270_dbus_cmp_text_at(PW3270Dbus *object, int row, int col, const gchar *text, DBusGMethodInvocation *context);
     void          pw3270_dbus_input(PW3270Dbus *object, const gchar *utftext, DBusGMethodInvocation *context);
+
+	void		  pw3270_dbus_set_clipboard(PW3270Dbus *object, const gchar *text, DBusGMethodInvocation *context);
 	void		  pw3270_dbus_get_clipboard(PW3270Dbus *object, int row, int col, int len, DBusGMethodInvocation *context);
 
 	G_END_DECLS
diff --git a/src/plugins/rx3270/remote.cc b/src/plugins/rx3270/remote.cc
index 65ad5ea..5307e57 100644
--- a/src/plugins/rx3270/remote.cc
+++ b/src/plugins/rx3270/remote.cc
@@ -1165,6 +1165,21 @@ int remote::get_next_unprotected(int baddr)
 
 int remote::set_clipboard(const char *text)
 {
+#if defined(WIN32)
+
+	return -1;
+
+#elif defined(HAVE_DBUS)
+
+	DBusMessage * msg = create_message("setClipboard");
+	if(msg)
+	{
+		dbus_message_append_args(msg, DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &text, DBUS_TYPE_INVALID);
+		return get_intval(call(msg));
+	}
+
+#endif
+
 	return -1;
 }
 
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