diff --git a/avidemux/cli/ADM_userInterfaces/ADM_gui2/gui_none.cpp b/avidemux/cli/ADM_userInterfaces/ADM_gui2/gui_none.cpp
index 715dbf0f0..19b715086 100644
--- a/avidemux/cli/ADM_userInterfaces/ADM_gui2/gui_none.cpp
+++ b/avidemux/cli/ADM_userInterfaces/ADM_gui2/gui_none.cpp
@@ -218,4 +218,7 @@ void UI_notifyPlaybackLag(uint32_t lag, int updateTimeMs)
 
 void UI_tweaks(const char * op, char * paramS, int paramN)
 {}
+
+void UI_CopyImageToClipboard(void * image)
+{}
 // EOF
diff --git a/avidemux/common/ADM_commonUI/GUI_ui.h b/avidemux/common/ADM_commonUI/GUI_ui.h
index 8a30ea90f..6805ed022 100644
--- a/avidemux/common/ADM_commonUI/GUI_ui.h
+++ b/avidemux/common/ADM_commonUI/GUI_ui.h
@@ -71,4 +71,6 @@ bool UI_askAvisynthPort(uint32_t &port);
 bool UI_reset(void);
 
 void UI_tweaks(const char * op, const char * paramS, int paramN);
+
+void UI_CopyImageToClipboard(void * image);
 // EOF
diff --git a/avidemux/common/ADM_commonUI/myOwnMenu.h b/avidemux/common/ADM_commonUI/myOwnMenu.h
index acfdba9e6..dcd491124 100644
--- a/avidemux/common/ADM_commonUI/myOwnMenu.h
+++ b/avidemux/common/ADM_commonUI/myOwnMenu.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static const MenuEntry _myMenuFile[] = {
             {MENU_SUBACTION,QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("adm","Save as PNG"),     NULL,ACT_SAVE_PNG,      NULL,"Ctrl+P",0},
             {MENU_SUBACTION,QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("adm","Save as JPEG"),    NULL,ACT_SAVE_JPG,      NULL,"Ctrl+E",0},
             {MENU_SUBACTION,QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("adm","Save Selection as JPEG"),NULL,ACT_SAVE_BUNCH_OF_JPG,NULL,NULL,0},
+            {MENU_SUBACTION,QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("adm","Copy to clipboard"),NULL,ACT_SAVE_IMAGE_TO_CLIPBOARD, NULL,"Ctrl+Shift+C",0},
             {MENU_ACTION,QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("adm","Close"),              NULL,ACT_CLOSE,         NULL,"Ctrl+W",0},
             {MENU_SEPARATOR,"-",NULL,ACT_DUMMY,NULL,NULL,1},
             {MENU_ACTION,QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("adm","Information"),        NULL,ACT_VIDEO_PROPERTIES, MKICON(info),"Alt+Return",0},
diff --git a/avidemux/common/A_functions.h b/avidemux/common/A_functions.h
index 1a7450414..0e971368e 100644
--- a/avidemux/common/A_functions.h
+++ b/avidemux/common/A_functions.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ bool A_saveJpg (const char *name);
 int  A_saveBunchJpg(const char *name);
 bool A_saveImg (const char *name);
 bool A_savePng(const char *name);
+void A_saveImageToClipboard(void);
 int  ADM_saveRaw (const char *name);
 int  A_audioSave(const char *name);
 int  A_SaveWrapper(const char *name);
diff --git a/avidemux/common/gui_action.names b/avidemux/common/gui_action.names
index 326b1867e..f41509a47 100644
--- a/avidemux/common/gui_action.names
+++ b/avidemux/common/gui_action.names
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ ACT(SAVE_BMP)
 ACT(SAVE_PNG)
 ACT(SAVE_JPG)
 ACT(SAVE_BUNCH_OF_JPG)
+ACT(SAVE_IMAGE_TO_CLIPBOARD)
 ACT(SAVE_VIDEO)
 ACT(SAVE_AUDIO)
 ACT(SAVE_QUEUE)
diff --git a/avidemux/common/gui_save.cpp b/avidemux/common/gui_save.cpp
index 01a303221..bf2b1d0af 100644
--- a/avidemux/common/gui_save.cpp
+++ b/avidemux/common/gui_save.cpp
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ void HandleAction_Save(Action action)
         GUI_FileSelWriteExtension (QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("adm","Select PNG to Save"),defaultExtension,(SELFILE_CB *)A_savePng);
     }
         break;
+    case ACT_SAVE_IMAGE_TO_CLIPBOARD:
+    {
+        A_saveImageToClipboard();
+    }
+        break;
 //----------------------test-----------------------
     case ACT_SAVE_VIDEO:
     {
@@ -648,6 +653,32 @@ bool A_saveImg (const char *name)
     return result;
 }
 
+
+/**
+      \fn A_saveImageToClipboard
+      \brief Save current displayed image to clibboard
+*/
+void A_saveImageToClipboard(void)
+{
+    bool fromDisplayBuffer=false;
+    if(ADM_PREVIEW_NONE == admPreview::getPreviewMode())
+        fromDisplayBuffer=true;
+    ADMImage *image;
+    image=NULL;
+    if(fromDisplayBuffer)
+        image=admPreview::getBuffer();
+    else
+        image=getCurrentFilteredImage();
+    if(image)
+    {
+        UI_CopyImageToClipboard((void*)image);
+    }
+    if(!fromDisplayBuffer)
+    {
+        delete image;
+        image=NULL;
+    }    
+}
 /**
     \fn A_SaveWrapper
 
diff --git a/avidemux/qt4/ADM_userInterfaces/ADM_gui/Q_gui2.cpp b/avidemux/qt4/ADM_userInterfaces/ADM_gui/Q_gui2.cpp
index e8e406284..ef2aa2f00 100644
--- a/avidemux/qt4/ADM_userInterfaces/ADM_gui/Q_gui2.cpp
+++ b/avidemux/qt4/ADM_userInterfaces/ADM_gui/Q_gui2.cpp
@@ -1148,6 +1148,7 @@ void MainWindow::buildActionLists(void)
     PUSH_LOADED(File, ACT_SAVE_PNG)
     PUSH_LOADED(File, ACT_SAVE_JPG)
     PUSH_LOADED(File, ACT_SAVE_BUNCH_OF_JPG)
+    PUSH_LOADED(File, ACT_SAVE_IMAGE_TO_CLIPBOARD)
 
     for(uint32_t engineIdx = 0; engineIdx < _scriptEngines.size(); engineIdx++)
         PUSH_LOADED(File, (Action)(ACT_SCRIPT_ENGINE_FIRST + (engineIdx * 3) + 2))
@@ -3792,6 +3793,31 @@ void UI_tweaks(const char * op, const char * paramS, int paramN)
     QCoreApplication::processEvents(QEventLoop::ExcludeUserInputEvents);
 }
 
+/**
+ * \fn UI_CopyImageToClipboard
+ */
+void UI_CopyImageToClipboard(void * image)
+{
+    if (!image) return;
+    ADMImage * img = (ADMImage *)image;
+    QClipboard *clipboard = QApplication::clipboard();
+    if (clipboard)
+    {
+        int w,h;
+        w = img->_width;
+        h = img->_height;
+        uint32_t size = ADM_IMAGE_ALIGN(w*4) * h;
+        uint8_t * rgbBuffer=new uint8_t[size];
+        ADMColorScalerFull scaler(ADM_CS_BICUBIC,w,h,w,h,img->_pixfrmt,ADM_PIXFRMT_BGR32A);
+        scaler.convertImage(img,rgbBuffer);
+        QImage rgbImage = QImage(rgbBuffer,w,h,ADM_IMAGE_ALIGN(w*4),QImage::Format_RGB32).copy(0,0,w,h);
+        
+        clipboard->setImage(rgbImage);
+        
+        rgbImage = QImage();    // detach rgbBuffer
+        delete [] rgbBuffer;
+    }
+}
 
 /**
  * \fn dtor