diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index 72e57c8..ccdbc42 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ static void selinit(void);
 static inline int selected(int, int);
 static void selcopy(void);
 static void selpaste();
+static void clipboardpaste();
 static void selscroll(int, int);
 
 static int utf8decode(char *, long *);
@@ -520,6 +521,12 @@ selpaste() {
 }
 
 void
+clipboardpaste() {
+	Atom clipboard = XInternAtom(xw.dpy, "CLIPBOARD", 0);
+	XConvertSelection(xw.dpy, clipboard, sel.xtarget, XA_PRIMARY, xw.win, CurrentTime);
+}
+
+void
 selrequest(XEvent *e) {
 	XSelectionRequestEvent *xsre;
 	XSelectionEvent xev;
@@ -1911,8 +1918,12 @@ kpress(XEvent *ev) {
 			ttywrite(buf, 3);
 			break;
 		case XK_Insert:
-			if(shift)
-				selpaste();
+			if(shift) {
+				if(meta)
+					clipboardpaste();
+				else
+					selpaste();
+			}
 			break;
 		case XK_Return:
 			if(IS_SET(MODE_CRLF))