diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index f2870c679f..07db2afcc4 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Also thanks to:
     * Gordon Martin (Happy0)
     * Ian T. Jacobsen (Smilex)
     * Igor Popov (ihptru)
+    * Imago
     * Iran
     * James Dunne (jsd)
     * Jason (atlimit8)
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/IGraphicsDevice.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/IGraphicsDevice.cs
index 8c28531bf0..d8214007f7 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/IGraphicsDevice.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/IGraphicsDevice.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		void Clear();
 		void Present();
 		void PumpInput(IInputHandler inputHandler);
-
+		string GetClipboardText();
 		void DrawPrimitives(PrimitiveType type, int firstVertex, int numVertices);
 
 		void SetLineWidth(float width);
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/TextFieldWidget.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/TextFieldWidget.cs
index fe26485bd4..810454af5c 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/TextFieldWidget.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/TextFieldWidget.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets
 		public Color TextColorDisabled = ChromeMetrics.Get<Color>("TextfieldColorDisabled");
 		public Color TextColorInvalid = ChromeMetrics.Get<Color>("TextfieldColorInvalid");
 
-		public TextFieldWidget() {}
+		public TextFieldWidget() { }
 		protected TextFieldWidget(TextFieldWidget widget)
 			: base(widget)
 		{
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets
 				minValue = dist;
 				minIndex = i;
 			}
+
 			return minIndex;
 		}
 
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets
 
 			if (e.Key == Keycode.RIGHT)
 			{
-				if (CursorPosition <= Text.Length-1)
+				if (CursorPosition <= Text.Length - 1)
 					CursorPosition++;
 
 				return true;
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets
 					Text = Text.Remove(CursorPosition, 1);
 					OnTextEdited();
 				}
+
 				return true;
 			}
 
@@ -168,6 +170,25 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets
 				CursorPosition--;
 				Text = Text.Remove(CursorPosition, 1);
 				OnTextEdited();
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			if (e.Key == Keycode.V &&
+				((Platform.CurrentPlatform != PlatformType.OSX && e.Modifiers.HasModifier(Modifiers.Ctrl)) ||
+				 (Platform.CurrentPlatform == PlatformType.OSX && e.Modifiers.HasModifier(Modifiers.Meta))))
+			{
+				var clipboardText = Game.Renderer.Device.GetClipboardText();
+
+				// Take only the first line of the clipboard contents
+				var nl = clipboardText.IndexOf('\n');
+				if (nl > 0)
+					clipboardText = clipboardText.Substring(0, nl);
+
+				clipboardText = clipboardText.Trim();
+				if (clipboardText.Length > 0)
+					HandleTextInput(clipboardText);
+
+				return true;
 			}
 
 			return true;
@@ -181,8 +202,14 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets
 			if (MaxLength > 0 && Text.Length >= MaxLength)
 				return true;
 
-			Text = Text.Insert(CursorPosition, text);
-			CursorPosition++;
+			var pasteLength = text.Length;
+
+			// Truncate the pasted string if the total length (current + paste) is greater than the maximum.
+			if (MaxLength > 0 && MaxLength > Text.Length)
+				pasteLength = Math.Min(text.Length, MaxLength - Text.Length);
+
+			Text = Text.Insert(CursorPosition, text.Substring(0, pasteLength));
+			CursorPosition += pasteLength;
 			OnTextEdited();
 
 			return true;
diff --git a/OpenRA.Renderer.Null/NullGraphicsDevice.cs b/OpenRA.Renderer.Null/NullGraphicsDevice.cs
index c367a94ce3..3e2d8d6f67 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Renderer.Null/NullGraphicsDevice.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Renderer.Null/NullGraphicsDevice.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Renderer.Null
 		public void Clear() { }
 		public void Present() { }
 
+		public string GetClipboardText() { return ""; }
 		public void PumpInput(IInputHandler ih)
 		{
 			Game.HasInputFocus = false;
diff --git a/OpenRA.Renderer.Sdl2/Sdl2GraphicsDevice.cs b/OpenRA.Renderer.Sdl2/Sdl2GraphicsDevice.cs
index 9549640352..dce2c1bd73 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Renderer.Sdl2/Sdl2GraphicsDevice.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Renderer.Sdl2/Sdl2GraphicsDevice.cs
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Renderer.Sdl2
 
 		public void Present() { SDL.SDL_GL_SwapWindow(window); }
 		public void PumpInput(IInputHandler inputHandler) { input.PumpInput(inputHandler); }
+		public string GetClipboardText() { return input.GetClipboardText(); }
 		public IVertexBuffer<Vertex> CreateVertexBuffer(int size) { return new VertexBuffer<Vertex>(size); }
 		public ITexture CreateTexture() { return new Texture(); }
 		public ITexture CreateTexture(Bitmap bitmap) { return new Texture(bitmap); }
diff --git a/OpenRA.Renderer.Sdl2/Sdl2Input.cs b/OpenRA.Renderer.Sdl2/Sdl2Input.cs
index 5769181ce2..be609f4064 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Renderer.Sdl2/Sdl2Input.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Renderer.Sdl2/Sdl2Input.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 */
 #endregion
 
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
 using SDL2;
 
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Renderer.Sdl2
 	{
 		MouseButton lastButtonBits = (MouseButton)0;
 
+		public string GetClipboardText() { return SDL.SDL_GetClipboardText(); }
+
 		static MouseButton MakeButton(byte b)
 		{
 			return b == SDL.SDL_BUTTON_LEFT ? MouseButton.Left
@@ -126,24 +130,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.Renderer.Sdl2
 
 					case SDL.SDL_EventType.SDL_TEXTINPUT:
 					{
-						string input;
-						unsafe
-						{
-							var data = new byte[SDL.SDL_TEXTINPUTEVENT_TEXT_SIZE];
-							var i = 0;
-							for (; i < SDL.SDL_TEXTINPUTEVENT_TEXT_SIZE; i++)
-							{
-								var b = e.text.text[i];
-								if (b == '\0')
-									break;
-
-								data[i] = b;
-							}
-
-							input = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data, 0, i);
-						}
-
-						inputHandler.OnTextInput(input);
+						var rawBytes = new byte[SDL.SDL_TEXTINPUTEVENT_TEXT_SIZE];
+						unsafe { Marshal.Copy((IntPtr)e.text.text, rawBytes, 0, SDL.SDL_TEXTINPUTEVENT_TEXT_SIZE); }
+						inputHandler.OnTextInput(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(rawBytes, 0, Array.IndexOf(rawBytes, (byte)0)));
 						break;
 					}