diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/textInput/directives/guacTextInput.js b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/textInput/directives/guacTextInput.js
index eeac777e3e..8936176ea8 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/textInput/directives/guacTextInput.js
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/textInput/directives/guacTextInput.js
@@ -286,6 +286,41 @@ angular.module('textInput').directive('guacTextInput', [function guacTextInput()
 
             };
 
+            // Handle paste events separately from other input events.
+            target.addEventListener("paste", function targetPaste(e) {
+
+                if (!e.clipboardData)
+                    return;
+
+                var content = e.clipboardData.getData('text/plain');
+
+                if (content === null)
+                    return;
+
+                // Normalize line endings to \n before replaying as key events.
+                content = content.replace(/\r\n/g, '\n').replace(/\r/g, '\n');
+
+                // Release modifiers first to avoid pasted characters being
+                // interpreted as Ctrl+char or Alt+char combinations in the
+                // remote session.
+                $rootScope.$broadcast('guacSyntheticKeyup', 0xFFE3); // Left Ctrl
+                $rootScope.$broadcast('guacSyntheticKeyup', 0xFFE4); // Right Ctrl
+                $rootScope.$broadcast('guacSyntheticKeyup', 0xFFE9); // Left Alt
+                $rootScope.$broadcast('guacSyntheticKeyup', 0xFFEA); // Right Alt
+
+                sendString(content);
+
+                releaseStickyKeys();
+                resetTextInputTarget(TEXT_INPUT_PADDING);
+
+                // Prevent the input handler from also processing pasted content.
+                // This also prevents additional insertParagraph events from being
+                // generated by Chrome.
+                e.preventDefault();
+                e.stopPropagation();
+
+            }, false);
+
             target.addEventListener("input", function(e) {
 
                 // Ignore input events during text composition