diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/tableclipboard.js b/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/tableclipboard.js
index b0c9ea7933a..dc8244000be 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/tableclipboard.js
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/tableclipboard.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import Plugin from '@ckeditor/ckeditor5-core/src/plugin';
 import TableSelection from './tableselection';
 import TableWalker from './tablewalker';
 import TableUtils from './tableutils';
-import { getColumnIndexes, getRowIndexes, getSelectionAffectedTableCells, isSelectionRectangular } from './utils/selection';
+import { getColumnIndexes, getRowIndexes, getSelectionAffectedTableCells, isSelectionRectangular, sortRanges } from './utils/selection';
 import {
 	cropTableToDimensions,
 	getHorizontallyOverlappingCells,
@@ -313,7 +313,32 @@ function replaceSelectedCellsWithPasted( pastedTable, pastedDimensions, selected
 		insertPosition = writer.createPositionAfter( cellToInsert );
 	}
 
-	writer.setSelection( cellsToSelect.map( cell => writer.createRangeOn( cell ) ) );
+	// If there are any headings, all the cells that overlap from heading must be splitted.
+	const headingRows = parseInt( selectedTable.getAttribute( 'headingRows' ) || 0 );
+	const headingColumns = parseInt( selectedTable.getAttribute( 'headingColumns' ) || 0 );
+
+	const areHeadingRowsIntersectingSelection = selection.firstRow < headingRows && headingRows <= selection.lastRow;
+	const areHeadingColumnsIntersectingSelection = selection.firstColumn < headingColumns && headingColumns <= selection.lastColumn;
+
+	if ( areHeadingRowsIntersectingSelection ) {
+		const columnsLimit = { first: selection.firstColumn, last: selection.lastColumn };
+		const newCells = doHorizontalSplit( selectedTable, headingRows, columnsLimit, writer, selection.firstRow );
+
+		cellsToSelect.push( ...newCells );
+	}
+
+	if ( areHeadingColumnsIntersectingSelection ) {
+		const rowsLimit = { first: selection.firstRow, last: selection.lastRow };
+		const newCells = doVerticalSplit( selectedTable, headingColumns, rowsLimit, writer );
+
+		cellsToSelect.push( ...newCells );
+	}
+
+	// Selection ranges must be sorted because the first and last selection ranges are considered
+	// as anchor/focus cell ranges for multi-cell selection.
+	const selectionRanges = sortRanges( cellsToSelect.map( cell => writer.createRangeOn( cell ) ) );
+
+	writer.setSelection( selectionRanges );
 }
 
 // Expand table (in place) to expected size.
@@ -484,9 +509,7 @@ function doHorizontalSplit( table, splitRow, limitColumns, writer, startRow = 0
 	// Filter out cells that are not touching insides of the rectangular selection.
 	const cellsToSplit = overlappingCells.filter( ( { column, cellWidth } ) => isAffectedBySelection( column, cellWidth, limitColumns ) );
 
-	for ( const { cell } of cellsToSplit ) {
-		splitHorizontally( cell, splitRow, writer );
-	}
+	return cellsToSplit.map( ( { cell } ) => splitHorizontally( cell, splitRow, writer ) );
 }
 
 function doVerticalSplit( table, splitColumn, limitRows, writer ) {
@@ -500,9 +523,7 @@ function doVerticalSplit( table, splitColumn, limitRows, writer ) {
 	// Filter out cells that are not touching insides of the rectangular selection.
 	const cellsToSplit = overlappingCells.filter( ( { row, cellHeight } ) => isAffectedBySelection( row, cellHeight, limitRows ) );
 
-	for ( const { cell, column } of cellsToSplit ) {
-		splitVertically( cell, column, splitColumn, writer );
-	}
+	return cellsToSplit.map( ( { cell, column } ) => splitVertically( cell, column, splitColumn, writer ) );
 }
 
 // Checks if cell at given row (column) is affected by a rectangular selection defined by first/last column (row).
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/utils/common.js b/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/utils/common.js
index 57ffbf6a703..4c72128fb79 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/utils/common.js
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/utils/common.js
@@ -30,11 +30,15 @@ export function updateNumericAttribute( key, value, item, writer, defaultValue =
  * @param {module:engine/model/writer~Writer} writer The model writer.
  * @param {module:engine/model/position~Position} insertPosition The position at which the table cell should be inserted.
  * @param {Object} attributes The element attributes.
+ * @returns {module:engine/model/element~Element} Created table cell.
  */
 export function createEmptyTableCell( writer, insertPosition, attributes = {} ) {
 	const tableCell = writer.createElement( 'tableCell', attributes );
+
 	writer.insertElement( 'paragraph', tableCell );
 	writer.insert( tableCell, insertPosition );
+
+	return tableCell;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/utils/selection.js b/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/utils/selection.js
index 115da960769..9b111c5ab81 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/utils/selection.js
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/utils/selection.js
@@ -187,6 +187,16 @@ export function isSelectionRectangular( selectedTableCells, tableUtils ) {
 	return areaOfValidSelection == areaOfSelectedCells;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns array of sorted ranges.
+ *
+ * @param {Iterable.<module:engine/model/range~Range>} ranges
+ * @return {Array.<module:engine/model/range~Range>}
+ */
+export function sortRanges( ranges ) {
+	return Array.from( ranges ).sort( compareRangeOrder );
+}
+
 // Helper method to get an object with `first` and `last` indexes from an unsorted array of indexes.
 function getFirstLastIndexesObject( indexes ) {
 	const allIndexesSorted = indexes.sort( ( indexA, indexB ) => indexA - indexB );
@@ -197,10 +207,6 @@ function getFirstLastIndexesObject( indexes ) {
 	return { first, last };
 }
 
-function sortRanges( rangesIterator ) {
-	return Array.from( rangesIterator ).sort( compareRangeOrder );
-}
-
 function compareRangeOrder( rangeA, rangeB ) {
 	// Since table cell ranges are disjoint, it's enough to check their start positions.
 	const posA = rangeA.start;
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/utils/structure.js b/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/utils/structure.js
index b8bb6f4023d..3fc3837c24c 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/utils/structure.js
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/utils/structure.js
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ export function getVerticallyOverlappingCells( table, overlapRow, startRow = 0 )
  * @param {module:engine/model/element~Element} tableCell
  * @param {Number} splitRow
  * @param {module:engine/model/writer~Writer} writer
+ * @returns {module:engine/model/element~Element} Created table cell.
  */
 export function splitHorizontally( tableCell, splitRow, writer ) {
 	const tableRow = tableCell.parent;
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ export function splitHorizontally( tableCell, splitRow, writer ) {
 	const endRow = startRow + newRowspan;
 	const tableMap = [ ...new TableWalker( table, { startRow, endRow, includeAllSlots: true } ) ];
 
+	let newCell = null;
 	let columnIndex;
 
 	for ( const tableSlot of tableMap ) {
@@ -174,12 +176,14 @@ export function splitHorizontally( tableCell, splitRow, writer ) {
 		}
 
 		if ( columnIndex !== undefined && columnIndex === column && row === endRow ) {
-			createEmptyTableCell( writer, tableSlot.getPositionBefore(), newCellAttributes );
+			newCell = createEmptyTableCell( writer, tableSlot.getPositionBefore(), newCellAttributes );
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Update the rowspan attribute after updating table.
 	updateNumericAttribute( 'rowspan', newRowspan, tableCell, writer );
+
+	return newCell;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -232,6 +236,7 @@ export function getHorizontallyOverlappingCells( table, overlapColumn ) {
  * @param {Number} columnIndex The table cell column index.
  * @param {Number} splitColumn The index of column to split cell on.
  * @param {module:engine/model/writer~Writer} writer
+ * @returns {module:engine/model/element~Element} Created table cell.
  */
 export function splitVertically( tableCell, columnIndex, splitColumn, writer ) {
 	const colspan = parseInt( tableCell.getAttribute( 'colspan' ) );
@@ -250,9 +255,12 @@ export function splitVertically( tableCell, columnIndex, splitColumn, writer ) {
 		newCellAttributes.rowspan = rowspan;
 	}
 
-	createEmptyTableCell( writer, writer.createPositionAfter( tableCell ), newCellAttributes );
+	const newCell = createEmptyTableCell( writer, writer.createPositionAfter( tableCell ), newCellAttributes );
+
 	// Update the colspan attribute after updating table.
 	updateNumericAttribute( 'colspan', newColspan, tableCell, writer );
+
+	return newCell;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/manual/tablemocking.html b/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/manual/tablemocking.html
index 8569e04e56e..a3987980de5 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/manual/tablemocking.html
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/manual/tablemocking.html
@@ -12,10 +12,16 @@
 		box-sizing: border-box;
 		margin: 10px 0;
 	}
-	pre,code {
+	pre, code {
 		font-size: 11px;
 		font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Lucida Console, Courier New, dejavu sans mono, monospace;
 	}
+	#table-tools pre {
+		background: hsl( 0, 0%, 95% );
+		max-height:300px;
+		overflow: auto;
+		padding: 10px;
+	}
 	.diff-add {
 		color: hsl( 120, 70%, 35% );
 	}
@@ -61,4 +67,9 @@
 <div id="editor">
 </div>
 
-<pre id="ascii-art"></pre>
+<div id="table-tools">
+	<pre id="ascii-art"></pre>
+
+	<h3>Clipboard preview:</h3>
+	<pre id="clipboard"></pre>
+</div>
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/manual/tablemocking.js b/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/manual/tablemocking.js
index f26796415bf..4787fa8f487 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/manual/tablemocking.js
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/manual/tablemocking.js
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ ClassicEditor
 		const asciiOut = document.getElementById( 'ascii-art' );
 		const modelData = document.getElementById( 'model-data' );
 
+		editor.editing.view.document.on( 'paste', ( evt, data ) => {
+			document.getElementById( 'clipboard' ).innerText = data.dataTransfer.getData( 'text/html' ).replace( />(?=<)/g, '>\n' );
+		} );
+
 		document.getElementById( 'clear-content' ).addEventListener( 'click', () => {
 			editor.setData( '' );
 		} );
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/manual/tablemocking.md b/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/manual/tablemocking.md
index ae951b3d4d2..21915562eae 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/manual/tablemocking.md
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/manual/tablemocking.md
@@ -22,5 +22,3 @@ setModelData( model, modelTable( [
     [ '40', '41', '42', '43', '44' ]
 ] ) );
 ```
-
-**Note:** Cell content is ignored while generating ASCII-art and `modelTableData`.  
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/tableclipboard-paste.js b/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/tableclipboard-paste.js
index 8017dd6f174..1b4d86aa3f0 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/tableclipboard-paste.js
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/tableclipboard-paste.js
@@ -3385,6 +3385,329 @@ describe( 'table clipboard', () => {
 				}
 			);
 		} );
+
+		describe( 'headings overlapping selected area', () => {
+			beforeEach( () => {
+				setModelData( model, modelTable( [
+					[ '00', '01', '02', '03', '04', '05' ],
+					[ '10', '11', '12', '13', '14', '15' ],
+					[ '20', '21', '22', '23', '24', '25' ],
+					[ '30', '31', '32', '33', '34', '35' ],
+					[ '40', '41', '42', '43', '44', '45' ],
+					[ '50', '51', '52', '53', '54', '55' ]
+				], { headingRows: 3, headingColumns: 3 } ) );
+			} );
+
+			it( 'should not split cells if they are not overlapping from headings', () => {
+				tableSelection.setCellSelection(
+					modelRoot.getNodeByPath( [ 0, 0, 0 ] ),
+					modelRoot.getNodeByPath( [ 0, 0, 0 ] )
+				);
+
+				// +----+----+----+----+
+				// | aa           | ad |
+				// +              +----+
+				// |              | bd |
+				// +              +----+
+				// |              | cd |
+				// +----+----+----+----+
+				// | da | db | dc | dd |
+				// +----+----+----+----+
+				pasteTable( [
+					[ { contents: 'aa', colspan: 3, rowspan: 3 }, 'ad' ],
+					[ 'bd' ],
+					[ 'cd' ],
+					[ 'da', 'db', 'dc', 'dd' ]
+				] );
+
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				// | aa           | ad | 04 | 05 |
+				// +              +----+----+----+
+				// |              | bd | 14 | 15 |
+				// +              +----+----+----+
+				// |              | cd | 24 | 25 |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+ <-- heading rows
+				// | da | db | dc | dd | 34 | 35 |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				// | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				// | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				//                ^-- heading columns
+				assertEqualMarkup( getModelData( model, { withoutSelection: true } ), modelTable( [
+					[ { contents: 'aa', colspan: 3, rowspan: 3 }, 'ad', '04', '05' ],
+					[ 'bd', '14', '15' ],
+					[ 'cd', '24', '25' ],
+					[ 'da', 'db', 'dc', 'dd', '34', '35' ],
+					[ '40', '41', '42', '43', '44', '45' ],
+					[ '50', '51', '52', '53', '54', '55' ]
+				], { headingRows: 3, headingColumns: 3 } ) );
+
+				assertSelectionRangesSorted();
+
+				/* eslint-disable no-multi-spaces */
+				assertSelectedCells( model, [
+					[ 1,       1, 0, 0 ],
+					[          1, 0, 0 ],
+					[          1, 0, 0 ],
+					[ 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0 ],
+					[ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
+					[ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ]
+				] );
+				/* eslint-enable no-multi-spaces */
+			} );
+
+			it( 'should split cells that overlap from headings', () => {
+				tableSelection.setCellSelection(
+					modelRoot.getNodeByPath( [ 0, 1, 1 ] ),
+					modelRoot.getNodeByPath( [ 0, 1, 1 ] )
+				);
+
+				// +----+----+----+----+
+				// | aa           | ad |
+				// +              +----+
+				// |              | bd |
+				// +              +----+
+				// |              | cd |
+				// +----+----+----+----+
+				// | da | db | dc | dd |
+				// +----+----+----+----+
+				pasteTable( [
+					[ { contents: 'aa', colspan: 3, rowspan: 3 }, 'ad' ],
+					[ 'bd' ],
+					[ 'cd' ],
+					[ 'da', 'db', 'dc', 'dd' ]
+				] );
+
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				// | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				// | 10 | aa      |    | ad | 15 |
+				// +----+         +    +----+----+
+				// | 20 |         |    | bd | 25 |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+ <-- heading rows
+				// | 30 |         |    | cd | 35 |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				// | 40 | da | db | dc | dd | 45 |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				// | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				//                ^-- heading columns
+				assertEqualMarkup( getModelData( model, { withoutSelection: true } ), modelTable( [
+					[ '00', '01', '02', '03', '04', '05' ],
+					[ '10', { contents: 'aa', colspan: 2, rowspan: 2 }, { contents: '', rowspan: 2 }, 'ad', '15' ],
+					[ '20', 'bd', '25' ],
+					[ '30', { contents: '', colspan: 2 }, '', 'cd', '35' ],
+					[ '40', 'da', 'db', 'dc', 'dd', '45' ],
+					[ '50', '51', '52', '53', '54', '55' ]
+				], { headingRows: 3, headingColumns: 3 } ) );
+
+				assertSelectionRangesSorted();
+
+				/* eslint-disable no-multi-spaces */
+				assertSelectedCells( model, [
+					[ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
+					[ 0, 1,    1, 1, 0 ],
+					[ 0,          1, 0 ],
+					[ 0, 1,    1, 1, 0 ],
+					[ 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0 ],
+					[ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ]
+				] );
+				/* eslint-enable no-multi-spaces */
+			} );
+
+			it( 'should split cells that overlap from heading rows', () => {
+				tableSelection.setCellSelection(
+					modelRoot.getNodeByPath( [ 0, 2, 3 ] ),
+					modelRoot.getNodeByPath( [ 0, 2, 3 ] )
+				);
+
+				// +----+----+----+----+
+				// | aa           | ad |
+				// +              +----+
+				// |              | bd |
+				// +              +----+
+				// |              | cd |
+				// +----+----+----+----+
+				// | da | db | dc | dd |
+				// +----+----+----+----+
+				pasteTable( [
+					[ { contents: 'aa', colspan: 3, rowspan: 3 }, 'ad' ],
+					[ 'bd' ],
+					[ 'cd' ],
+					[ 'da', 'db', 'dc', 'dd' ]
+				] );
+
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				// | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 |    |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				// | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |    |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				// | 20 | 21 | 22 | aa           | ad |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ <-- heading rows
+				// | 30 | 31 | 32 |              | bd |
+				// +----+----+----+              +----+
+				// | 40 | 41 | 42 |              | cd |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				// | 50 | 51 | 52 | da | db | dc | dd |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				//                ^-- heading columns
+				assertEqualMarkup( getModelData( model, { withoutSelection: true } ), modelTable( [
+					[ '00', '01', '02', '03', '04', '05', '' ],
+					[ '10', '11', '12', '13', '14', '15', '' ],
+					[ '20', '21', '22', { contents: 'aa', colspan: 3 }, 'ad' ],
+					[ '30', '31', '32', { contents: '', colspan: 3, rowspan: 2 }, 'bd' ],
+					[ '40', '41', '42', 'cd' ],
+					[ '50', '51', '52', 'da', 'db', 'dc', 'dd' ]
+				], { headingRows: 3, headingColumns: 3 } ) );
+
+				assertSelectionRangesSorted();
+
+				/* eslint-disable no-multi-spaces */
+				assertSelectedCells( model, [
+					[ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
+					[ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
+					[ 0, 0, 0, 1,       1 ],
+					[ 0, 0, 0, 1,       1 ],
+					[ 0, 0, 0,          1 ],
+					[ 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1 ]
+				] );
+				/* eslint-enable no-multi-spaces */
+			} );
+
+			it( 'should split cells that overlap from heading columns', () => {
+				tableSelection.setCellSelection(
+					modelRoot.getNodeByPath( [ 0, 3, 2 ] ),
+					modelRoot.getNodeByPath( [ 0, 3, 2 ] )
+				);
+
+				// +----+----+----+----+
+				// | aa           | ad |
+				// +              +----+
+				// |              | bd |
+				// +              +----+
+				// |              | cd |
+				// +----+----+----+----+
+				// | da | db | dc | dd |
+				// +----+----+----+----+
+				pasteTable( [
+					[ { contents: 'aa', colspan: 3, rowspan: 3 }, 'ad' ],
+					[ 'bd' ],
+					[ 'cd' ],
+					[ 'da', 'db', 'dc', 'dd' ]
+				] );
+
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				// | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				// | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				// | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+ <-- heading rows
+				// | 30 | 31 | aa |         | ad |
+				// +----+----+    +         +----+
+				// | 40 | 41 |    |         | bd |
+				// +----+----+    +         +----+
+				// | 50 | 51 |    |         | cd |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				// |    |    | da | db | dc | dd |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+----+
+				//                ^-- heading columns
+				assertEqualMarkup( getModelData( model, { withoutSelection: true } ), modelTable( [
+					[ '00', '01', '02', '03', '04', '05' ],
+					[ '10', '11', '12', '13', '14', '15' ],
+					[ '20', '21', '22', '23', '24', '25' ],
+					[ '30', '31', { contents: 'aa', rowspan: 3 }, { contents: '', colspan: 2, rowspan: 3 }, 'ad' ],
+					[ '40', '41', 'bd' ],
+					[ '50', '51', 'cd' ],
+					[ '', '', 'da', 'db', 'dc', 'dd' ]
+				], { headingRows: 3, headingColumns: 3 } ) );
+
+				assertSelectionRangesSorted();
+
+				/* eslint-disable no-multi-spaces */
+				assertSelectedCells( model, [
+					[ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
+					[ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
+					[ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
+					[ 0, 0, 1, 1,    1 ],
+					[ 0, 0,          1 ],
+					[ 0, 0,          1 ],
+					[ 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1 ]
+				] );
+				/* eslint-enable no-multi-spaces */
+			} );
+
+			it( 'should split cells that overlap from headings (repeated pasted table)', () => {
+				setModelData( model, modelTable( [
+					[ '00', '01', '02', '03', '04' ],
+					[ '10', '11', '12', '13', '14' ],
+					[ '20', '21', '22', '23', '24' ],
+					[ '30', '31', '32', '33', '34' ],
+					[ '40', '41', '42', '43', '44' ]
+				], { headingRows: 1, headingColumns: 1 } ) );
+
+				tableSelection.setCellSelection(
+					modelRoot.getNodeByPath( [ 0, 0, 0 ] ),
+					modelRoot.getNodeByPath( [ 0, 4, 4 ] )
+				);
+
+				// +----+----+----+
+				// | aa      | ac |
+				// +         +----+
+				// |         | bc |
+				// +----+----+----+
+				// | ca | cb | cc |
+				// +----+----+----+
+				pasteTable( [
+					[ { contents: 'aa', colspan: 2, rowspan: 2 }, 'ac' ],
+					[ 'bc' ],
+					[ 'ca', 'cb', 'cc' ]
+				] );
+
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+
+				// | aa |    | ac | aa      |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+ <-- heading rows
+				// |    |    | bc |         |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+
+				// | ca | cb | cc | ca | cb |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+
+				// | aa |    | ac | aa      |
+				// +    +    +----+         +
+				// |    |    | bc |         |
+				// +----+----+----+----+----+
+				//      ^-- heading columns
+				assertEqualMarkup( getModelData( model, { withoutSelection: true } ), modelTable( [
+					[ 'aa', '', 'ac', { contents: 'aa', colspan: 2 } ],
+					[ '', '', 'bc', { contents: '', colspan: 2 } ],
+					[ 'ca', 'cb', 'cc', 'ca', 'cb' ],
+					[ { contents: 'aa', rowspan: 2 }, { contents: '', rowspan: 2 }, 'ac', { contents: 'aa', colspan: 2, rowspan: 2 } ],
+					[ 'bc' ]
+				], { headingRows: 1, headingColumns: 1 } ) );
+
+				assertSelectionRangesSorted();
+
+				/* eslint-disable no-multi-spaces */
+				assertSelectedCells( model, [
+					[ 1, 1, 1, 1    ],
+					[ 1, 1, 1, 1    ],
+					[ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 ],
+					[ 1, 1, 1, 1    ],
+					[       1       ]
+				] );
+				/* eslint-enable no-multi-spaces */
+			} );
+
+			function assertSelectionRangesSorted() {
+				const selectionRanges = Array.from( model.document.selection.getRanges() );
+				const selectionRangesSorted = selectionRanges.slice().sort( ( a, b ) => a.start.isBefore( b.start ) ? -1 : 1 );
+
+				const selectionPaths = selectionRanges.map( ( { start } ) => start.path );
+				const sortedPaths = selectionRangesSorted.map( ( { start } ) => start.path );
+
+				expect( selectionPaths ).to.deep.equal( sortedPaths );
+			}
+		} );
 	} );
 
 	describe( 'Clipboard integration - paste (content scenarios)', () => {