diff --git a/.changeset/quiet-months-argue.md b/.changeset/quiet-months-argue.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9db967f66fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/quiet-months-argue.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@keystone-6/fields-document': patch
+---
+
+Adds support for pasting a url onto text to create a link
diff --git a/packages/fields-document/src/DocumentEditor/pasting/index.ts b/packages/fields-document/src/DocumentEditor/pasting/index.ts
index e5e22b500c1..3756787133e 100644
--- a/packages/fields-document/src/DocumentEditor/pasting/index.ts
+++ b/packages/fields-document/src/DocumentEditor/pasting/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-import { Descendant, Editor, Transforms } from 'slate';
+import { Descendant, Editor, Transforms, Range } from 'slate';
+import { isValidURL } from '../isValidURL';
 import { insertNodesButReplaceIfSelectionIsAtEmptyParagraphOrHeading } from '../utils';
 import { deserializeHTML } from './html';
 import { deserializeMarkdown } from './markdown';
 
+const urlPattern = /https?:\/\//;
+
 function insertFragmentButDifferent(editor: Editor, nodes: Descendant[]) {
   if (Editor.isBlock(editor, nodes[0])) {
     insertNodesButReplaceIfSelectionIsAtEmptyParagraphOrHeading(editor, nodes);
@@ -63,6 +66,29 @@ export function withPasting(editor: Editor): Editor {
       }
     }
 
+    const plain = data.getData('text/plain');
+
+    if (
+      // isValidURL is a bit more permissive than a user might expect
+      // so for pasting, we'll constrain it to starting with https:// or http://
+      urlPattern.test(plain) &&
+      isValidURL(plain) &&
+      editor.selection &&
+      !Range.isCollapsed(editor.selection) &&
+      // we only want to turn the selected text into a link if the selection is within the same block
+      Editor.above(editor, {
+        match: node => Editor.isBlock(editor, node) && !Editor.isBlock(editor, node.children[0]),
+      }) &&
+      // and there is only text(potentially with marks) in the selection
+      // no other links or inline relationships
+      Editor.nodes(editor, {
+        match: node => Editor.isInline(editor, node),
+      }).next().done
+    ) {
+      Transforms.wrapNodes(editor, { type: 'link', href: plain, children: [] }, { split: true });
+      return;
+    }
+
     const html = data.getData('text/html');
     if (html) {
       const fragment = deserializeHTML(html);
@@ -70,7 +96,6 @@ export function withPasting(editor: Editor): Editor {
       return;
     }
 
-    const plain = data.getData('text/plain');
     if (plain) {
       const fragment = deserializeMarkdown(plain);
       insertFragmentButDifferent(editor, fragment);
diff --git a/packages/fields-document/src/DocumentEditor/pasting/links.test.tsx b/packages/fields-document/src/DocumentEditor/pasting/links.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..30fd97f57b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/fields-document/src/DocumentEditor/pasting/links.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+/** @jest-environment jsdom */
+/** @jsxRuntime classic */
+/** @jsx jsx */
+import { Editor } from 'slate';
+import { makeEditor, jsx } from '../tests/utils';
+import { MyDataTransfer } from './data-transfer';
+
+function pasteText(editor: Editor, text: string) {
+  const data = new MyDataTransfer();
+  data.setData('text/plain', text);
+  editor.insertData(data);
+}
+
+test('pasting a url on some text wraps the text with a link', () => {
+  const editor = makeEditor(
+    <editor>
+      <paragraph>
+        <text>
+          blah <anchor />
+          blah
+          <focus /> blah
+        </text>
+      </paragraph>
+    </editor>
+  );
+  pasteText(editor, 'https://keystonejs.com');
+  expect(editor).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    <editor>
+      <paragraph>
+        <text>
+          blah 
+        </text>
+        <link
+          @@isInline={true}
+          href="https://keystonejs.com"
+        >
+          <text>
+            <anchor />
+            blah
+            <focus />
+          </text>
+        </link>
+        <text>
+           blah
+        </text>
+      </paragraph>
+    </editor>
+  `);
+});
+
+test('pasting a url on a selection spanning multiple blocks replaces the selection with the url', () => {
+  const editor = makeEditor(
+    <editor>
+      <paragraph>
+        <text>
+          start should still exist <anchor />
+          blah blah
+        </text>
+      </paragraph>
+      <paragraph>
+        <text>
+          blah blah
+          <focus /> end should still exist
+        </text>
+      </paragraph>
+    </editor>
+  );
+  pasteText(editor, 'https://keystonejs.com');
+  expect(editor).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    <editor>
+      <paragraph>
+        <text>
+          start should still exist 
+        </text>
+        <link
+          @@isInline={true}
+          href="https://keystonejs.com"
+        >
+          <text>
+            https://keystonejs.com
+            <cursor />
+          </text>
+        </link>
+        <text>
+           end should still exist
+        </text>
+      </paragraph>
+    </editor>
+  `);
+});
+
+test('pasting a url on a selection with a link inside replaces the selection with the url', () => {
+  const editor = makeEditor(
+    <editor>
+      <paragraph>
+        <text>
+          start should still exist <anchor />
+          should{' '}
+        </text>
+        <link href="https://keystonejs.com/docs">
+          <text>be</text>
+        </link>
+        <text>
+          replaced
+          <focus /> end should still exist
+        </text>
+      </paragraph>
+    </editor>
+  );
+  pasteText(editor, 'https://keystonejs.com');
+  expect(editor).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    <editor>
+      <paragraph>
+        <text>
+          start should still exist 
+        </text>
+        <link
+          @@isInline={true}
+          href="https://keystonejs.com"
+        >
+          <text>
+            https://keystonejs.com
+            <cursor />
+          </text>
+        </link>
+        <text>
+           end should still exist
+        </text>
+      </paragraph>
+    </editor>
+  `);
+});