diff --git a/core/rfb.js b/core/rfb.js
index 5088c1674..16b0ffc70 100644
--- a/core/rfb.js
+++ b/core/rfb.js
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ export default class RFB extends EventTargetMixin {
         if (Clipboard.isSupported) {
             const clipboardData = new DataTransfer();
             clipboardData.setData("text/plain", text);
-            const clipboardEvent = new ClipboardEvent('paste', { clipboardData });
+            const clipboardEvent = new ClipboardEvent('copy', { clipboardData });
             // Force initialization since the constructor is broken in Firefox
             if (!clipboardEvent.clipboardData.items.length) {
                 clipboardEvent.clipboardData.items.add(text, "text/plain");