diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/wasm/qwasmclipboard.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/wasm/qwasmclipboard.cpp
index 713adee8f9..acf0ceb571 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/wasm/qwasmclipboard.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/wasm/qwasmclipboard.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ using namespace emscripten;
 // there has got to be a better way...
 static QString g_clipboardText;
 static QString g_clipboardFormat;
+static bool g_onListener = false;
 
 static val getClipboardData()
 {
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ static void qClipboardPromiseResolve(emscripten::val something)
 
 static void qClipboardCutTo(val event)
 {
+    g_onListener = true;
     if (!QWasmIntegration::get()->getWasmClipboard()->hasClipboardApi) {
         // Send synthetic Ctrl+X to make the app cut data to Qt's clipboard
         QWindowSystemInterface::handleKeyEvent<QWindowSystemInterface::SynchronousDelivery>(
@@ -81,10 +83,12 @@ static void qClipboardCutTo(val event)
     val clipFormat = module.call<val>("qtGetClipboardFormat");
     event["clipboardData"].call<void>("setData", clipFormat, clipdata);
     event.call<void>("preventDefault");
+    g_onListener = false;
 }
 
 static void qClipboardCopyTo(val event)
 {
+    g_onListener = true;
     if (!QWasmIntegration::get()->getWasmClipboard()->hasClipboardApi) {
         // Send synthetic Ctrl+C to make the app copy data to Qt's clipboard
         QWindowSystemInterface::handleKeyEvent<QWindowSystemInterface::SynchronousDelivery>(
@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ static void qClipboardCopyTo(val event)
     val clipFormat = module.call<val>("qtGetClipboardFormat");
     event["clipboardData"].call<void>("setData", clipFormat, clipdata);
     event.call<void>("preventDefault");
+    g_onListener = false;
 }
 
 static void qClipboardPasteTo(val event)
@@ -157,6 +162,14 @@ void QWasmClipboard::setMimeData(QMimeData* mimeData, QClipboard::Mode mode)
     }
 
     QPlatformClipboard::setMimeData(mimeData, mode);
+
+    if (hasClipboardApi)
+        writeTextToClipboard();
+    else if (!g_onListener)
+    {
+        val document = val::global("document");
+        document.call<val>("execCommand", val("copy"));
+    }
 }
 
 bool QWasmClipboard::supportsMode(QClipboard::Mode mode) const
@@ -195,15 +208,14 @@ void QWasmClipboard::initClipboardEvents()
 
 void QWasmClipboard::installEventHandlers(const emscripten::val &canvas)
 {
-    if (hasClipboardApi)
-        return;
+    val document = val::global("document");
 
     // Fallback path for browsers which do not support direct clipboard access
-    canvas.call<void>("addEventListener", val("cut"),
+    document.call<void>("addEventListener", val("cut"),
                       val::module_property("qtClipboardCutTo"));
-    canvas.call<void>("addEventListener", val("copy"),
+    document.call<void>("addEventListener", val("copy"),
                       val::module_property("qtClipboardCopyTo"));
-    canvas.call<void>("addEventListener", val("paste"),
+    document.call<void>("addEventListener", val("paste"),
                       val::module_property("qtClipboardPasteTo"));
 }