diff --git a/src/engine/client/input.cpp b/src/engine/client/input.cpp
index 575ee39aa..b9402d970 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/input.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/client/input.cpp
@@ -39,12 +39,18 @@ CInput::CInput()
 
 	m_InputCounter = 1;
 	m_InputGrabbed = 0;
+	m_pClipboardText = 0;
 
 	m_MouseDoubleClick = false;
 
 	m_NumEvents = 0;
 }
 
+CInput::~CInput()
+{
+	free(m_pClipboardText);
+}
+
 void CInput::Init()
 {
 	m_pGraphics = Kernel()->RequestInterface<IEngineGraphics>();
@@ -103,6 +109,21 @@ int CInput::MouseDoubleClick()
 	return 0;
 }
 
+const char *CInput::GetClipboardText()
+{
+	if(m_pClipboardText)
+	{
+		free(m_pClipboardText);
+	}
+	m_pClipboardText = SDL_GetClipboardText();
+	return m_pClipboardText;
+}
+
+void CInput::SetClipboardText(const char *pText)
+{
+	SDL_SetClipboardText(pText);
+}
+
 void CInput::Clear()
 {
 	mem_zero(m_aInputState, sizeof(m_aInputState));
diff --git a/src/engine/client/input.h b/src/engine/client/input.h
index d71ade5e7..6d6febffc 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/input.h
+++ b/src/engine/client/input.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class CInput : public IEngineInput
 	IConsole *m_pConsole;
 
 	int m_InputGrabbed;
+	char *m_pClipboardText;
 
 	bool m_MouseDoubleClick;
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ class CInput : public IEngineInput
 
 public:
 	CInput();
+	~CInput();
 
 	virtual void Init();
 
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ public:
 	virtual void MouseModeAbsolute();
 	virtual void MouseModeRelative();
 	virtual int MouseDoubleClick();
+	virtual const char *GetClipboardText();
+	virtual void SetClipboardText(const char *pText);
 
 	virtual int Update();
 };
diff --git a/src/engine/input.h b/src/engine/input.h
index 256dfd831..d26d859fd 100644
--- a/src/engine/input.h
+++ b/src/engine/input.h
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ public:
 	virtual void MouseModeRelative() = 0;
 	virtual void MouseModeAbsolute() = 0;
 	virtual int MouseDoubleClick() = 0;
+	virtual const char* GetClipboardText() = 0;
+	virtual void SetClipboardText(const char *Text) = 0;
+
 	virtual void MouseRelative(float *x, float *y) = 0;
 };