diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/components/terminalSettingsTab.component.pug b/tabby-terminal/src/components/terminalSettingsTab.component.pug
index 765d2385..365f4ce9 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/components/terminalSettingsTab.component.pug
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/components/terminalSettingsTab.component.pug
@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ div.mt-4
             (ngModelChange)='config.save()',
         )
 
+    .form-line
+        .header
+            .title(translate) Copy with formatting
+        toggle(
+            [(ngModel)]='config.store.terminal.copyAsHTML',
+            (ngModelChange)='config.save()',
+        )
+
     .form-line
         .header
             .title(translate) Bracketed paste (requires shell support)
diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/config.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/config.ts
index 2acef16a..99270715 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/config.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/config.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export class TerminalConfigProvider extends ConfigProvider {
             rightClick: 'menu',
             pasteOnMiddleClick: true,
             copyOnSelect: false,
+            copyAsHTML: true,
             scrollOnInput: true,
             altIsMeta: false,
             wordSeparator: ' ()[]{}\'"',
diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
index 66d243c9..fc2077ab 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ export class XTermFrontend extends Frontend {
         if (!text.trim().length) {
             return
         }
-        if (text.length < 1024 * 32) {
+        if (text.length < 1024 * 32 && this.configService.store.terminal.copyAsHTML) {
             this.platformService.setClipboard({
                 text: this.getSelection(),
                 html: this.getSelectionAsHTML(),