diff --git a/common/grid_tricks.cpp b/common/grid_tricks.cpp
index a88f7265ee..6ba5c38888 100644
--- a/common/grid_tricks.cpp
+++ b/common/grid_tricks.cpp
@@ -300,8 +300,11 @@ void GRID_TRICKS::showPopupMenu( wxMenu& menu )
 
     if( wxTheClipboard->Open() )
     {
-        if( wxTheClipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_TEXT ) )
+        if( wxTheClipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_TEXT )
+            || wxTheClipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_UNICODETEXT ) )
+        {
             menu.Enable( GRIDTRICKS_ID_PASTE, true );
+        }
 
         wxTheClipboard->Close();
     }
@@ -367,7 +370,8 @@ void GRID_TRICKS::onCharHook( wxKeyEvent& ev )
     {
         if( m_grid->IsCellEditControlShown() && wxTheClipboard->Open() )
         {
-            if( wxTheClipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_TEXT ) )
+            if( wxTheClipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_TEXT )
+                || wxTheClipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_UNICODETEXT ) )
             {
                 wxTextDataObject data;
                 wxTheClipboard->GetData( data );
@@ -567,7 +571,8 @@ void GRID_TRICKS::paste_clipboard()
 
     if( wxTheClipboard->Open() )
     {
-        if( wxTheClipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_TEXT ) )
+        if( wxTheClipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_TEXT )
+            || wxTheClipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_UNICODETEXT ) )
         {
             wxTextDataObject    data;
 
diff --git a/eeschema/symbol_editor/symbol_editor.cpp b/eeschema/symbol_editor/symbol_editor.cpp
index e69ec5bebb..1b1c9eb655 100644
--- a/eeschema/symbol_editor/symbol_editor.cpp
+++ b/eeschema/symbol_editor/symbol_editor.cpp
@@ -845,8 +845,12 @@ void SYMBOL_EDIT_FRAME::DuplicateSymbol( bool aFromClipboard )
         auto clipboard = wxTheClipboard;
         wxClipboardLocker clipboardLock( clipboard );
 
-        if( !clipboardLock || ! clipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_TEXT ) )
+        if( !clipboardLock
+            || !( clipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_TEXT )
+                  || clipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_UNICODETEXT ) ) )
+        {
             return;
+        }
 
         wxTextDataObject data;
         clipboard->GetData( data );
diff --git a/pcbnew/kicad_clipboard.cpp b/pcbnew/kicad_clipboard.cpp
index 1e28372880..e44d271968 100644
--- a/pcbnew/kicad_clipboard.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/kicad_clipboard.cpp
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ void CLIPBOARD_IO::SaveSelection( const PCB_SELECTION& aSelected, bool isFootpri
     // clipboard is closed seems to cause an ASAN error (heap-buffer-overflow)
     // since it uses the cached version of the clipboard data and not the system
     // clipboard data.
-    if( clipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_TEXT ) )
+    if( clipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_TEXT ) || clipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_UNICODETEXT ) )
     {
         wxTextDataObject data;
         clipboard->GetData( data );
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ BOARD_ITEM* CLIPBOARD_IO::Parse()
     if( !clipboardLock )
         return nullptr;
 
-    if( clipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_TEXT ) )
+    if( clipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_TEXT ) || clipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_UNICODETEXT ) )
     {
         wxTextDataObject data;
         clipboard->GetData( data );
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ void CLIPBOARD_IO::Save( const wxString& aFileName, BOARD* aBoard,
     // been processed by the system clipboard.  This appears to be needed for
     // extremely large clipboard copies on asynchronous linux clipboard managers
     // such as KDE's Klipper
-    if( clipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_TEXT ) )
+    if( clipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_TEXT ) || clipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_UNICODETEXT ) )
     {
         wxTextDataObject data;
         clipboard->GetData( data );
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ BOARD* CLIPBOARD_IO::Load( const wxString& aFileName, BOARD* aAppendToMe,
     if( !clipboardLock )
         return nullptr;
 
-    if( clipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_TEXT ) )
+    if( clipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_TEXT ) || clipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_UNICODETEXT ) )
     {
         wxTextDataObject data;
         clipboard->GetData( data );