diff --git a/Mastodon.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Mastodon.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 0b7a5806a..aa944bb84 100644
--- a/Mastodon.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Mastodon.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
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@@ -1865,6 +1867,7 @@
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 				DBC7A671260C897100E57475 /* StatusContentWarningEditorView.swift */,
+				CD91FB30290EDA6F00BB9463 /* MetaTextView+PasteExtensions.swift */,
 			);
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@@ -3293,6 +3296,7 @@
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diff --git a/Mastodon/Scene/Compose/ComposeViewController.swift b/Mastodon/Scene/Compose/ComposeViewController.swift
index 33eabd721..fb6ee43f9 100644
--- a/Mastodon/Scene/Compose/ComposeViewController.swift
+++ b/Mastodon/Scene/Compose/ComposeViewController.swift
@@ -455,3 +455,33 @@ extension ComposeViewController: UIAdaptivePresentationControllerDelegate {
 //    }
 //    
 //}
+
+extension ComposeViewController {
+    public override func canPerformAction(_ action: Selector, withSender sender: Any?) -> Bool {
+        
+        // Enable pasting images
+        if (action == #selector(UIResponderStandardEditActions.paste(_:))) {
+            return UIPasteboard.general.hasStrings || UIPasteboard.general.hasImages;
+        }
+
+        return super.canPerformAction(action, withSender: sender);
+    }
+    
+    override func paste(_ sender: Any?) {
+        logger.debug("Paste event received")
+
+        // Look for images on the clipboard
+        if (UIPasteboard.general.hasImages) {
+            if let images = UIPasteboard.general.images {
+                logger.warning("Got image paste event, however attachments are not yet re-implemented.");
+//                viewModel.attachmentServices = viewModel.attachmentServices + images.map({ image in
+//                    MastodonAttachmentService(
+//                        context: context,
+//                        image: image,
+//                        initialAuthenticationBox: viewModel.authenticationBox
+//                    )
+//                })
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Mastodon/Scene/Compose/View/MetaTextView+PasteExtensions.swift b/Mastodon/Scene/Compose/View/MetaTextView+PasteExtensions.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fe1949af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Mastodon/Scene/Compose/View/MetaTextView+PasteExtensions.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+//
+//  MetaTextView+PasteExtensions.swift
+//  Mastodon
+//
+//  Created by Rick Kerkhof on 30/10/2022.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+import MetaTextKit
+import UIKit
+
+extension MetaTextView {
+    public override func paste(_ sender: Any?) {
+        super.paste(sender)
+        
+        var nextResponder = self.next;
+        
+        // Force the event to bubble through ALL responders
+        // This is a workaround as somewhere down the chain the paste event gets eaten
+        while (nextResponder != nil) {
+            if let nextResponder = nextResponder {
+                if (nextResponder.responds(to: #selector(UIResponderStandardEditActions.paste(_:)))) {
+                    nextResponder.perform(#selector(UIResponderStandardEditActions.paste(_:)), with: sender)
+                }
+            }
+            nextResponder = nextResponder?.next;
+        }
+    }
+}