diff --git a/src/Enums.ts b/src/Enums.ts
index d8584af84..f191d11ae 100644
--- a/src/Enums.ts
+++ b/src/Enums.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ export enum KeyboardAction {
     sessionClose,
     // edit/clipboard commands
     clipboardCopy,
+    clipboardPaste,
     editFind,
     editFindClose,
     increaseFontSize,
diff --git a/src/views/keyevents/Keybindings.ts b/src/views/keyevents/Keybindings.ts
index e60670596..7bea588ab 100644
--- a/src/views/keyevents/Keybindings.ts
+++ b/src/views/keyevents/Keybindings.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ export const KeybindingsForMenu: KeybindingMenuType[] = [
         action: KeyboardAction.clipboardCopy,
         accelerator: process.platform === "darwin" ? "Cmd+C" : "Ctrl+Shift+C",
     },
+    {
+        action: KeyboardAction.clipboardPaste,
+        accelerator: process.platform === "darwin" ? "Cmd+V" : "Ctrl+Shift+V",
+    },
     {
         action: KeyboardAction.editFind,
         accelerator: `${CmdOrCtrl}+F`,
diff --git a/src/views/menu/Menu.ts b/src/views/menu/Menu.ts
index 7a0030d79..5b0b2d94b 100644
--- a/src/views/menu/Menu.ts
+++ b/src/views/menu/Menu.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ export function buildMenuTemplate(
                     accelerator: getAcceleratorForAction(KeyboardAction.clipboardCopy),
                     role: "copy",
                 },
+                {
+                    label: "Paste",
+                    accelerator: getAcceleratorForAction(KeyboardAction.clipboardPaste),
+                    role: "paste",
+                },
                 {
                     label: "Find",
                     accelerator: getAcceleratorForAction(KeyboardAction.editFind),