diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/LinkedFilesEditorViewModel.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/LinkedFilesEditorViewModel.java
index 44a3f15d538..bcc29b33cf3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/LinkedFilesEditorViewModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/LinkedFilesEditorViewModel.java
@@ -1,21 +1,12 @@
 package org.jabref.gui.fieldeditors;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-
 import javafx.beans.property.BooleanProperty;
 import javafx.beans.property.ListProperty;
 import javafx.beans.property.SimpleBooleanProperty;
 import javafx.beans.property.SimpleListProperty;
 import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
 import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
-
+import org.jabref.gui.ClipBoardManager;
 import org.jabref.gui.DialogService;
 import org.jabref.gui.autocompleter.SuggestionProvider;
 import org.jabref.gui.externalfiles.AutoSetFileLinksUtil;
@@ -41,6 +32,15 @@
 import org.jabref.preferences.FilePreferences;
 import org.jabref.preferences.PreferencesService;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
 public class LinkedFilesEditorViewModel extends AbstractEditorViewModel {
 
     private final ListProperty<LinkedFileViewModel> files = new SimpleListProperty<>(FXCollections.observableArrayList(LinkedFileViewModel::getObservables));
@@ -214,8 +214,16 @@ public void fetchFulltext() {
     }
 
     public void addFromURL() {
-        Optional<String> urlText = dialogService.showInputDialogAndWait(
-                Localization.lang("Download file"), Localization.lang("Enter URL to download"));
+        String clipText = ClipBoardManager.getContents();
+        Optional<String> urlText;
+        if (clipText.startsWith("http://") || clipText.startsWith("https://") || clipText.startsWith("ftp://")) {
+            urlText = dialogService.showInputDialogWithDefaultAndWait(
+                    Localization.lang("Download file"), Localization.lang("Enter URL to download"), clipText);
+        } else {
+            urlText = dialogService.showInputDialogAndWait(
+                    Localization.lang("Download file"), Localization.lang("Enter URL to download"));
+
+        }
         if (urlText.isPresent()) {
             try {
                 URL url = new URL(urlText.get());