diff --git a/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.cc b/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.cc
index e7595c248..7f508efd7 100644
--- a/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.cc
+++ b/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.cc
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ std::string Display::new_frame( bool initialized, const Framebuffer &last, const
 
   /* has clipboard changed? */
   if (f.get_clipboard() != frame.last_frame.get_clipboard()) {
-    frame.append( "\033]52;c;" );
+    frame.append( "\033]52;" );
     const title_type &clipboard( f.get_clipboard() );
     for ( title_type::const_iterator i = clipboard.begin();
           i != clipboard.end();
diff --git a/src/terminal/terminalfunctions.cc b/src/terminal/terminalfunctions.cc
index ca141dd35..ca59841bf 100644
--- a/src/terminal/terminalfunctions.cc
+++ b/src/terminal/terminalfunctions.cc
@@ -591,12 +591,15 @@ static Function func_CSI_DECSTR( CSI, "!p", CSI_DECSTR );
 /* xterm uses an Operating System Command to set the window title */
 void Dispatcher::OSC_dispatch( const Parser::OSC_End *act __attribute((unused)), Framebuffer *fb )
 {
-  /* handle osc copy clipboard sequence 52;c; */
+  /* Handle OSC copy clipboard sequence 52;c; and variants */
   if ( OSC_string.size() >= 5 && OSC_string[ 0 ] == L'5' &&
-       OSC_string[ 1 ] == L'2' && OSC_string[ 2 ] == L';' &&
-       OSC_string[ 3 ] == L'c' && OSC_string[ 4 ] == L';') {
+       OSC_string[ 1 ] == L'2' && OSC_string[ 2 ] == L';') {
+    /* Capture the options and clipboard contents
+       e.g. '52;c;bW9zaCBpcyBncmVhdAo='
+                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+                capture this part */
       Terminal::Framebuffer::title_type clipboard(
-              OSC_string.begin() + 5, OSC_string.end() );
+              OSC_string.begin() + 3, OSC_string.end() );
       fb->set_clipboard( clipboard );
   /* handle osc terminal title sequence */
   } else if ( OSC_string.size() >= 1 ) {