diff --git a/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.cc b/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.cc
index c44952857..9600119e4 100644
--- a/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.cc
+++ b/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.cc
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ 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(); i++ ) {
       frame.append( *i );
diff --git a/src/terminal/terminalfunctions.cc b/src/terminal/terminalfunctions.cc
index 40c41afc4..6c593e07b 100644
--- a/src/terminal/terminalfunctions.cc
+++ b/src/terminal/terminalfunctions.cc
@@ -591,10 +591,13 @@ 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; */
-  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';' ) {
-    Terminal::Framebuffer::title_type clipboard( OSC_string.begin() + 5, OSC_string.end() );
+  /* 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';') {
+    /* Capture the options and clipboard contents
+       e.g. '52;c;bW9zaCBpcyBncmVhdAo='
+                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+                capture this part */
+    Terminal::Framebuffer::title_type clipboard( OSC_string.begin() + 3, OSC_string.end() );
     fb->set_clipboard( clipboard );
     /* handle osc terminal title sequence */
   } else if ( OSC_string.size() >= 1 ) {