diff --git a/config.cc b/config.cc
index 48ca3103..ee7f1358 100644
--- a/config.cc
+++ b/config.cc
@@ -182,14 +182,24 @@ InputPhrase Preferences::sanitizeInputPhrase( QString const & inputPhrase ) cons
 {
   InputPhrase result;
 
-  if( limitInputPhraseLength && inputPhrase.size() > inputPhraseLengthLimit )
+  QString _phase = inputPhrase;
+  if( stripClipboard )
+  {
+    auto parts = inputPhrase.split( QChar::LineFeed, Qt::SkipEmptyParts );
+    if( !parts.empty() )
+    {
+      _phase = parts[ 0 ];
+    }
+  }
+
+  if( limitInputPhraseLength && _phase.size() > inputPhraseLengthLimit )
   {
     gdDebug( "Ignoring an input phrase %d symbols long. The configured maximum input phrase length is %d symbols.",
-             inputPhrase.size(), inputPhraseLengthLimit );
+             _phase.size(), inputPhraseLengthLimit );
     return result;
   }
 
-  const QString withPunct = inputPhrase.simplified();
+  const QString withPunct = _phase.simplified();
   result.phrase = gd::toQString( Folding::trimWhitespaceOrPunct( gd::toWString( withPunct ) ) );
   if ( !result.isValid() )
     return result; // The suffix of an invalid input phrase must be empty.
@@ -267,6 +277,7 @@ Preferences::Preferences():
 , inputPhraseLengthLimit( 1000 )
 , maxDictionaryRefsInContextMenu ( 20 )
 , synonymSearchEnabled( true )
+    , stripClipboard( false )
 {
 }
 
@@ -1005,6 +1016,9 @@ Class load()
     if ( !preferences.namedItem( "synonymSearchEnabled" ).isNull() )
       c.preferences.synonymSearchEnabled = ( preferences.namedItem( "synonymSearchEnabled" ).toElement().text() == "1" );
 
+    if ( !preferences.namedItem( "stripClipboard" ).isNull() )
+      c.preferences.stripClipboard = ( preferences.namedItem( "stripClipboard" ).toElement().text() == "1" );
+
     QDomNode fts = preferences.namedItem( "fullTextSearch" );
 
     if ( !fts.isNull() )
@@ -1960,6 +1974,10 @@ void save( Class const & c )
     opt.appendChild( dd.createTextNode( c.preferences.synonymSearchEnabled ? "1" : "0" ) );
     preferences.appendChild( opt );
 
+    opt = dd.createElement( "stripClipboard" );
+    opt.appendChild( dd.createTextNode( c.preferences.stripClipboard ? "1" : "0" ) );
+    preferences.appendChild( opt );
+
     {
       QDomNode hd = dd.createElement( "fullTextSearch" );
       preferences.appendChild( hd );
diff --git a/config.hh b/config.hh
index b2ce2d7c..71b39ed4 100644
--- a/config.hh
+++ b/config.hh
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ struct Preferences
   unsigned short maxDictionaryRefsInContextMenu;
 
   bool synonymSearchEnabled;
+  bool stripClipboard;
 
   QString addonStyle;
 
diff --git a/preferences.cc b/preferences.cc
index f08380b5..4c5cffc3 100644
--- a/preferences.cc
+++ b/preferences.cc
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ Preferences::Preferences( QWidget * parent, Config::Class & cfg_ ):
 
   ui.synonymSearchEnabled->setChecked( p.synonymSearchEnabled );
 
+  ui.stripClipboard->setChecked( p.stripClipboard );
+
   ui.maxDictsInContextMenu->setValue( p.maxDictionaryRefsInContextMenu );
 
   // Different platforms have different keys available
@@ -443,6 +445,7 @@ Config::Preferences Preferences::getPreferences()
   p.inputPhraseLengthLimit = ui.inputPhraseLengthLimit->value();
   p.ignoreDiacritics = ui.ignoreDiacritics->isChecked();
   p.ignorePunctuation = ui.ignorePunctuation->isChecked();
+  p.stripClipboard = ui.stripClipboard->isChecked();
 
   p.synonymSearchEnabled = ui.synonymSearchEnabled->isChecked();
 
diff --git a/preferences.ui b/preferences.ui
index f3c0403b..4a670971 100644
--- a/preferences.ui
+++ b/preferences.ui
@@ -1743,6 +1743,13 @@ from Stardict, Babylon and GLS dictionaries</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="stripClipboard">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>When using clipboard,strip everything after newline</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
        <item>
         <spacer name="verticalSpacer_17">
          <property name="orientation">