diff --git a/src/Window.zig b/src/Window.zig
index f2348a94e..e127d8535 100644
--- a/src/Window.zig
+++ b/src/Window.zig
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ fn clipboardRead(self: *const Window, kind: u8) !void {
         return;
     }
 
-    const data = glfw.getClipboardString() catch |err| {
+    const data = self.windowing_system.getClipboardString() catch |err| {
         log.warn("error reading clipboard: {}", .{err});
         return;
     };
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ fn clipboardWrite(self: *const Window, data: []const u8) !void {
     try dec.decode(buf, data);
     assert(buf[buf.len] == 0);
 
-    glfw.setClipboardString(buf) catch |err| {
+    self.windowing_system.setClipboardString(buf) catch |err| {
         log.err("error setting clipboard string err={}", .{err});
         return;
     };
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ pub fn keyCallback(
                         };
                         defer self.alloc.free(buf);
 
-                        glfw.setClipboardString(buf) catch |err| {
+                        self.windowing_system.setClipboardString(buf) catch |err| {
                             log.err("error setting clipboard string err={}", .{err});
                             return;
                         };
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ pub fn keyCallback(
                 },
 
                 .paste_from_clipboard => {
-                    const data = glfw.getClipboardString() catch |err| {
+                    const data = self.windowing_system.getClipboardString() catch |err| {
                         log.warn("error reading clipboard: {}", .{err});
                         return;
                     };
diff --git a/src/apprt/glfw.zig b/src/apprt/glfw.zig
index 1a94d17a7..8e8bd58fa 100644
--- a/src/apprt/glfw.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/glfw.zig
@@ -194,6 +194,20 @@ pub const Window = struct {
         try self.window.setTitle(slice.ptr);
     }
 
+    /// Read the clipboard. The windowing system is responsible for allocating
+    /// a buffer as necessary. This should be a stable pointer until the next
+    /// time getClipboardString is called.
+    pub fn getClipboardString(self: *const Window) ![:0]const u8 {
+        _ = self;
+        return try glfw.getClipboardString();
+    }
+
+    /// Set the clipboard.
+    pub fn setClipboardString(self: *const Window, val: [:0]const u8) !void {
+        _ = self;
+        try glfw.setClipboardString(val);
+    }
+
     /// The cursor position from glfw directly is in screen coordinates but
     /// all our interface works in pixels.
     fn cursorPosToPixels(self: *const Window, pos: glfw.Window.CursorPos) !glfw.Window.CursorPos {