diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index 13c5c6873..0c7783df9 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -2727,6 +2727,7 @@ fn completeClipboardReadOSC52(
     const kind: u8 = switch (clipboard_type) {
         .standard => 'c',
         .selection => 's',
+        .primary => 'p',
     };
 
     // Wrap our data with the OSC code
diff --git a/src/apprt/embedded.zig b/src/apprt/embedded.zig
index a62bab5db..cf2a2dc15 100644
--- a/src/apprt/embedded.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/embedded.zig
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ pub const Surface = struct {
     ) bool {
         return switch (clipboard_type) {
             .standard => true,
-            .selection => self.app.opts.supports_selection_clipboard,
+            .selection, .primary => self.app.opts.supports_selection_clipboard,
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/src/apprt/glfw.zig b/src/apprt/glfw.zig
index a4178dfb5..53cd31c1d 100644
--- a/src/apprt/glfw.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/glfw.zig
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ pub const Surface = struct {
         // GLFW can read clipboards immediately so just do that.
         const str: [:0]const u8 = switch (clipboard_type) {
             .standard => glfw.getClipboardString() orelse return glfw.mustGetErrorCode(),
-            .selection => selection: {
+            .selection, .primary => selection: {
                 // Not supported except on Linux
                 if (comptime builtin.os.tag != .linux) break :selection "";
 
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ pub const Surface = struct {
         _ = self;
         switch (clipboard_type) {
             .standard => glfw.setClipboardString(val),
-            .selection => {
+            .selection, .primary => {
                 // Not supported except on Linux
                 if (comptime builtin.os.tag != .linux) return;
                 glfwNative.setX11SelectionString(val.ptr);
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig
index dadb8b7d8..5a7b2da0b 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ fn gtkClipboardRead(
 fn getClipboard(widget: *c.GtkWidget, clipboard: apprt.Clipboard) ?*c.GdkClipboard {
     return switch (clipboard) {
         .standard => c.gtk_widget_get_clipboard(widget),
-        .selection => c.gtk_widget_get_primary_clipboard(widget),
+        .selection, .primary => c.gtk_widget_get_primary_clipboard(widget),
     };
 }
 pub fn getCursorPos(self: *const Surface) !apprt.CursorPos {
diff --git a/src/apprt/structs.zig b/src/apprt/structs.zig
index d452bc8eb..abb062503 100644
--- a/src/apprt/structs.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/structs.zig
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ pub const IMEPos = struct {
 /// The clipboard type.
 ///
 /// If this is changed, you must also update ghostty.h
-pub const Clipboard = enum(u1) {
+pub const Clipboard = enum(u2) {
     standard = 0, // ctrl+c/v
-    selection = 1, // also known as the "primary" clipboard
+    selection = 1,
+    primary = 2,
 };
 
 pub const ClipboardRequestType = enum(u8) {
diff --git a/src/termio/Exec.zig b/src/termio/Exec.zig
index fa85c53d4..f0b2d707a 100644
--- a/src/termio/Exec.zig
+++ b/src/termio/Exec.zig
@@ -2139,6 +2139,7 @@ const StreamHandler = struct {
         const clipboard_type: apprt.Clipboard = switch (kind) {
             'c' => .standard,
             's' => .selection,
+            'p' => .primary,
             else => .standard,
         };