diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
index cc7af2758..60fefc6de 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
@@ -797,13 +797,7 @@ fn initContextMenu(self: *App) void {
     const menu = c.g_menu_new();
     errdefer c.g_object_unref(menu);
 
-    {
-        const section = c.g_menu_new();
-        defer c.g_object_unref(section);
-        c.g_menu_append_section(menu, null, @ptrCast(@alignCast(section)));
-        c.g_menu_append(section, "Copy", "win.copy");
-        c.g_menu_append(section, "Paste", "win.paste");
-    }
+    createContextMenuCopyPasteSection(menu, false);
 
     {
         const section = c.g_menu_new();
@@ -823,6 +817,20 @@ fn initContextMenu(self: *App) void {
     self.context_menu = menu;
 }
 
+fn createContextMenuCopyPasteSection(menu: ?*c.GMenu, has_selection: bool) void {
+    const section = c.g_menu_new();
+    defer c.g_object_unref(section);
+    c.g_menu_prepend_section(menu, null, @ptrCast(@alignCast(section)));
+    // FIXME: Feels really hackish, but disabling sensitivity on this doesn't seems to work(?)
+    c.g_menu_append(section, "Copy", if (has_selection) "win.copy" else "noop");
+    c.g_menu_append(section, "Paste", "win.paste");
+}
+
+pub fn refreshContextMenu(self: *App, has_selection: bool) void {
+    c.g_menu_remove(self.context_menu, 0);
+    createContextMenuCopyPasteSection(self.context_menu, has_selection);
+}
+
 fn isValidAppId(app_id: [:0]const u8) bool {
     if (app_id.len > 255 or app_id.len == 0) return false;
     if (app_id[0] == '.') return false;
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig
index 4d7ff688c..390cf8c90 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig
@@ -1199,6 +1199,9 @@ fn showContextMenu(self: *Surface, x: f32, y: f32) void {
     };
 
     c.gtk_popover_set_pointing_to(@ptrCast(@alignCast(window.context_menu)), &rect);
+
+    self.app.refreshContextMenu(self.core_surface.hasSelection());
+
     c.gtk_popover_popup(@ptrCast(@alignCast(window.context_menu)));
 }