diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index 53981eb70..6a4ae7705 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -3052,6 +3052,11 @@ pub fn performBindingAction(self: *Surface, action: input.Binding.Action) !bool
             .{ .paste = {} },
         ),
 
+        .paste_from_selection => try self.startClipboardRequest(
+            .selection,
+            .{ .paste = {} },
+        ),
+
         .increase_font_size => |delta| {
             log.debug("increase font size={}", .{delta});
 
diff --git a/src/config/Config.zig b/src/config/Config.zig
index f623f52af..8a0de7c4e 100644
--- a/src/config/Config.zig
+++ b/src/config/Config.zig
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ const c = @cImport({
 
 /// A named theme to use. The available themes are currently hardcoded to the
 /// themes that ship with Ghostty. On macOS, this list is in the `Ghostty.app/
-/// Contents/Resources/ghostty/themes` directory. On Linux, this list is in the 
+/// Contents/Resources/ghostty/themes` directory. On Linux, this list is in the
 /// `share/ghostty/themes` directory (wherever you installed the Ghostty "share"
 /// directory.
 ///
@@ -1067,6 +1067,11 @@ pub fn default(alloc_gpa: Allocator) Allocator.Error!Config {
             .{ .key = .v, .mods = mods },
             .{ .paste_from_clipboard = {} },
         );
+        try result.keybind.set.put(
+            alloc,
+            .{ .key = .insert, .mods = .{ .shift = true } },
+            .{ .paste_from_selection = {} },
+        );
     }
 
     // Fonts
diff --git a/src/input/Binding.zig b/src/input/Binding.zig
index 54ab88c91..021514903 100644
--- a/src/input/Binding.zig
+++ b/src/input/Binding.zig
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ pub const Action = union(enum) {
     /// Copy and paste.
     copy_to_clipboard: void,
     paste_from_clipboard: void,
+    paste_from_selection: void,
 
     /// Increase/decrease the font size by a certain amount.
     increase_font_size: u16,