diff --git a/Windows/W32Util/Misc.cpp b/Windows/W32Util/Misc.cpp
index f3cee76da2..e3891bcc9f 100644
--- a/Windows/W32Util/Misc.cpp
+++ b/Windows/W32Util/Misc.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ namespace W32Util
 		wcscpy(lptstrCopy, wtext.c_str()); 
 		lptstrCopy[wtext.size()] = (wchar_t) 0;    // null character 
 		GlobalUnlock(hglbCopy); 
-		SetClipboardData(CF_TEXT, hglbCopy);
+		SetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT, hglbCopy);
 		CloseClipboard();
 		return TRUE;
 	}