diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
index 5aa195373..957b61f7f 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
@@ -1587,46 +1587,8 @@ void RSLinkClipboard::parseClipboard(QList<RetroShareLink> &links)
 {
 	// parse clipboard for links.
 	//
-	links.clear();
 	QString text = QApplication::clipboard()->text() ;
-
-	std::cerr << "Parsing clipboard:" << text.toStdString() << std::endl ;
-
-	QRegExp rx(QString("retroshare://(%1)[^\r\n]+").arg(HOST_REGEXP));
-
-	int pos = 0;
-
-	while((pos = rx.indexIn(text, pos)) != -1)
-	{
-		QString url(text.mid(pos, rx.matchedLength()));
-		RetroShareLink link(url);
-
-		if(link.valid())
-		{
-			// check that the link is not already in the list:
-			bool already = false ;
-			for (int i = 0; i <links.size(); ++i)
-				if(links[i] == link)
-				{
-					already = true ;
-					break ;
-				}
-
-			if(!already)
-			{
-				links.push_back(link) ;
-#ifdef DEBUG_RSLINK
-				std::cerr << "captured link: " << link.toString().toStdString() << std::endl ;
-#endif
-			}
-		}
-#ifdef DEBUG_RSLINK
-		else
-			std::cerr << "invalid link" << std::endl ;
-#endif
-
-		pos += rx.matchedLength();
-	}
+	parseText(text, links);
 }
 
 QString RSLinkClipboard::toString()
@@ -1690,3 +1652,46 @@ bool RSLinkClipboard::empty(RetroShareLink::enumType type /* = RetroShareLink::T
 	return RetroShareLink::process(linksToProcess, flag);
 }
 
+void RSLinkClipboard::parseText(QString text, QList<RetroShareLink> &links)
+{
+	links.clear();
+
+	std::cerr << "Parsing text:" << text.toStdString() << std::endl ;
+
+	QRegExp rx(QString("retroshare://(%1)[^\r\n]+").arg(HOST_REGEXP));
+
+	int pos = 0;
+
+	while((pos = rx.indexIn(text, pos)) != -1)
+	{
+		QString url(text.mid(pos, rx.matchedLength()));
+		RetroShareLink link(url);
+
+		if(link.valid())
+		{
+			// check that the link is not already in the list:
+			bool already = false ;
+			for (int i = 0; i <links.size(); ++i)
+				if(links[i] == link)
+				{
+					already = true ;
+					break ;
+				}
+
+			if(!already)
+			{
+				links.push_back(link) ;
+#ifdef DEBUG_RSLINK
+				std::cerr << "captured link: " << link.toString().toStdString() << std::endl ;
+#endif
+			}
+		}
+#ifdef DEBUG_RSLINK
+		else
+			std::cerr << "invalid link" << std::endl ;
+#endif
+
+		pos += rx.matchedLength();
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h
index 4020f8fcd..b4f968baa 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ class RSLinkClipboard
 		//
 		static int process(RetroShareLink::enumType type = RetroShareLink::TYPE_UNKNOWN, uint flag = RSLINK_PROCESS_NOTIFY_ALL);
 
+		static void parseText(QString text, QList<RetroShareLink> &links) ;
+
 	private:
 		static void parseClipboard(QList<RetroShareLink> &links) ;
 };
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp
index 79ae8de56..5ff657ce3 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ void MimeTextEdit::insertFromMimeData(const QMimeData* source)
 	}
 #endif
 
+	//insert retroshare links
+	QList<RetroShareLink> links;
+	RSLinkClipboard::parseText(source->text(), links);
+	if(links.size() > 0)
+	{
+		for(int i = 0; i < links.size(); ++i)
+			insertHtml(links[i].toHtml() + "<br>");
+
+		return;
+	}
+
 	return RSTextEdit::insertFromMimeData(source);
 }