diff --git a/src/contour/Actions.h b/src/contour/Actions.h
index a5556040c7..48663f7435 100644
--- a/src/contour/Actions.h
+++ b/src/contour/Actions.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ struct OpenConfiguration{};
 struct OpenFileManager{};
 struct OpenSelection{};
 struct PasteClipboard{ bool strip = false; };
-struct PasteSelection{};
+struct PasteSelection{ bool evaluateInShell = false;};
 struct Quit{};
 struct ReloadConfig{ std::optional<std::string> profileName; };
 struct ResetConfig{};
@@ -182,7 +182,10 @@ namespace documentation
         "Pastes clipboard to standard input. Pass boolean parameter 'strip' to indicate whether or not to "
         "strip repetitive whitespaces down to one and newlines to whitespaces."
     };
-    constexpr inline std::string_view PasteSelection { "Pastes current selection to standard input." };
+    constexpr inline std::string_view PasteSelection { "Pastes current selection to standard input."
+                                                       "Option `evaluate_in_shell` specify if pasted text "
+                                                       "must be appended with linefeed and used as an input "
+                                                       "for the running shell" };
     constexpr inline std::string_view Quit { "Quits the application." };
     constexpr inline std::string_view ReloadConfig { "Forces a configuration reload." };
     constexpr inline std::string_view ResetConfig {
diff --git a/src/contour/Config.cpp b/src/contour/Config.cpp
index 303d95d880..273291d5bc 100644
--- a/src/contour/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/contour/Config.cpp
@@ -1713,6 +1713,14 @@ std::optional<actions::Action> YAMLConfigReader::parseAction(YAML::Node const& n
             }
         }
 
+        if (holds_alternative<actions::PasteSelection>(action))
+        {
+            if (auto eval = node["evaluate_in_shell"]; eval && eval.IsScalar())
+            {
+                return actions::PasteSelection { eval.as<bool>() };
+            }
+        }
+
         if (holds_alternative<actions::WriteScreen>(action))
         {
             if (auto chars = node["chars"]; chars.IsScalar())
diff --git a/src/contour/TerminalSession.cpp b/src/contour/TerminalSession.cpp
index cb3a918d9e..d4183e34dc 100644
--- a/src/contour/TerminalSession.cpp
+++ b/src/contour/TerminalSession.cpp
@@ -1126,12 +1126,15 @@ bool TerminalSession::operator()(actions::PasteClipboard paste)
     return true;
 }
 
-bool TerminalSession::operator()(actions::PasteSelection)
+bool TerminalSession::operator()(actions::PasteSelection paste)
 {
     if (QClipboard* clipboard = QGuiApplication::clipboard(); clipboard != nullptr)
     {
         string const text = normalize_crlf(clipboard->text(QClipboard::Selection));
-        terminal().sendPaste(string_view { text });
+        if (paste.evaluateInShell)
+            terminal().sendRawInput(string_view { text + "\n" });
+        else
+            terminal().sendPaste(string_view { text });
     }
 
     return true;