diff --git a/src/component/handlers/edit/editOnPaste.js b/src/component/handlers/edit/editOnPaste.js
index 1d248c85a9..d3e6cf05f7 100644
--- a/src/component/handlers/edit/editOnPaste.js
+++ b/src/component/handlers/edit/editOnPaste.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ var DataTransfer = require('DataTransfer');
 var DraftModifier = require('DraftModifier');
 var DraftPasteProcessor = require('DraftPasteProcessor');
 var EditorState = require('EditorState');
+var RichTextEditorUtil = require('RichTextEditorUtil');
 
 var getEntityKeyForSelection = require('getEntityKeyForSelection');
 var getTextContentFromFiles = require('getTextContentFromFiles');
@@ -64,8 +65,15 @@ function editOnPaste(editor: DraftEditor, e: SyntheticClipboardEvent<>): void {
             editorState.getSelection(),
           ),
         });
+        var currentBlockType = RichTextEditorUtil.getCurrentBlockType(
+          editorState,
+        );
 
-        var text = DraftPasteProcessor.processText(blocks, character);
+        var text = DraftPasteProcessor.processText(
+          blocks,
+          character,
+          currentBlockType,
+        );
         var fragment = BlockMapBuilder.createFromArray(text);
 
         var withInsertedText = DraftModifier.replaceWithFragment(
@@ -178,9 +186,12 @@ function editOnPaste(editor: DraftEditor, e: SyntheticClipboardEvent<>): void {
       ),
     });
 
+    var currentBlockType = RichTextEditorUtil.getCurrentBlockType(editorState);
+
     var textFragment = DraftPasteProcessor.processText(
       textBlocks,
       character,
+      currentBlockType,
     );
 
     var textMap = BlockMapBuilder.createFromArray(textFragment);
diff --git a/src/model/paste/DraftPasteProcessor.js b/src/model/paste/DraftPasteProcessor.js
index 0022b5dd18..f4f46550a3 100644
--- a/src/model/paste/DraftPasteProcessor.js
+++ b/src/model/paste/DraftPasteProcessor.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import type {DraftBlockRenderMap} from 'DraftBlockRenderMap';
+import type {DraftBlockType} from 'DraftBlockType';
 import type {EntityMap} from 'EntityMap';
 
 const CharacterMetadata = require('CharacterMetadata');
@@ -46,13 +47,14 @@ const DraftPasteProcessor = {
   processText(
     textBlocks: Array<string>,
     character: CharacterMetadata,
+    type: DraftBlockType,
   ): Array<ContentBlock> {
     return textBlocks.map(
       textLine => {
         textLine = sanitizeDraftText(textLine);
         return new ContentBlock({
           key: generateRandomKey(),
-          type: 'unstyled',
+          type,
           text: textLine,
           characterList: List(Repeat(character, textLine.length)),
         });