diff --git a/lib/codemirror.js b/lib/codemirror.js
index 1702dbe9b8d618171408fe6e725cd2e082ffc5c9..0d3b7ba5978f515e759385dc4aebd61516d98501 100644
--- a/lib/codemirror.js
+++ b/lib/codemirror.js
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@
   }
 
   function handlePaste(e, cm) {
-    var pasted = e.clipboardData && e.clipboardData.getData("text/plain");
+    var pasted = e.clipboardData && e.clipboardData.getData("Text");
     if (pasted) {
       e.preventDefault();
       if (!cm.isReadOnly() && !cm.options.disableInput)
@@ -1581,7 +1581,9 @@
       disableBrowserMagic(div, cm.options.spellcheck);
 
       on(div, "paste", function(e) {
-        if (!signalDOMEvent(cm, e)) handlePaste(e, cm);
+        if (signalDOMEvent(cm, e) || handlePaste(e, cm)) return
+        // IE doesn't fire input events, so we schedule a read for the pasted content in this way
+        if (ie_version <= 11) setTimeout(operation(cm, function() {regChange(cm);}), 20)
       })
 
       on(div, "compositionstart", function(e) {
@@ -1641,23 +1643,26 @@
             });
           }
         }
-        // iOS exposes the clipboard API, but seems to discard content inserted into it
-        if (e.clipboardData && !ios) {
-          e.preventDefault();
+        if (e.clipboardData) {
           e.clipboardData.clearData();
-          e.clipboardData.setData("text/plain", lastCopied.text.join("\n"));
-        } else {
-          // Old-fashioned briefly-focus-a-textarea hack
-          var kludge = hiddenTextarea(), te = kludge.firstChild;
-          cm.display.lineSpace.insertBefore(kludge, cm.display.lineSpace.firstChild);
-          te.value = lastCopied.text.join("\n");
-          var hadFocus = document.activeElement;
-          selectInput(te);
-          setTimeout(function() {
-            cm.display.lineSpace.removeChild(kludge);
-            hadFocus.focus();
-          }, 50);
+          var content = lastCopied.text.join("\n")
+          // iOS exposes the clipboard API, but seems to discard content inserted into it
+          e.clipboardData.setData("Text", content);
+          if (e.clipboardData.getData("Text") == content) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            return
+          }
         }
+        // Old-fashioned briefly-focus-a-textarea hack
+        var kludge = hiddenTextarea(), te = kludge.firstChild;
+        cm.display.lineSpace.insertBefore(kludge, cm.display.lineSpace.firstChild);
+        te.value = lastCopied.text.join("\n");
+        var hadFocus = document.activeElement;
+        selectInput(te);
+        setTimeout(function() {
+          cm.display.lineSpace.removeChild(kludge);
+          hadFocus.focus();
+        }, 50);
       }
       on(div, "copy", onCopyCut);
       on(div, "cut", onCopyCut);