diff --git a/src/ExportManager.cpp b/src/ExportManager.cpp
index 03a219cd1f8c2c88091d0679e6755d2870a66135..360ad6cd9699d858f730061dfc3add609e677805 100644
--- a/src/ExportManager.cpp
+++ b/src/ExportManager.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <QRegularExpressionMatch>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QRandomGenerator>
+#include <QBuffer>
 
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 #include <KIO/ListJob>
@@ -538,7 +539,11 @@ void ExportManager::doSaveAndCopy(const QUrl &url)
 void ExportManager::doCopyToClipboard(bool notify)
 {
     auto data = new QMimeData();
-    data->setImageData(mSavePixmap.toImage());
+    QBuffer buf;
+    QByteArray fmt = "PNG";
+    QImageWriter wr(&buf, fmt);
+    wr.write(mSavePixmap.toImage());
+    data->setData(QStringLiteral("image/png"), buf.buffer());
     data->setData(QStringLiteral("x-kde-force-image-copy"), QByteArray());
     QApplication::clipboard()->setMimeData(data, QClipboard::Clipboard);
     emit imageCopied();