diff --git a/metainfo.xml b/metainfo.xml
index 9c56ae7bd5..e5e25f5dc7 100644
--- a/metainfo.xml
+++ b/metainfo.xml
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
         <ul>
           <li>Expose current profile's name through env var `CONTOUR_PROFILE` (#1637)</li>
           <li>Add terminal tabs (#90)</li>
+          <li>Add `SaveScreenshot` and `CopyScreenshot` action (#210)</li>
           <li>Add binding to exit normal mode with `Esc` (#1604)</li>
           <li>Add config option to switch into insert mode after yank (#1604)</li>
           <li>Improves window size/resize handling on HiDPI monitor settings (#1628)</li>
diff --git a/src/contour/Actions.cpp b/src/contour/Actions.cpp
index 73f2740426..5822f7397d 100644
--- a/src/contour/Actions.cpp
+++ b/src/contour/Actions.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ optional<Action> fromString(string const& name)
         mapAction<actions::ResetConfig>("ResetConfig"),
         mapAction<actions::ResetFontSize>("ResetFontSize"),
         mapAction<actions::ScreenshotVT>("ScreenshotVT"),
+        mapAction<actions::SaveScreenshot>("SaveScreenshot"),
+        mapAction<actions::CopyScreenshot>("CopyScreenshot"),
         mapAction<actions::ScrollDown>("ScrollDown"),
         mapAction<actions::ScrollMarkDown>("ScrollMarkDown"),
         mapAction<actions::ScrollMarkUp>("ScrollMarkUp"),
diff --git a/src/contour/Actions.h b/src/contour/Actions.h
index ddf5f92a9e..a50d1d0810 100644
--- a/src/contour/Actions.h
+++ b/src/contour/Actions.h
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ struct ReloadConfig{ std::optional<std::string> profileName; };
 struct ResetConfig{};
 struct ResetFontSize{};
 struct ScreenshotVT{};
+struct SaveScreenshot{};
+struct CopyScreenshot{};
 struct ScrollDown{};
 struct ScrollMarkDown{};
 struct ScrollMarkUp{};
@@ -110,6 +112,8 @@ using Action = std::variant<CancelSelection,
                             ResetConfig,
                             ResetFontSize,
                             ScreenshotVT,
+                            SaveScreenshot,
+                            CopyScreenshot,
                             ScrollDown,
                             ScrollMarkDown,
                             ScrollMarkUp,
@@ -201,6 +205,10 @@ namespace documentation
         "Resets font size to what is configured in the config file."
     };
     constexpr inline std::string_view ScreenshotVT { "Takes a screenshot in form of VT escape sequences." };
+    constexpr inline std::string_view SaveScreenshot { "Takes a screenshot and saves it into a file." };
+    constexpr inline std::string_view CopyScreenshot {
+        "takes a screenshot and puts it into the system clipboard"
+    };
     constexpr inline std::string_view ScrollDown { "Scrolls down by the multiplier factor." };
     constexpr inline std::string_view ScrollMarkDown {
         "Scrolls one mark down (if none present, bottom of the screen)"
@@ -285,6 +293,8 @@ inline auto getDocumentation()
         std::tuple { Action { ResetConfig {} }, documentation::ResetConfig },
         std::tuple { Action { ResetFontSize {} }, documentation::ResetFontSize },
         std::tuple { Action { ScreenshotVT {} }, documentation::ScreenshotVT },
+        std::tuple { Action { SaveScreenshot {} }, documentation::SaveScreenshot },
+        std::tuple { Action { CopyScreenshot {} }, documentation::CopyScreenshot },
         std::tuple { Action { ScrollDown {} }, documentation::ScrollDown },
         std::tuple { Action { ScrollMarkDown {} }, documentation::ScrollMarkDown },
         std::tuple { Action { ScrollMarkUp {} }, documentation::ScrollMarkUp },
@@ -356,6 +366,8 @@ DECLARE_ACTION_FMT(ReloadConfig)
 DECLARE_ACTION_FMT(ResetConfig)
 DECLARE_ACTION_FMT(ResetFontSize)
 DECLARE_ACTION_FMT(ScreenshotVT)
+DECLARE_ACTION_FMT(SaveScreenshot)
+DECLARE_ACTION_FMT(CopyScreenshot)
 DECLARE_ACTION_FMT(ScrollDown)
 DECLARE_ACTION_FMT(ScrollMarkDown)
 DECLARE_ACTION_FMT(ScrollMarkUp)
@@ -433,6 +445,8 @@ struct std::formatter<contour::actions::Action>: std::formatter<std::string>
         HANDLE_ACTION(ResetConfig);
         HANDLE_ACTION(ResetFontSize);
         HANDLE_ACTION(ScreenshotVT);
+        HANDLE_ACTION(CopyScreenshot);
+        HANDLE_ACTION(SaveScreenshot);
         HANDLE_ACTION(ScrollDown);
         HANDLE_ACTION(ScrollMarkDown);
         HANDLE_ACTION(ScrollMarkUp);
diff --git a/src/contour/ConfigDocumentation.h b/src/contour/ConfigDocumentation.h
index 30663d9846..ee5d6c0fb2 100644
--- a/src/contour/ConfigDocumentation.h
+++ b/src/contour/ConfigDocumentation.h
@@ -765,6 +765,8 @@ constexpr StringLiteral InputMappingsConfig {
     "it. Attention, all your current configuration will be lost due to overwrite!\n"
     "{comment} - ResetFontSize     Resets font size to what is configured in the config file.\n"
     "{comment} - ScreenshotVT      Takes a screenshot in form of VT escape sequences.\n"
+    "{comment} - SaveScreenshot    Takes a screenshot and saves it into a file.\n"
+    "{comment} - CopyScreenshot    Takes a screenshot and puts it into the system clipboard\n"
     "{comment} - ScrollDown        Scrolls down by the multiplier factor.\n"
     "{comment} - ScrollMarkDown    Scrolls one mark down (if none present, bottom of the screen)\n"
     "{comment} - ScrollMarkUp      Scrolls one mark up\n"
diff --git a/src/contour/TerminalSession.cpp b/src/contour/TerminalSession.cpp
index 5d5a6a898b..860a789007 100644
--- a/src/contour/TerminalSession.cpp
+++ b/src/contour/TerminalSession.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#include <contour/Actions.h>
 #include <contour/ContourGuiApp.h>
 #include <contour/TerminalSession.h>
 #include <contour/display/TerminalDisplay.h>
@@ -1184,6 +1185,33 @@ bool TerminalSession::operator()(actions::ScreenshotVT)
     return true;
 }
 
+bool TerminalSession::operator()(actions::SaveScreenshot)
+{
+    auto savePath =
+        app().dumpStateAtExit().value_or(crispy::app::instance()->localStateDir())
+        / fs::path(std::format("contour-screenshot-{:%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S}.png", chrono::system_clock::now()));
+
+    _display->setScreenshotOutput(savePath);
+    auto message = std::format("Saving screenshot to {}", savePath.string());
+    sessionLog()(message);
+
+    _display->post(
+        [this, message]() { emit showNotification("Screenshot", QString::fromStdString(message)); });
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool TerminalSession::operator()(actions::CopyScreenshot)
+{
+    _display->setScreenshotOutput(std::monostate {});
+    auto message = std::format("Saving screenshot to clipboard");
+    sessionLog()(message);
+
+    _display->post(
+        [this, message]() { emit showNotification("Screenshot", QString::fromStdString(message)); });
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool TerminalSession::operator()(actions::ScrollDown)
 {
     terminal().viewport().scrollDown(_profile.history.value().historyScrollMultiplier);
diff --git a/src/contour/TerminalSession.h b/src/contour/TerminalSession.h
index d31ec07fe4..0ae7d8f79b 100644
--- a/src/contour/TerminalSession.h
+++ b/src/contour/TerminalSession.h
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ class TerminalSession: public QAbstractItemModel, public vtbackend::Terminal::Ev
     bool operator()(actions::ResetConfig);
     bool operator()(actions::ResetFontSize);
     bool operator()(actions::ScreenshotVT);
+    bool operator()(actions::CopyScreenshot);
+    bool operator()(actions::SaveScreenshot);
     bool operator()(actions::ScrollDown);
     bool operator()(actions::ScrollMarkDown);
     bool operator()(actions::ScrollMarkUp);
diff --git a/src/contour/display/TerminalDisplay.cpp b/src/contour/display/TerminalDisplay.cpp
index d39ee24761..dcc5345f1b 100644
--- a/src/contour/display/TerminalDisplay.cpp
+++ b/src/contour/display/TerminalDisplay.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <string_view>
 #include <tuple>
+#include <variant>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
@@ -736,6 +737,20 @@ void TerminalDisplay::onAfterRendering()
     // We use this to schedule the next rendering frame, if needed.
     // This signal is emitted from the scene graph rendering thread
     paint();
+    if (_saveScreenshot)
+    {
+        std::visit(crispy::overloaded { [&](const std::filesystem::path& path) {
+                                           screenshot().save(QString::fromStdString(path.string()));
+                                       },
+                                        [&](std::monostate) {
+                                            if (QClipboard* clipboard = QGuiApplication::clipboard();
+                                                clipboard != nullptr)
+                                                clipboard->setImage(screenshot(), QClipboard::Clipboard);
+                                        } },
+                   _saveScreenshot.value());
+
+        _saveScreenshot = std::nullopt;
+    }
 
     if (!_state.finish())
     {
@@ -1092,6 +1107,18 @@ void TerminalDisplay::doDumpState()
     _doDumpState = true;
 }
 
+QImage TerminalDisplay::screenshot()
+{
+    _renderer->render(terminal(), _renderingPressure);
+    auto [size, image] = _renderTarget->takeScreenshot();
+
+    return QImage(image.data(),
+                  size.width.as<int>(),
+                  size.height.as<int>(),
+                  QImage::Format_RGBA8888_Premultiplied)
+        .mirrored(false, true);
+}
+
 void TerminalDisplay::doDumpStateInternal()
 {
 
@@ -1178,10 +1205,7 @@ void TerminalDisplay::doDumpStateInternal()
 
     auto screenshotFilePath = targetDir / "screenshot.png";
     displayLog()("Saving screenshot to: {}", screenshotFilePath.generic_string());
-    auto [size, image] = _renderTarget->takeScreenshot();
-    QImage(image.data(), size.width.as<int>(), size.height.as<int>(), QImage::Format_RGBA8888_Premultiplied)
-        .mirrored(false, true)
-        .save(QString::fromStdString(screenshotFilePath.string()));
+    screenshot().save(QString::fromStdString(screenshotFilePath.string()));
 }
 
 void TerminalDisplay::notify(std::string_view /*_title*/, std::string_view /*_body*/)
diff --git a/src/contour/display/TerminalDisplay.h b/src/contour/display/TerminalDisplay.h
index ed336143b0..9214e48571 100644
--- a/src/contour/display/TerminalDisplay.h
+++ b/src/contour/display/TerminalDisplay.h
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@
 #include <QtGui/QOpenGLExtraFunctions>
 #include <QtGui/QVector4D>
 #include <QtMultimedia/QMediaPlayer>
+#include <QtQml/QtQml>
 #include <QtQuick/QQuickItem>
 
-#include <QtQml>
-
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <memory>
+#include <optional>
+#include <variant>
 #if defined(CONTOUR_PERF_STATS)
     #include <atomic>
 #endif
 
-#include <memory>
-#include <optional>
-
 namespace contour::display
 {
 
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ class TerminalDisplay: public QQuickItem
     void onSelectionCompleted();
     void bufferChanged(vtbackend::ScreenType);
     void discardImage(vtbackend::Image const&);
+    void setScreenshotOutput(auto&& where) { _saveScreenshot = std::forward<decltype(where)>(where); }
     // }}}
 
     [[nodiscard]] std::optional<double> queryContentScaleOverride() const;
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ class TerminalDisplay: public QQuickItem
     // helper methods
     //
     void doDumpStateInternal();
+    QImage screenshot();
     void createRenderer();
     [[nodiscard]] QMatrix4x4 createModelMatrix() const;
     void configureScreenHooks();
@@ -274,6 +276,7 @@ class TerminalDisplay: public QQuickItem
 
     RenderStateManager _state;
     bool _doDumpState = false;
+    std::optional<std::variant<std::filesystem::path, std::monostate>> _saveScreenshot { std::nullopt };
 
     QFileSystemWatcher _filesystemWatcher;
     QMediaPlayer _mediaPlayer;