diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalCore/Terminal.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalCore/Terminal.cpp
index c77ab1ab764..67a1523e99b 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalCore/Terminal.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalCore/Terminal.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ void Terminal::UpdateSettings(ICoreSettings settings)
     _trimBlockSelection = settings.TrimBlockSelection();
     _autoMarkPrompts = settings.AutoMarkPrompts();
     _rainbowSuggestions = settings.RainbowSuggestions();
+    _clipboardOperationsAllowed = settings.AllowVtClipboardWrite();
 
     if (_stateMachine)
     {
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalCore/Terminal.hpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalCore/Terminal.hpp
index 8ac499c97e2..0ff2cb1955e 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalCore/Terminal.hpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalCore/Terminal.hpp
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ class Microsoft::Terminal::Core::Terminal final :
     Microsoft::Console::Types::Viewport _mutableViewport;
     til::CoordType _scrollbackLines = 0;
     bool _detectURLs = false;
+    bool _clipboardOperationsAllowed = true;
 
     til::size _altBufferSize;
     std::optional<til::size> _deferredResize;
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalCore/TerminalApi.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalCore/TerminalApi.cpp
index e6edec3ee92..7d8a7062740 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalCore/TerminalApi.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalCore/TerminalApi.cpp
@@ -140,7 +140,10 @@ unsigned int Terminal::GetInputCodePage() const noexcept
 
 void Terminal::CopyToClipboard(wil::zwstring_view content)
 {
-    _pfnCopyToClipboard(content);
+    if (_clipboardOperationsAllowed)
+    {
+        _pfnCopyToClipboard(content);
+    }
 }
 
 // Method Description: