diff --git a/chardev/char.c b/chardev/char.c
index a4ebfcc5ac209cbfd85fec86d1d92c5eccd54dcf..d959eec5229c35486ee7b9b1ce412cb65540e2e2 100644
--- a/chardev/char.c
+++ b/chardev/char.c
@@ -931,6 +931,12 @@ QemuOptsList qemu_chardev_opts = {
         },{
             .name = "logappend",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },{
+            .name = "mouse",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },{
+            .name = "clipboard",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
 #ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
         },{
             .name = "tight",
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9470fff09ab77e19f32eb20f01e5e5196c2fb0a5..676239c6970720bce1940204bca81609c555ab3f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ qom_cast_debug="yes"
 trace_backends="log"
 trace_file="trace"
 spice="$default_feature"
+spice_protocol="auto"
 rbd="auto"
 smartcard="$default_feature"
 u2f="auto"
@@ -1132,7 +1133,15 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --disable-spice) spice="no"
   ;;
-  --enable-spice) spice="yes"
+  --enable-spice)
+      spice_protocol="yes"
+      spice="yes"
+  ;;
+  --disable-spice-protocol)
+      spice_protocol="no"
+      spice="no"
+  ;;
+  --enable-spice-protocol) spice_protocol="yes"
   ;;
   --disable-libiscsi) libiscsi="disabled"
   ;;
@@ -1870,6 +1879,7 @@ disabled with --disable-FEATURE, default is enabled if available
   vhost-user-blk-server    vhost-user-blk server support
   vhost-vdpa      vhost-vdpa kernel backend support
   spice           spice
+  spice-protocol  spice-protocol
   rbd             rados block device (rbd)
   libiscsi        iscsi support
   libnfs          nfs support
@@ -4153,6 +4163,19 @@ fi
 
 ##########################################
 # spice probe
+if test "$spice_protocol" != "no" ; then
+  spice_protocol_cflags=$($pkg_config --cflags spice-protocol 2>/dev/null)
+  if $pkg_config --atleast-version=0.12.3 spice-protocol; then
+    spice_protocol="yes"
+  else
+    if test "$spice_protocol" = "yes" ; then
+      feature_not_found "spice_protocol" \
+          "Install spice-protocol(>=0.12.3) devel"
+    fi
+    spice_protocol="no"
+  fi
+fi
+
 if test "$spice" != "no" ; then
   cat > $TMPC << EOF
 #include <spice.h>
@@ -4161,13 +4184,13 @@ EOF
   spice_cflags=$($pkg_config --cflags spice-protocol spice-server 2>/dev/null)
   spice_libs=$($pkg_config --libs spice-protocol spice-server 2>/dev/null)
   if $pkg_config --atleast-version=0.12.5 spice-server && \
-     $pkg_config --atleast-version=0.12.3 spice-protocol && \
+     test "$spice_protocol" = "yes" && \
      compile_prog "$spice_cflags" "$spice_libs" ; then
     spice="yes"
   else
     if test "$spice" = "yes" ; then
       feature_not_found "spice" \
-          "Install spice-server(>=0.12.5) and spice-protocol(>=0.12.3) devel"
+          "Install spice-server(>=0.12.5) devel"
     fi
     spice="no"
   fi
@@ -5836,9 +5859,14 @@ fi
 if test "$posix_memalign" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_POSIX_MEMALIGN=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
+
+if test "$spice_protocol" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL=y" >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "SPICE_PROTOCOL_CFLAGS=$spice_protocol_cflags" >> $config_host_mak
+fi
 if test "$spice" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_SPICE=y" >> $config_host_mak
-  echo "SPICE_CFLAGS=$spice_cflags" >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "SPICE_CFLAGS=$spice_cflags $spice_protocol_cflags" >> $config_host_mak
   echo "SPICE_LIBS=$spice_libs" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 
diff --git a/docs/devel/index.rst b/docs/devel/index.rst
index 6cf7e2d2330c575d270e9bfcf22adf97f773898b..cbdbb904918221a17f7898349ae79ed427d938ec 100644
--- a/docs/devel/index.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/index.rst
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Contents:
    multi-thread-tcg
    tcg-plugins
    bitops
+   ui
    reset
    s390-dasd-ipl
    clocks
diff --git a/docs/devel/ui.rst b/docs/devel/ui.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..06c7d622ce74d6bb77e1b3bc75ccc46804e82358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/devel/ui.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+=================
+Qemu UI subsystem
+=================
+
+Qemu Clipboard
+--------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/ui/clipboard.h
diff --git a/include/ui/clipboard.h b/include/ui/clipboard.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e5bcb365ed62839f53732d16ace25ec94b9cd5bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/ui/clipboard.h
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+#ifndef QEMU_CLIPBOARD_H
+#define QEMU_CLIPBOARD_H
+
+#include "qemu/notify.h"
+
+/**
+ * DOC: Introduction
+ *
+ * The header ``ui/clipboard.h`` declares the qemu clipboard interface.
+ *
+ * All qemu elements which want use the clipboard can register as
+ * clipboard peer.  Subsequently they can set the clipboard content
+ * and get notifications for clipboard updates.
+ *
+ * Typical users are user interfaces (gtk), remote access protocols
+ * (vnc) and devices talking to the guest (vdagent).
+ *
+ * Even though the design allows different data types only plain text
+ * is supported for now.
+ */
+
+typedef enum QemuClipboardType QemuClipboardType;
+typedef enum QemuClipboardSelection QemuClipboardSelection;
+typedef struct QemuClipboardPeer QemuClipboardPeer;
+typedef struct QemuClipboardInfo QemuClipboardInfo;
+
+/**
+ * enum QemuClipboardType
+ *
+ * @QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT: text/plain; charset=utf-8
+ * @QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE__COUNT: type count.
+ */
+enum QemuClipboardType {
+    QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT,
+    QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE__COUNT,
+};
+
+/* same as VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_* */
+/**
+ * enum QemuClipboardSelection
+ *
+ * @QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD: clipboard (explitcit cut+paste).
+ * @QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_PRIMARY: primary selection (select + middle mouse button).
+ * @QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_SECONDARY: secondary selection (dunno).
+ * @QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION__COUNT: selection count.
+ */
+enum QemuClipboardSelection {
+    QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD,
+    QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_PRIMARY,
+    QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_SECONDARY,
+    QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION__COUNT,
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct QemuClipboardPeer
+ *
+ * @name: peer name.
+ * @update: notifier for clipboard updates.
+ * @request: callback for clipboard data requests.
+ *
+ * Clipboard peer description.
+ */
+struct QemuClipboardPeer {
+    const char *name;
+    Notifier update;
+    void (*request)(QemuClipboardInfo *info,
+                    QemuClipboardType type);
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct QemuClipboardInfo
+ *
+ * @refcount: reference counter.
+ * @owner: clipboard owner.
+ * @selection: clipboard selection.
+ * @types: clipboard data array (one entry per type).
+ *
+ * Clipboard content data and metadata.
+ */
+struct QemuClipboardInfo {
+    uint32_t refcount;
+    QemuClipboardPeer *owner;
+    QemuClipboardSelection selection;
+    struct {
+        bool available;
+        bool requested;
+        size_t size;
+        void *data;
+    } types[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE__COUNT];
+};
+
+/**
+ * qemu_clipboard_peer_register
+ *
+ * @peer: peer information.
+ *
+ * Register clipboard peer.  Registering is needed for both active
+ * (set+grab clipboard) and passive (watch clipboard for updates)
+ * interaction with the qemu clipboard.
+ */
+void qemu_clipboard_peer_register(QemuClipboardPeer *peer);
+
+/**
+ * qemu_clipboard_peer_unregister
+ *
+ * @peer: peer information.
+ *
+ * Unregister clipboard peer.
+ */
+void qemu_clipboard_peer_unregister(QemuClipboardPeer *peer);
+
+/**
+ * qemu_clipboard_info_new
+ *
+ * @owner: clipboard owner.
+ * @selection: clipboard selection.
+ *
+ * Allocate a new QemuClipboardInfo and initialize it with the given
+ * @owner and @selection.
+ *
+ * QemuClipboardInfo is a reference-counted struct.  The new struct is
+ * returned with a reference already taken (i.e. reference count is
+ * one).
+ */
+QemuClipboardInfo *qemu_clipboard_info_new(QemuClipboardPeer *owner,
+                                           QemuClipboardSelection selection);
+/**
+ * qemu_clipboard_info_ref
+ *
+ * @info: clipboard info.
+ *
+ * Increase @info reference count.
+ */
+QemuClipboardInfo *qemu_clipboard_info_ref(QemuClipboardInfo *info);
+
+/**
+ * qemu_clipboard_info_unref
+ *
+ * @info: clipboard info.
+ *
+ * Decrease @info reference count.  When the count goes down to zero
+ * free the @info struct itself and all clipboard data.
+ */
+void qemu_clipboard_info_unref(QemuClipboardInfo *info);
+
+/**
+ * qemu_clipboard_update
+ *
+ * @info: clipboard info.
+ *
+ * Update the qemu clipboard.  Notify all registered peers (including
+ * the clipboard owner) that the qemu clipboard has been updated.
+ *
+ * This is used for both new completely clipboard content and for
+ * clipboard data updates in response to qemu_clipboard_request()
+ * calls.
+ */
+void qemu_clipboard_update(QemuClipboardInfo *info);
+
+/**
+ * qemu_clipboard_request
+ *
+ * @info: clipboard info.
+ * @type: clipboard data type.
+ *
+ * Request clipboard content.  Typically the clipboard owner only
+ * advertises the available data types and provides the actual data
+ * only on request.
+ */
+void qemu_clipboard_request(QemuClipboardInfo *info,
+                            QemuClipboardType type);
+
+/**
+ * qemu_clipboard_set_data
+ *
+ * @peer: clipboard peer.
+ * @info: clipboard info.
+ * @type: clipboard data type.
+ * @size: data size.
+ * @data: data blob.
+ * @update: notify peers about the update.
+ *
+ * Set clipboard content for the given @type.  This function will make
+ * a copy of the content data and store that.
+ */
+void qemu_clipboard_set_data(QemuClipboardPeer *peer,
+                             QemuClipboardInfo *info,
+                             QemuClipboardType type,
+                             uint32_t size,
+                             void *data,
+                             bool update);
+
+#endif /* QEMU_CLIPBOARD_H */
diff --git a/include/ui/gtk.h b/include/ui/gtk.h
index 5ae0ad60a600297bb3b4fac8bf9ffdf3761ca246..9516670ebc8789ece56921fb33004c2d58954a34 100644
--- a/include/ui/gtk.h
+++ b/include/ui/gtk.h
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@
 #include <gdk/gdkwayland.h>
 #endif
 
+#include "ui/clipboard.h"
+#include "ui/console.h"
 #include "ui/kbd-state.h"
 #if defined(CONFIG_OPENGL)
 #include "ui/egl-helpers.h"
 #include "ui/egl-context.h"
 #endif
 
+#define MAX_VCS 10
+
 typedef struct GtkDisplayState GtkDisplayState;
 
 typedef struct VirtualGfxConsole {
@@ -83,6 +87,66 @@ typedef struct VirtualConsole {
     };
 } VirtualConsole;
 
+struct GtkDisplayState {
+    GtkWidget *window;
+
+    GtkWidget *menu_bar;
+
+    GtkAccelGroup *accel_group;
+
+    GtkWidget *machine_menu_item;
+    GtkWidget *machine_menu;
+    GtkWidget *pause_item;
+    GtkWidget *reset_item;
+    GtkWidget *powerdown_item;
+    GtkWidget *quit_item;
+
+    GtkWidget *view_menu_item;
+    GtkWidget *view_menu;
+    GtkWidget *full_screen_item;
+    GtkWidget *copy_item;
+    GtkWidget *zoom_in_item;
+    GtkWidget *zoom_out_item;
+    GtkWidget *zoom_fixed_item;
+    GtkWidget *zoom_fit_item;
+    GtkWidget *grab_item;
+    GtkWidget *grab_on_hover_item;
+
+    int nb_vcs;
+    VirtualConsole vc[MAX_VCS];
+
+    GtkWidget *show_tabs_item;
+    GtkWidget *untabify_item;
+    GtkWidget *show_menubar_item;
+
+    GtkWidget *vbox;
+    GtkWidget *notebook;
+    int button_mask;
+    gboolean last_set;
+    int last_x;
+    int last_y;
+    int grab_x_root;
+    int grab_y_root;
+    VirtualConsole *kbd_owner;
+    VirtualConsole *ptr_owner;
+
+    gboolean full_screen;
+
+    GdkCursor *null_cursor;
+    Notifier mouse_mode_notifier;
+    gboolean free_scale;
+
+    bool external_pause_update;
+
+    QemuClipboardPeer cbpeer;
+    QemuClipboardInfo *cbinfo[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION__COUNT];
+    uint32_t cbpending[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION__COUNT];
+    GtkClipboard *gtkcb[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION__COUNT];
+    bool cbowner[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION__COUNT];
+
+    DisplayOptions *opts;
+};
+
 extern bool gtk_use_gl_area;
 
 /* ui/gtk.c */
@@ -150,4 +214,7 @@ void gtk_gl_area_init(void);
 int gd_gl_area_make_current(DisplayChangeListener *dcl,
                             QEMUGLContext ctx);
 
+/* gtk-clipboard.c */
+void gd_clipboard_init(GtkDisplayState *gd);
+
 #endif /* UI_GTK_H */
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1559e8d873a76983c0a38bc7af3e9e595f911490..632b380738d3abe8d5190e7ecac33da7eafaf444 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -458,11 +458,15 @@ if 'CONFIG_LIBJACK' in config_host
 endif
 spice = not_found
 spice_headers = not_found
+spice_protocol = not_found
 if 'CONFIG_SPICE' in config_host
   spice = declare_dependency(compile_args: config_host['SPICE_CFLAGS'].split(),
                              link_args: config_host['SPICE_LIBS'].split())
   spice_headers = declare_dependency(compile_args: config_host['SPICE_CFLAGS'].split())
 endif
+if 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' in config_host
+  spice_protocol = declare_dependency(compile_args: config_host['SPICE_PROTOCOL_CFLAGS'].split())
+endif
 rt = cc.find_library('rt', required: false)
 libdl = not_found
 if 'CONFIG_PLUGIN' in config_host
diff --git a/qapi/char.json b/qapi/char.json
index 6413970fa73b0752e602fce872a28e6dba7fc635..adf2685f68890ce8dcd2e0e795041eade4a22458 100644
--- a/qapi/char.json
+++ b/qapi/char.json
@@ -390,12 +390,29 @@
   'data': { '*size': 'int' },
   'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
 
+##
+# @ChardevQemuVDAgent:
+#
+# Configuration info for qemu vdagent implementation.
+#
+# @mouse: enable/disable mouse, default is enabled.
+# @clipboard: enable/disable clipboard, default is disabled.
+#
+# Since: 6.1
+#
+##
+{ 'struct': 'ChardevQemuVDAgent',
+  'data': { '*mouse': 'bool',
+            '*clipboard': 'bool' },
+  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
+  'if': 'defined(CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL)' }
+
 ##
 # @ChardevBackend:
 #
 # Configuration info for the new chardev backend.
 #
-# Since: 1.4 (testdev since 2.2, wctablet since 2.9)
+# Since: 1.4 (testdev since 2.2, wctablet since 2.9, vdagent since 6.1)
 ##
 { 'union': 'ChardevBackend',
   'data': { 'file': 'ChardevFile',
@@ -417,6 +434,8 @@
                           'if': 'defined(CONFIG_SPICE)' },
             'spiceport': { 'type': 'ChardevSpicePort',
                            'if': 'defined(CONFIG_SPICE)' },
+            'qemu-vdagent': { 'type': 'ChardevQemuVDAgent',
+                              'if': 'defined(CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL)' },
             'vc': 'ChardevVC',
             'ringbuf': 'ChardevRingbuf',
             # next one is just for compatibility
diff --git a/ui/clipboard.c b/ui/clipboard.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..abf2b98f1f8957d888497636a02bffc85463b9ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/clipboard.c
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "ui/clipboard.h"
+
+static NotifierList clipboard_notifiers =
+    NOTIFIER_LIST_INITIALIZER(clipboard_notifiers);
+
+void qemu_clipboard_peer_register(QemuClipboardPeer *peer)
+{
+    notifier_list_add(&clipboard_notifiers, &peer->update);
+}
+
+void qemu_clipboard_peer_unregister(QemuClipboardPeer *peer)
+{
+    notifier_remove(&peer->update);
+}
+
+void qemu_clipboard_update(QemuClipboardInfo *info)
+{
+    notifier_list_notify(&clipboard_notifiers, info);
+}
+
+QemuClipboardInfo *qemu_clipboard_info_new(QemuClipboardPeer *owner,
+                                           QemuClipboardSelection selection)
+{
+    QemuClipboardInfo *info = g_new0(QemuClipboardInfo, 1);
+
+    info->owner = owner;
+    info->selection = selection;
+    info->refcount = 1;
+
+    return info;
+}
+
+QemuClipboardInfo *qemu_clipboard_info_ref(QemuClipboardInfo *info)
+{
+    info->refcount++;
+    return info;
+}
+
+void qemu_clipboard_info_unref(QemuClipboardInfo *info)
+{
+    uint32_t type;
+
+    if (!info) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    info->refcount--;
+    if (info->refcount > 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for (type = 0; type < QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE__COUNT; type++) {
+        g_free(info->types[type].data);
+    }
+    g_free(info);
+}
+
+void qemu_clipboard_request(QemuClipboardInfo *info,
+                            QemuClipboardType type)
+{
+    if (info->types[type].data ||
+        info->types[type].requested ||
+        !info->types[type].available ||
+        !info->owner)
+        return;
+
+    info->types[type].requested = true;
+    info->owner->request(info, type);
+}
+
+void qemu_clipboard_set_data(QemuClipboardPeer *peer,
+                             QemuClipboardInfo *info,
+                             QemuClipboardType type,
+                             uint32_t size,
+                             void *data,
+                             bool update)
+{
+    if (!info ||
+        info->owner != peer) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    g_free(info->types[type].data);
+    info->types[type].data = g_memdup(data, size);
+    info->types[type].size = size;
+    info->types[type].available = true;
+
+    if (update) {
+        qemu_clipboard_update(info);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ui/gtk-clipboard.c b/ui/gtk-clipboard.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bff28d203014f4bcb0ddc205e9698fcf9e472d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/gtk-clipboard.c
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+/*
+ * GTK UI -- clipboard support
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
+
+#include "ui/gtk.h"
+
+static QemuClipboardSelection gd_find_selection(GtkDisplayState *gd,
+                                                GtkClipboard *clipboard)
+{
+    QemuClipboardSelection s;
+
+    for (s = 0; s < QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION__COUNT; s++) {
+        if (gd->gtkcb[s] == clipboard) {
+            return s;
+        }
+    }
+    return QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD;
+}
+
+static void gd_clipboard_get_data(GtkClipboard     *clipboard,
+                                  GtkSelectionData *selection_data,
+                                  guint             selection_info,
+                                  gpointer          data)
+{
+    GtkDisplayState *gd = data;
+    QemuClipboardSelection s = gd_find_selection(gd, clipboard);
+    QemuClipboardType type = QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT;
+    QemuClipboardInfo *info = qemu_clipboard_info_ref(gd->cbinfo[s]);
+
+    qemu_clipboard_request(info, type);
+    while (info == gd->cbinfo[s] &&
+           info->types[type].available &&
+           info->types[type].data == NULL) {
+        main_loop_wait(false);
+    }
+
+    if (info == gd->cbinfo[s] && gd->cbowner[s]) {
+        gtk_selection_data_set_text(selection_data,
+                                    info->types[type].data,
+                                    info->types[type].size);
+    } else {
+        /* clipboard owner changed while waiting for the data */
+    }
+
+    qemu_clipboard_info_unref(info);
+}
+
+static void gd_clipboard_clear(GtkClipboard *clipboard,
+                               gpointer data)
+{
+    GtkDisplayState *gd = data;
+    QemuClipboardSelection s = gd_find_selection(gd, clipboard);
+
+    gd->cbowner[s] = false;
+}
+
+static void gd_clipboard_notify(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
+{
+    GtkDisplayState *gd = container_of(notifier, GtkDisplayState, cbpeer.update);
+    QemuClipboardInfo *info = data;
+    QemuClipboardSelection s = info->selection;
+    bool self_update = info->owner == &gd->cbpeer;
+
+    if (info != gd->cbinfo[s]) {
+        qemu_clipboard_info_unref(gd->cbinfo[s]);
+        gd->cbinfo[s] = qemu_clipboard_info_ref(info);
+        gd->cbpending[s] = 0;
+        if (!self_update) {
+            GtkTargetList *list;
+            GtkTargetEntry *targets;
+            gint n_targets;
+
+            list = gtk_target_list_new(NULL, 0);
+            if (info->types[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT].available) {
+                gtk_target_list_add_text_targets(list, 0);
+            }
+            targets = gtk_target_table_new_from_list(list, &n_targets);
+
+            gtk_clipboard_clear(gd->gtkcb[s]);
+            gd->cbowner[s] = true;
+            gtk_clipboard_set_with_data(gd->gtkcb[s],
+                                        targets, n_targets,
+                                        gd_clipboard_get_data,
+                                        gd_clipboard_clear,
+                                        gd);
+
+            gtk_target_table_free(targets, n_targets);
+            gtk_target_list_unref(list);
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (self_update) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Clipboard got updated, with data probably.  No action here, we
+     * are waiting for updates in gd_clipboard_get_data().
+     */
+}
+
+static void gd_clipboard_request(QemuClipboardInfo *info,
+                                 QemuClipboardType type)
+{
+    GtkDisplayState *gd = container_of(info->owner, GtkDisplayState, cbpeer);
+    char *text;
+
+    switch (type) {
+    case QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT:
+        text = gtk_clipboard_wait_for_text(gd->gtkcb[info->selection]);
+        if (text) {
+            qemu_clipboard_set_data(&gd->cbpeer, info, type,
+                                    strlen(text), text, true);
+            g_free(text);
+        }
+        break;
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+}
+
+static void gd_owner_change(GtkClipboard *clipboard,
+                            GdkEvent *event,
+                            gpointer data)
+{
+    GtkDisplayState *gd = data;
+    QemuClipboardSelection s = gd_find_selection(gd, clipboard);
+    QemuClipboardInfo *info;
+
+    if (gd->cbowner[s]) {
+        /* ignore notifications about our own grabs */
+        return;
+    }
+
+
+    switch (event->owner_change.reason) {
+    case GDK_SETTING_ACTION_NEW:
+        info = qemu_clipboard_info_new(&gd->cbpeer, s);
+        if (gtk_clipboard_wait_is_text_available(clipboard)) {
+            info->types[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT].available = true;
+        }
+
+        qemu_clipboard_update(info);
+        qemu_clipboard_info_unref(info);
+        break;
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+}
+
+void gd_clipboard_init(GtkDisplayState *gd)
+{
+    gd->cbpeer.name = "gtk";
+    gd->cbpeer.update.notify = gd_clipboard_notify;
+    gd->cbpeer.request = gd_clipboard_request;
+    qemu_clipboard_peer_register(&gd->cbpeer);
+
+    gd->gtkcb[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD] =
+        gtk_clipboard_get(gdk_atom_intern("CLIPBOARD", FALSE));
+    gd->gtkcb[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_PRIMARY] =
+        gtk_clipboard_get(gdk_atom_intern("PRIMARY", FALSE));
+    gd->gtkcb[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_SECONDARY] =
+        gtk_clipboard_get(gdk_atom_intern("SECONDARY", FALSE));
+
+    g_signal_connect(gd->gtkcb[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD],
+                     "owner-change", G_CALLBACK(gd_owner_change), gd);
+    g_signal_connect(gd->gtkcb[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_PRIMARY],
+                     "owner-change", G_CALLBACK(gd_owner_change), gd);
+    g_signal_connect(gd->gtkcb[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_SECONDARY],
+                     "owner-change", G_CALLBACK(gd_owner_change), gd);
+}
diff --git a/ui/gtk.c b/ui/gtk.c
index 1ea12535284a642d89700eda3f5c65821848c6d8..98046f577b9d0308a1cedae9af26f8ce35a37161 100644
--- a/ui/gtk.c
+++ b/ui/gtk.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
 #include "chardev/char.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
 
-#define MAX_VCS 10
 #define VC_WINDOW_X_MIN  320
 #define VC_WINDOW_Y_MIN  240
 #define VC_TERM_X_MIN     80
@@ -119,60 +118,6 @@
 static const guint16 *keycode_map;
 static size_t keycode_maplen;
 
-struct GtkDisplayState {
-    GtkWidget *window;
-
-    GtkWidget *menu_bar;
-
-    GtkAccelGroup *accel_group;
-
-    GtkWidget *machine_menu_item;
-    GtkWidget *machine_menu;
-    GtkWidget *pause_item;
-    GtkWidget *reset_item;
-    GtkWidget *powerdown_item;
-    GtkWidget *quit_item;
-
-    GtkWidget *view_menu_item;
-    GtkWidget *view_menu;
-    GtkWidget *full_screen_item;
-    GtkWidget *copy_item;
-    GtkWidget *zoom_in_item;
-    GtkWidget *zoom_out_item;
-    GtkWidget *zoom_fixed_item;
-    GtkWidget *zoom_fit_item;
-    GtkWidget *grab_item;
-    GtkWidget *grab_on_hover_item;
-
-    int nb_vcs;
-    VirtualConsole vc[MAX_VCS];
-
-    GtkWidget *show_tabs_item;
-    GtkWidget *untabify_item;
-    GtkWidget *show_menubar_item;
-
-    GtkWidget *vbox;
-    GtkWidget *notebook;
-    int button_mask;
-    gboolean last_set;
-    int last_x;
-    int last_y;
-    int grab_x_root;
-    int grab_y_root;
-    VirtualConsole *kbd_owner;
-    VirtualConsole *ptr_owner;
-
-    gboolean full_screen;
-
-    GdkCursor *null_cursor;
-    Notifier mouse_mode_notifier;
-    gboolean free_scale;
-
-    bool external_pause_update;
-
-    DisplayOptions *opts;
-};
-
 struct VCChardev {
     Chardev parent;
     VirtualConsole *console;
@@ -2322,6 +2267,7 @@ static void gtk_display_init(DisplayState *ds, DisplayOptions *opts)
         opts->u.gtk.grab_on_hover) {
         gtk_menu_item_activate(GTK_MENU_ITEM(s->grab_on_hover_item));
     }
+    gd_clipboard_init(s);
 }
 
 static void early_gtk_display_init(DisplayOptions *opts)
diff --git a/ui/meson.build b/ui/meson.build
index e8d3ff41b905e397ea4768b33ee8efa76d36a5c7..b5aed14886cf64f61808b8a6c1dadc4021e10922 100644
--- a/ui/meson.build
+++ b/ui/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ softmmu_ss.add(pixman)
 specific_ss.add(when: ['CONFIG_SOFTMMU'], if_true: pixman)   # for the include path
 
 softmmu_ss.add(files(
+  'clipboard.c',
   'console.c',
   'cursor.c',
   'input-keymap.c',
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ softmmu_ss.add(files(
   'qemu-pixman.c',
 ))
 softmmu_ss.add([spice_headers, files('spice-module.c')])
+softmmu_ss.add(when: spice_protocol, if_true: files('vdagent.c'))
 
 softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_LINUX', if_true: files('input-linux.c'))
 softmmu_ss.add(when: cocoa, if_true: files('cocoa.m'))
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ vnc_ss.add(files(
   'vnc-auth-vencrypt.c',
   'vnc-ws.c',
   'vnc-jobs.c',
+  'vnc-clipboard.c',
 ))
 vnc_ss.add(zlib, png, jpeg, gnutls)
 vnc_ss.add(when: sasl, if_true: files('vnc-auth-sasl.c'))
@@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ if gtk.found()
   softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_WIN32', if_true: files('win32-kbd-hook.c'))
 
   gtk_ss = ss.source_set()
-  gtk_ss.add(gtk, vte, pixman, files('gtk.c'))
+  gtk_ss.add(gtk, vte, pixman, files('gtk.c', 'gtk-clipboard.c'))
   gtk_ss.add(when: x11, if_true: files('x_keymap.c'))
   gtk_ss.add(when: [opengl, 'CONFIG_OPENGL'], if_true: files('gtk-gl-area.c'))
   gtk_ss.add(when: [x11, opengl, 'CONFIG_OPENGL'], if_true: files('gtk-egl.c'))
diff --git a/ui/spice-display.c b/ui/spice-display.c
index d22781a23d06760cb84aefb17ee834ea9341efb7..f59c69882d91bd797c18798174400093d2f13cab 100644
--- a/ui/spice-display.c
+++ b/ui/spice-display.c
@@ -561,6 +561,10 @@ static void interface_release_resource(QXLInstance *sin,
     SimpleSpiceCursor *cursor;
     QXLCommandExt *ext;
 
+    if (!rext.info) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     ext = (void *)(intptr_t)(rext.info->id);
     switch (ext->cmd.type) {
     case QXL_CMD_DRAW:
diff --git a/ui/trace-events b/ui/trace-events
index 5d1da6f23668fc44ae576c944b01c4cc34348a58..c86542e2b69b98cf80a3d956a3955753b61ed111 100644
--- a/ui/trace-events
+++ b/ui/trace-events
@@ -124,3 +124,13 @@ xkeymap_extension(const char *name) "extension '%s'"
 xkeymap_vendor(const char *name) "vendor '%s'"
 xkeymap_keycodes(const char *name) "keycodes '%s'"
 xkeymap_keymap(const char *name) "keymap '%s'"
+
+# vdagent.c
+vdagent_open(void) ""
+vdagent_close(void) ""
+vdagent_send(const char *name) "msg %s"
+vdagent_recv_chunk(uint32_t size) "size %d"
+vdagent_recv_msg(const char *name, uint32_t size) "msg %s, size %d"
+vdagent_peer_cap(const char *name) "cap %s"
+vdagent_cb_grab_selection(const char *name) "selection %s"
+vdagent_cb_grab_type(const char *name) "type %s"
diff --git a/ui/vdagent.c b/ui/vdagent.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a253a8fe63a6fa1f5fbc361530e91eb4f3656579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/vdagent.c
@@ -0,0 +1,803 @@
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "include/qemu-common.h"
+#include "chardev/char.h"
+#include "qemu/buffer.h"
+#include "qemu/option.h"
+#include "qemu/units.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-core.h"
+#include "ui/clipboard.h"
+#include "ui/console.h"
+#include "ui/input.h"
+#include "trace.h"
+
+#include "qapi/qapi-types-char.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-types-ui.h"
+
+#include "spice/vd_agent.h"
+
+#define VDAGENT_BUFFER_LIMIT (1 * MiB)
+#define VDAGENT_MOUSE_DEFAULT true
+#define VDAGENT_CLIPBOARD_DEFAULT false
+
+struct VDAgentChardev {
+    Chardev parent;
+
+    /* config */
+    bool mouse;
+    bool clipboard;
+
+    /* guest vdagent */
+    uint32_t caps;
+    VDIChunkHeader chunk;
+    uint32_t chunksize;
+    uint8_t *msgbuf;
+    uint32_t msgsize;
+    uint8_t *xbuf;
+    uint32_t xoff, xsize;
+    Buffer outbuf;
+
+    /* mouse */
+    DeviceState mouse_dev;
+    uint32_t mouse_x;
+    uint32_t mouse_y;
+    uint32_t mouse_btn;
+    uint32_t mouse_display;
+    QemuInputHandlerState *mouse_hs;
+
+    /* clipboard */
+    QemuClipboardPeer cbpeer;
+    QemuClipboardInfo *cbinfo[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION__COUNT];
+    uint32_t cbpending[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION__COUNT];
+};
+typedef struct VDAgentChardev VDAgentChardev;
+
+#define TYPE_CHARDEV_QEMU_VDAGENT "chardev-qemu-vdagent"
+
+DECLARE_INSTANCE_CHECKER(VDAgentChardev, QEMU_VDAGENT_CHARDEV,
+                         TYPE_CHARDEV_QEMU_VDAGENT);
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/* names, for debug logging                                           */
+
+static const char *cap_name[] = {
+    [VD_AGENT_CAP_MOUSE_STATE]                    = "mouse-state",
+    [VD_AGENT_CAP_MONITORS_CONFIG]                = "monitors-config",
+    [VD_AGENT_CAP_REPLY]                          = "reply",
+    [VD_AGENT_CAP_CLIPBOARD]                      = "clipboard",
+    [VD_AGENT_CAP_DISPLAY_CONFIG]                 = "display-config",
+    [VD_AGENT_CAP_CLIPBOARD_BY_DEMAND]            = "clipboard-by-demand",
+    [VD_AGENT_CAP_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION]            = "clipboard-selection",
+    [VD_AGENT_CAP_SPARSE_MONITORS_CONFIG]         = "sparse-monitors-config",
+    [VD_AGENT_CAP_GUEST_LINEEND_LF]               = "guest-lineend-lf",
+    [VD_AGENT_CAP_GUEST_LINEEND_CRLF]             = "guest-lineend-crlf",
+    [VD_AGENT_CAP_MAX_CLIPBOARD]                  = "max-clipboard",
+    [VD_AGENT_CAP_AUDIO_VOLUME_SYNC]              = "audio-volume-sync",
+    [VD_AGENT_CAP_MONITORS_CONFIG_POSITION]       = "monitors-config-position",
+    [VD_AGENT_CAP_FILE_XFER_DISABLED]             = "file-xfer-disabled",
+    [VD_AGENT_CAP_FILE_XFER_DETAILED_ERRORS]      = "file-xfer-detailed-errors",
+#if 0
+    [VD_AGENT_CAP_GRAPHICS_DEVICE_INFO]           = "graphics-device-info",
+    [VD_AGENT_CAP_CLIPBOARD_NO_RELEASE_ON_REGRAB] = "clipboard-no-release-on-regrab",
+    [VD_AGENT_CAP_CLIPBOARD_GRAB_SERIAL]          = "clipboard-grab-serial",
+#endif
+};
+
+static const char *msg_name[] = {
+    [VD_AGENT_MOUSE_STATE]           = "mouse-state",
+    [VD_AGENT_MONITORS_CONFIG]       = "monitors-config",
+    [VD_AGENT_REPLY]                 = "reply",
+    [VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD]             = "clipboard",
+    [VD_AGENT_DISPLAY_CONFIG]        = "display-config",
+    [VD_AGENT_ANNOUNCE_CAPABILITIES] = "announce-capabilities",
+    [VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_GRAB]        = "clipboard-grab",
+    [VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_REQUEST]     = "clipboard-request",
+    [VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_RELEASE]     = "clipboard-release",
+    [VD_AGENT_FILE_XFER_START]       = "file-xfer-start",
+    [VD_AGENT_FILE_XFER_STATUS]      = "file-xfer-status",
+    [VD_AGENT_FILE_XFER_DATA]        = "file-xfer-data",
+    [VD_AGENT_CLIENT_DISCONNECTED]   = "client-disconnected",
+    [VD_AGENT_MAX_CLIPBOARD]         = "max-clipboard",
+    [VD_AGENT_AUDIO_VOLUME_SYNC]     = "audio-volume-sync",
+#if 0
+    [VD_AGENT_GRAPHICS_DEVICE_INFO]  = "graphics-device-info",
+#endif
+};
+
+static const char *sel_name[] = {
+    [VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD] = "clipboard",
+    [VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_PRIMARY]   = "primary",
+    [VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_SECONDARY] = "secondary",
+};
+
+static const char *type_name[] = {
+    [VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_NONE]       = "none",
+    [VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_UTF8_TEXT]  = "text",
+    [VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_IMAGE_PNG]  = "png",
+    [VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_IMAGE_BMP]  = "bmp",
+    [VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_IMAGE_TIFF] = "tiff",
+    [VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_IMAGE_JPG]  = "jpg",
+#if 0
+    [VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_FILE_LIST]  = "files",
+#endif
+};
+
+#define GET_NAME(_m, _v) \
+    (((_v) < ARRAY_SIZE(_m) && (_m[_v])) ? (_m[_v]) : "???")
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/* send messages                                                      */
+
+static void vdagent_send_buf(VDAgentChardev *vd)
+{
+    uint32_t len;
+
+    while (!buffer_empty(&vd->outbuf)) {
+        len = qemu_chr_be_can_write(CHARDEV(vd));
+        if (len == 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (len > vd->outbuf.offset) {
+            len = vd->outbuf.offset;
+        }
+        qemu_chr_be_write(CHARDEV(vd), vd->outbuf.buffer, len);
+        buffer_advance(&vd->outbuf, len);
+    }
+}
+
+static void vdagent_send_msg(VDAgentChardev *vd, VDAgentMessage *msg)
+{
+    uint8_t *msgbuf = (void *)msg;
+    uint32_t msgsize = sizeof(VDAgentMessage) + msg->size;
+    uint32_t msgoff = 0;
+    VDIChunkHeader chunk;
+
+    trace_vdagent_send(GET_NAME(msg_name, msg->type));
+
+    msg->protocol = VD_AGENT_PROTOCOL;
+
+    if (vd->outbuf.offset + msgsize > VDAGENT_BUFFER_LIMIT) {
+        error_report("buffer full, dropping message");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    while (msgoff < msgsize) {
+        chunk.port = VDP_CLIENT_PORT;
+        chunk.size = msgsize - msgoff;
+        if (chunk.size > 1024) {
+            chunk.size = 1024;
+        }
+        buffer_reserve(&vd->outbuf, sizeof(chunk) + chunk.size);
+        buffer_append(&vd->outbuf, &chunk, sizeof(chunk));
+        buffer_append(&vd->outbuf, msgbuf + msgoff, chunk.size);
+        msgoff += chunk.size;
+    }
+    vdagent_send_buf(vd);
+}
+
+static void vdagent_send_caps(VDAgentChardev *vd)
+{
+    g_autofree VDAgentMessage *msg = g_malloc0(sizeof(VDAgentMessage) +
+                                               sizeof(VDAgentAnnounceCapabilities) +
+                                               sizeof(uint32_t));
+    VDAgentAnnounceCapabilities *caps = (void *)msg->data;
+
+    msg->type = VD_AGENT_ANNOUNCE_CAPABILITIES;
+    msg->size = sizeof(VDAgentAnnounceCapabilities) + sizeof(uint32_t);
+    if (vd->mouse) {
+        caps->caps[0] |= (1 << VD_AGENT_CAP_MOUSE_STATE);
+    }
+    if (vd->clipboard) {
+        caps->caps[0] |= (1 << VD_AGENT_CAP_CLIPBOARD_BY_DEMAND);
+        caps->caps[0] |= (1 << VD_AGENT_CAP_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION);
+    }
+
+    vdagent_send_msg(vd, msg);
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/* mouse events                                                       */
+
+static bool have_mouse(VDAgentChardev *vd)
+{
+    return vd->mouse &&
+        (vd->caps & (1 << VD_AGENT_CAP_MOUSE_STATE));
+}
+
+static void vdagent_send_mouse(VDAgentChardev *vd)
+{
+    g_autofree VDAgentMessage *msg = g_malloc0(sizeof(VDAgentMessage) +
+                                               sizeof(VDAgentMouseState));
+    VDAgentMouseState *mouse = (void *)msg->data;
+
+    msg->type = VD_AGENT_MOUSE_STATE;
+    msg->size = sizeof(VDAgentMouseState);
+
+    mouse->x          = vd->mouse_x;
+    mouse->y          = vd->mouse_y;
+    mouse->buttons    = vd->mouse_btn;
+    mouse->display_id = vd->mouse_display;
+
+    vdagent_send_msg(vd, msg);
+}
+
+static void vdagent_pointer_event(DeviceState *dev, QemuConsole *src,
+                                  InputEvent *evt)
+{
+    static const int bmap[INPUT_BUTTON__MAX] = {
+        [INPUT_BUTTON_LEFT]        = VD_AGENT_LBUTTON_MASK,
+        [INPUT_BUTTON_RIGHT]       = VD_AGENT_RBUTTON_MASK,
+        [INPUT_BUTTON_MIDDLE]      = VD_AGENT_MBUTTON_MASK,
+        [INPUT_BUTTON_WHEEL_UP]    = VD_AGENT_UBUTTON_MASK,
+        [INPUT_BUTTON_WHEEL_DOWN]  = VD_AGENT_DBUTTON_MASK,
+#ifdef VD_AGENT_EBUTTON_MASK
+        [INPUT_BUTTON_SIDE]        = VD_AGENT_SBUTTON_MASK,
+        [INPUT_BUTTON_EXTRA]       = VD_AGENT_EBUTTON_MASK,
+#endif
+    };
+
+    VDAgentChardev *vd = container_of(dev, struct VDAgentChardev, mouse_dev);
+    InputMoveEvent *move;
+    InputBtnEvent *btn;
+    uint32_t xres, yres;
+
+    switch (evt->type) {
+    case INPUT_EVENT_KIND_ABS:
+        move = evt->u.abs.data;
+        xres = qemu_console_get_width(src, 1024);
+        yres = qemu_console_get_height(src, 768);
+        if (move->axis == INPUT_AXIS_X) {
+            vd->mouse_x = qemu_input_scale_axis(move->value,
+                                                INPUT_EVENT_ABS_MIN,
+                                                INPUT_EVENT_ABS_MAX,
+                                                0, xres);
+        } else if (move->axis == INPUT_AXIS_Y) {
+            vd->mouse_y = qemu_input_scale_axis(move->value,
+                                                INPUT_EVENT_ABS_MIN,
+                                                INPUT_EVENT_ABS_MAX,
+                                                0, yres);
+        }
+        vd->mouse_display = qemu_console_get_index(src);
+        break;
+
+    case INPUT_EVENT_KIND_BTN:
+        btn = evt->u.btn.data;
+        if (btn->down) {
+            vd->mouse_btn |= bmap[btn->button];
+        } else {
+            vd->mouse_btn &= ~bmap[btn->button];
+        }
+        break;
+
+    default:
+        /* keep gcc happy */
+        break;
+    }
+}
+
+static void vdagent_pointer_sync(DeviceState *dev)
+{
+    VDAgentChardev *vd = container_of(dev, struct VDAgentChardev, mouse_dev);
+
+    if (vd->caps & (1 << VD_AGENT_CAP_MOUSE_STATE)) {
+        vdagent_send_mouse(vd);
+    }
+}
+
+static QemuInputHandler vdagent_mouse_handler = {
+    .name  = "vdagent mouse",
+    .mask  = INPUT_EVENT_MASK_BTN | INPUT_EVENT_MASK_ABS,
+    .event = vdagent_pointer_event,
+    .sync  = vdagent_pointer_sync,
+};
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/* clipboard                                                          */
+
+static bool have_clipboard(VDAgentChardev *vd)
+{
+    return vd->clipboard &&
+        (vd->caps & (1 << VD_AGENT_CAP_CLIPBOARD_BY_DEMAND));
+}
+
+static bool have_selection(VDAgentChardev *vd)
+{
+    return vd->caps & (1 << VD_AGENT_CAP_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION);
+}
+
+static uint32_t type_qemu_to_vdagent(enum QemuClipboardType type)
+{
+    switch (type) {
+    case QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT:
+        return VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_UTF8_TEXT;
+    default:
+        return VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_NONE;
+    }
+}
+
+static void vdagent_send_clipboard_grab(VDAgentChardev *vd,
+                                        QemuClipboardInfo *info)
+{
+    g_autofree VDAgentMessage *msg =
+        g_malloc0(sizeof(VDAgentMessage) +
+                  sizeof(uint32_t) * (QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE__COUNT + 1));
+    uint8_t *s = msg->data;
+    uint32_t *data = (uint32_t *)msg->data;
+    uint32_t q, type;
+
+    if (have_selection(vd)) {
+        *s = info->selection;
+        data++;
+        msg->size += sizeof(uint32_t);
+    } else if (info->selection != QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for (q = 0; q < QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE__COUNT; q++) {
+        type = type_qemu_to_vdagent(q);
+        if (type != VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_NONE && info->types[q].available) {
+            *data = type;
+            data++;
+            msg->size += sizeof(uint32_t);
+        }
+    }
+
+    msg->type = VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_GRAB;
+    vdagent_send_msg(vd, msg);
+}
+
+static void vdagent_send_clipboard_data(VDAgentChardev *vd,
+                                        QemuClipboardInfo *info,
+                                        QemuClipboardType type)
+{
+    g_autofree VDAgentMessage *msg = g_malloc0(sizeof(VDAgentMessage) +
+                                               sizeof(uint32_t) * 2 +
+                                               info->types[type].size);
+
+    uint8_t *s = msg->data;
+    uint32_t *data = (uint32_t *)msg->data;
+
+    if (have_selection(vd)) {
+        *s = info->selection;
+        data++;
+        msg->size += sizeof(uint32_t);
+    } else if (info->selection != QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    *data = type_qemu_to_vdagent(type);
+    data++;
+    msg->size += sizeof(uint32_t);
+
+    memcpy(data, info->types[type].data, info->types[type].size);
+    msg->size += info->types[type].size;
+
+    msg->type = VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD;
+    vdagent_send_msg(vd, msg);
+}
+
+static void vdagent_clipboard_notify(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
+{
+    VDAgentChardev *vd = container_of(notifier, VDAgentChardev, cbpeer.update);
+    QemuClipboardInfo *info = data;
+    QemuClipboardSelection s = info->selection;
+    QemuClipboardType type;
+    bool self_update = info->owner == &vd->cbpeer;
+
+    if (info != vd->cbinfo[s]) {
+        qemu_clipboard_info_unref(vd->cbinfo[s]);
+        vd->cbinfo[s] = qemu_clipboard_info_ref(info);
+        vd->cbpending[s] = 0;
+        if (!self_update) {
+            vdagent_send_clipboard_grab(vd, info);
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (self_update) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for (type = 0; type < QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE__COUNT; type++) {
+        if (vd->cbpending[s] & (1 << type)) {
+            vd->cbpending[s] &= ~(1 << type);
+            vdagent_send_clipboard_data(vd, info, type);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void vdagent_clipboard_request(QemuClipboardInfo *info,
+                                      QemuClipboardType qtype)
+{
+    VDAgentChardev *vd = container_of(info->owner, VDAgentChardev, cbpeer);
+    g_autofree VDAgentMessage *msg = g_malloc0(sizeof(VDAgentMessage) +
+                                               sizeof(uint32_t) * 2);
+    uint32_t type = type_qemu_to_vdagent(qtype);
+    uint8_t *s = msg->data;
+    uint32_t *data = (uint32_t *)msg->data;
+
+    if (type == VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_NONE) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (have_selection(vd)) {
+        *s = info->selection;
+        data++;
+        msg->size += sizeof(uint32_t);
+    }
+
+    *data = type;
+    msg->size += sizeof(uint32_t);
+
+    msg->type = VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_REQUEST;
+    vdagent_send_msg(vd, msg);
+}
+
+static void vdagent_chr_recv_clipboard(VDAgentChardev *vd, VDAgentMessage *msg)
+{
+    uint8_t s = VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD;
+    uint32_t size = msg->size;
+    void *data = msg->data;
+    QemuClipboardInfo *info;
+    QemuClipboardType type;
+
+    if (have_selection(vd)) {
+        if (size < 4) {
+            return;
+        }
+        s = *(uint8_t *)data;
+        if (s >= QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION__COUNT) {
+            return;
+        }
+        data += 4;
+        size -= 4;
+    }
+
+    switch (msg->type) {
+    case VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_GRAB:
+        trace_vdagent_cb_grab_selection(GET_NAME(sel_name, s));
+        info = qemu_clipboard_info_new(&vd->cbpeer, s);
+        if (size > sizeof(uint32_t) * 10) {
+            /*
+             * spice has 6 types as of 2021. Limiting to 10 entries
+             * so we we have some wiggle room.
+             */
+            return;
+        }
+        while (size >= sizeof(uint32_t)) {
+            trace_vdagent_cb_grab_type(GET_NAME(type_name, *(uint32_t *)data));
+            switch (*(uint32_t *)data) {
+            case VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_UTF8_TEXT:
+                info->types[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT].available = true;
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+            }
+            data += sizeof(uint32_t);
+            size -= sizeof(uint32_t);
+        }
+        qemu_clipboard_update(info);
+        qemu_clipboard_info_unref(info);
+        break;
+    case VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_REQUEST:
+        if (size < sizeof(uint32_t)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        switch (*(uint32_t *)data) {
+        case VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_UTF8_TEXT:
+            type = QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT;
+            break;
+        default:
+            return;
+        }
+        if (vd->cbinfo[s] &&
+            vd->cbinfo[s]->types[type].available &&
+            vd->cbinfo[s]->owner != &vd->cbpeer) {
+            if (vd->cbinfo[s]->types[type].data) {
+                vdagent_send_clipboard_data(vd, vd->cbinfo[s], type);
+            } else {
+                vd->cbpending[s] |= (1 << type);
+                qemu_clipboard_request(vd->cbinfo[s], type);
+            }
+        }
+        break;
+    case VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD: /* data */
+        if (size < sizeof(uint32_t)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        switch (*(uint32_t *)data) {
+        case VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_UTF8_TEXT:
+            type = QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT;
+            break;
+        default:
+            return;
+        }
+        data += 4;
+        size -= 4;
+        qemu_clipboard_set_data(&vd->cbpeer, vd->cbinfo[s], type,
+                                size, data, true);
+        break;
+    case VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_RELEASE: /* data */
+        if (vd->cbinfo[s] &&
+            vd->cbinfo[s]->owner == &vd->cbpeer) {
+            /* set empty clipboard info */
+            info = qemu_clipboard_info_new(NULL, s);
+            qemu_clipboard_update(info);
+            qemu_clipboard_info_unref(info);
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/* chardev backend                                                    */
+
+static void vdagent_chr_open(Chardev *chr,
+                             ChardevBackend *backend,
+                             bool *be_opened,
+                             Error **errp)
+{
+    VDAgentChardev *vd = QEMU_VDAGENT_CHARDEV(chr);
+    ChardevQemuVDAgent *cfg = backend->u.qemu_vdagent.data;
+
+#if defined(HOST_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+    /*
+     * TODO: vdagent protocol is defined to be LE,
+     * so we have to byteswap everything on BE hosts.
+     */
+    error_setg(errp, "vdagent is not supported on bigendian hosts");
+    return;
+#endif
+
+    vd->mouse = VDAGENT_MOUSE_DEFAULT;
+    if (cfg->has_mouse) {
+        vd->mouse = cfg->mouse;
+    }
+
+    vd->clipboard = VDAGENT_CLIPBOARD_DEFAULT;
+    if (cfg->has_clipboard) {
+        vd->clipboard = cfg->clipboard;
+    }
+
+    if (vd->mouse) {
+        vd->mouse_hs = qemu_input_handler_register(&vd->mouse_dev,
+                                                   &vdagent_mouse_handler);
+    }
+
+    *be_opened = true;
+}
+
+static void vdagent_chr_recv_caps(VDAgentChardev *vd, VDAgentMessage *msg)
+{
+    VDAgentAnnounceCapabilities *caps = (void *)msg->data;
+    int i;
+
+    if (msg->size < (sizeof(VDAgentAnnounceCapabilities) +
+                     sizeof(uint32_t))) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(cap_name); i++) {
+        if (caps->caps[0] & (1 << i)) {
+            trace_vdagent_peer_cap(GET_NAME(cap_name, i));
+        }
+    }
+
+    vd->caps = caps->caps[0];
+    if (caps->request) {
+        vdagent_send_caps(vd);
+    }
+    if (have_mouse(vd) && vd->mouse_hs) {
+        qemu_input_handler_activate(vd->mouse_hs);
+    }
+    if (have_clipboard(vd) && vd->cbpeer.update.notify == NULL) {
+        vd->cbpeer.name = "vdagent";
+        vd->cbpeer.update.notify = vdagent_clipboard_notify;
+        vd->cbpeer.request = vdagent_clipboard_request;
+        qemu_clipboard_peer_register(&vd->cbpeer);
+    }
+}
+
+static void vdagent_chr_recv_msg(VDAgentChardev *vd, VDAgentMessage *msg)
+{
+    trace_vdagent_recv_msg(GET_NAME(msg_name, msg->type), msg->size);
+
+    switch (msg->type) {
+    case VD_AGENT_ANNOUNCE_CAPABILITIES:
+        vdagent_chr_recv_caps(vd, msg);
+        break;
+    case VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD:
+    case VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_GRAB:
+    case VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_REQUEST:
+    case VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_RELEASE:
+        if (have_clipboard(vd)) {
+            vdagent_chr_recv_clipboard(vd, msg);
+        }
+        break;
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+}
+
+static void vdagent_reset_xbuf(VDAgentChardev *vd)
+{
+    g_clear_pointer(&vd->xbuf, g_free);
+    vd->xoff = 0;
+    vd->xsize = 0;
+}
+
+static void vdagent_chr_recv_chunk(VDAgentChardev *vd)
+{
+    VDAgentMessage *msg = (void *)vd->msgbuf;
+
+    if (!vd->xsize) {
+        if (vd->msgsize < sizeof(*msg)) {
+            error_report("%s: message too small: %d < %zd", __func__,
+                         vd->msgsize, sizeof(*msg));
+            return;
+        }
+        if (vd->msgsize == msg->size + sizeof(*msg)) {
+            vdagent_chr_recv_msg(vd, msg);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!vd->xsize) {
+        vd->xsize = msg->size + sizeof(*msg);
+        vd->xbuf = g_malloc0(vd->xsize);
+    }
+
+    if (vd->xoff + vd->msgsize > vd->xsize) {
+        error_report("%s: Oops: %d+%d > %d", __func__,
+                     vd->xoff, vd->msgsize, vd->xsize);
+        vdagent_reset_xbuf(vd);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    memcpy(vd->xbuf + vd->xoff, vd->msgbuf, vd->msgsize);
+    vd->xoff += vd->msgsize;
+    if (vd->xoff < vd->xsize) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    msg = (void *)vd->xbuf;
+    vdagent_chr_recv_msg(vd, msg);
+    vdagent_reset_xbuf(vd);
+}
+
+static void vdagent_reset_bufs(VDAgentChardev *vd)
+{
+    memset(&vd->chunk, 0, sizeof(vd->chunk));
+    vd->chunksize = 0;
+    g_free(vd->msgbuf);
+    vd->msgbuf = NULL;
+    vd->msgsize = 0;
+}
+
+static int vdagent_chr_write(Chardev *chr, const uint8_t *buf, int len)
+{
+    VDAgentChardev *vd = QEMU_VDAGENT_CHARDEV(chr);
+    uint32_t copy, ret = len;
+
+    while (len) {
+        if (vd->chunksize < sizeof(vd->chunk)) {
+            copy = sizeof(vd->chunk) - vd->chunksize;
+            if (copy > len) {
+                copy = len;
+            }
+            memcpy((void *)(&vd->chunk) + vd->chunksize, buf, copy);
+            vd->chunksize += copy;
+            buf += copy;
+            len -= copy;
+            if (vd->chunksize < sizeof(vd->chunk)) {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            assert(vd->msgbuf == NULL);
+            vd->msgbuf = g_malloc0(vd->chunk.size);
+        }
+
+        copy = vd->chunk.size - vd->msgsize;
+        if (copy > len) {
+            copy = len;
+        }
+        memcpy(vd->msgbuf + vd->msgsize, buf, copy);
+        vd->msgsize += copy;
+        buf += copy;
+        len -= copy;
+
+        if (vd->msgsize == vd->chunk.size) {
+            trace_vdagent_recv_chunk(vd->chunk.size);
+            vdagent_chr_recv_chunk(vd);
+            vdagent_reset_bufs(vd);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static void vdagent_chr_accept_input(Chardev *chr)
+{
+    VDAgentChardev *vd = QEMU_VDAGENT_CHARDEV(chr);
+
+    vdagent_send_buf(vd);
+}
+
+static void vdagent_chr_set_fe_open(struct Chardev *chr, int fe_open)
+{
+    VDAgentChardev *vd = QEMU_VDAGENT_CHARDEV(chr);
+
+    if (!fe_open) {
+        trace_vdagent_close();
+        /* reset state */
+        vdagent_reset_bufs(vd);
+        vd->caps = 0;
+        if (vd->mouse_hs) {
+            qemu_input_handler_deactivate(vd->mouse_hs);
+        }
+        if (vd->cbpeer.update.notify) {
+            qemu_clipboard_peer_unregister(&vd->cbpeer);
+            memset(&vd->cbpeer, 0, sizeof(vd->cbpeer));
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    trace_vdagent_open();
+}
+
+static void vdagent_chr_parse(QemuOpts *opts, ChardevBackend *backend,
+                              Error **errp)
+{
+    ChardevQemuVDAgent *cfg;
+
+    backend->type = CHARDEV_BACKEND_KIND_QEMU_VDAGENT;
+    cfg = backend->u.qemu_vdagent.data = g_new0(ChardevQemuVDAgent, 1);
+    qemu_chr_parse_common(opts, qapi_ChardevQemuVDAgent_base(cfg));
+    cfg->has_mouse = true;
+    cfg->mouse = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "mouse", VDAGENT_MOUSE_DEFAULT);
+    cfg->has_clipboard = true;
+    cfg->clipboard = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "clipboard", VDAGENT_CLIPBOARD_DEFAULT);
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+static void vdagent_chr_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
+{
+    ChardevClass *cc = CHARDEV_CLASS(oc);
+
+    cc->parse            = vdagent_chr_parse;
+    cc->open             = vdagent_chr_open;
+    cc->chr_write        = vdagent_chr_write;
+    cc->chr_set_fe_open  = vdagent_chr_set_fe_open;
+    cc->chr_accept_input = vdagent_chr_accept_input;
+}
+
+static void vdagent_chr_init(Object *obj)
+{
+    VDAgentChardev *vd = QEMU_VDAGENT_CHARDEV(obj);
+
+    buffer_init(&vd->outbuf, "vdagent-outbuf");
+}
+
+static void vdagent_chr_fini(Object *obj)
+{
+    VDAgentChardev *vd = QEMU_VDAGENT_CHARDEV(obj);
+
+    buffer_free(&vd->outbuf);
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo vdagent_chr_type_info = {
+    .name = TYPE_CHARDEV_QEMU_VDAGENT,
+    .parent = TYPE_CHARDEV,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(VDAgentChardev),
+    .instance_init = vdagent_chr_init,
+    .instance_finalize = vdagent_chr_fini,
+    .class_init = vdagent_chr_class_init,
+};
+
+static void register_types(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&vdagent_chr_type_info);
+}
+
+type_init(register_types);
diff --git a/ui/vnc-clipboard.c b/ui/vnc-clipboard.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9f077965d0562d5b112e31ce424a1773388507d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/vnc-clipboard.c
@@ -0,0 +1,323 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU VNC display driver -- clipboard support
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "vnc.h"
+#include "vnc-jobs.h"
+
+static uint8_t *inflate_buffer(uint8_t *in, uint32_t in_len, uint32_t *size)
+{
+    z_stream stream = {
+        .next_in  = in,
+        .avail_in = in_len,
+        .zalloc   = Z_NULL,
+        .zfree    = Z_NULL,
+    };
+    uint32_t out_len = 8;
+    uint8_t *out = g_malloc(out_len);
+    int ret;
+
+    stream.next_out = out + stream.total_out;
+    stream.avail_out = out_len - stream.total_out;
+
+    ret = inflateInit(&stream);
+    if (ret != Z_OK) {
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    while (stream.avail_in) {
+        ret = inflate(&stream, Z_FINISH);
+        switch (ret) {
+        case Z_OK:
+        case Z_STREAM_END:
+            break;
+        case Z_BUF_ERROR:
+            out_len <<= 1;
+            if (out_len > (1 << 20)) {
+                goto err_end;
+            }
+            out = g_realloc(out, out_len);
+            stream.next_out = out + stream.total_out;
+            stream.avail_out = out_len - stream.total_out;
+            break;
+        default:
+            goto err_end;
+        }
+    }
+
+    *size = stream.total_out;
+    inflateEnd(&stream);
+
+    return out;
+
+err_end:
+    inflateEnd(&stream);
+err:
+    g_free(out);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static uint8_t *deflate_buffer(uint8_t *in, uint32_t in_len, uint32_t *size)
+{
+    z_stream stream = {
+        .next_in  = in,
+        .avail_in = in_len,
+        .zalloc   = Z_NULL,
+        .zfree    = Z_NULL,
+    };
+    uint32_t out_len = 8;
+    uint8_t *out = g_malloc(out_len);
+    int ret;
+
+    stream.next_out = out + stream.total_out;
+    stream.avail_out = out_len - stream.total_out;
+
+    ret = deflateInit(&stream, Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION);
+    if (ret != Z_OK) {
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    while (ret != Z_STREAM_END) {
+        ret = deflate(&stream, Z_FINISH);
+        switch (ret) {
+        case Z_OK:
+        case Z_STREAM_END:
+            break;
+        case Z_BUF_ERROR:
+            out_len <<= 1;
+            if (out_len > (1 << 20)) {
+                goto err_end;
+            }
+            out = g_realloc(out, out_len);
+            stream.next_out = out + stream.total_out;
+            stream.avail_out = out_len - stream.total_out;
+            break;
+        default:
+            goto err_end;
+        }
+    }
+
+    *size = stream.total_out;
+    deflateEnd(&stream);
+
+    return out;
+
+err_end:
+    deflateEnd(&stream);
+err:
+    g_free(out);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static void vnc_clipboard_send(VncState *vs, uint32_t count, uint32_t *dwords)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    vnc_lock_output(vs);
+    vnc_write_u8(vs, VNC_MSG_SERVER_CUT_TEXT);
+    vnc_write_u8(vs, 0);
+    vnc_write_u8(vs, 0);
+    vnc_write_u8(vs, 0);
+    vnc_write_s32(vs, -(count * sizeof(uint32_t)));  /* -(message length) */
+    for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+        vnc_write_u32(vs, dwords[i]);
+    }
+    vnc_unlock_output(vs);
+    vnc_flush(vs);
+}
+
+static void vnc_clipboard_provide(VncState *vs,
+                                  QemuClipboardInfo *info,
+                                  QemuClipboardType type)
+{
+    uint32_t flags = 0;
+    g_autofree uint8_t *buf = NULL;
+    g_autofree void *zbuf = NULL;
+    uint32_t zsize;
+
+    switch (type) {
+    case QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT:
+        flags |= VNC_CLIPBOARD_TEXT;
+        break;
+    default:
+        return;
+    }
+    flags |= VNC_CLIPBOARD_PROVIDE;
+
+    buf = g_malloc(info->types[type].size + 4);
+    buf[0] = (info->types[type].size >> 24) & 0xff;
+    buf[1] = (info->types[type].size >> 16) & 0xff;
+    buf[2] = (info->types[type].size >>  8) & 0xff;
+    buf[3] = (info->types[type].size >>  0) & 0xff;
+    memcpy(buf + 4, info->types[type].data, info->types[type].size);
+    zbuf = deflate_buffer(buf, info->types[type].size + 4, &zsize);
+    if (!zbuf) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    vnc_lock_output(vs);
+    vnc_write_u8(vs, VNC_MSG_SERVER_CUT_TEXT);
+    vnc_write_u8(vs, 0);
+    vnc_write_u8(vs, 0);
+    vnc_write_u8(vs, 0);
+    vnc_write_s32(vs, -(sizeof(uint32_t) + zsize));  /* -(message length) */
+    vnc_write_u32(vs, flags);
+    vnc_write(vs, zbuf, zsize);
+    vnc_unlock_output(vs);
+    vnc_flush(vs);
+}
+
+static void vnc_clipboard_notify(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
+{
+    VncState *vs = container_of(notifier, VncState, cbpeer.update);
+    QemuClipboardInfo *info = data;
+    QemuClipboardType type;
+    bool self_update = info->owner == &vs->cbpeer;
+    uint32_t flags = 0;
+
+    if (info != vs->cbinfo) {
+        qemu_clipboard_info_unref(vs->cbinfo);
+        vs->cbinfo = qemu_clipboard_info_ref(info);
+        vs->cbpending = 0;
+        if (!self_update) {
+            if (info->types[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT].available) {
+                flags |= VNC_CLIPBOARD_TEXT;
+            }
+            flags |= VNC_CLIPBOARD_NOTIFY;
+            vnc_clipboard_send(vs, 1, &flags);
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (self_update) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for (type = 0; type < QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE__COUNT; type++) {
+        if (vs->cbpending & (1 << type)) {
+            vs->cbpending &= ~(1 << type);
+            vnc_clipboard_provide(vs, info, type);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void vnc_clipboard_request(QemuClipboardInfo *info,
+                                  QemuClipboardType type)
+{
+    VncState *vs = container_of(info->owner, VncState, cbpeer);
+    uint32_t flags = 0;
+
+    if (type == QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT) {
+        flags |= VNC_CLIPBOARD_TEXT;
+    }
+    if (!flags) {
+        return;
+    }
+    flags |= VNC_CLIPBOARD_REQUEST;
+
+    vnc_clipboard_send(vs, 1, &flags);
+}
+
+void vnc_client_cut_text_ext(VncState *vs, int32_t len, uint32_t flags, uint8_t *data)
+{
+    if (flags & VNC_CLIPBOARD_CAPS) {
+        /* need store caps somewhere ? */
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (flags & VNC_CLIPBOARD_NOTIFY) {
+        QemuClipboardInfo *info =
+            qemu_clipboard_info_new(&vs->cbpeer, QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD);
+        if (flags & VNC_CLIPBOARD_TEXT) {
+            info->types[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT].available = true;
+        }
+        qemu_clipboard_update(info);
+        qemu_clipboard_info_unref(info);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (flags & VNC_CLIPBOARD_PROVIDE &&
+        vs->cbinfo &&
+        vs->cbinfo->owner == &vs->cbpeer) {
+        uint32_t size = 0;
+        g_autofree uint8_t *buf = inflate_buffer(data, len - 4, &size);
+        if ((flags & VNC_CLIPBOARD_TEXT) &&
+            buf && size >= 4) {
+            uint32_t tsize = read_u32(buf, 0);
+            uint8_t *tbuf = buf + 4;
+            if (tsize < size) {
+                qemu_clipboard_set_data(&vs->cbpeer, vs->cbinfo,
+                                        QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT,
+                                        tsize, tbuf, true);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (flags & VNC_CLIPBOARD_REQUEST &&
+        vs->cbinfo &&
+        vs->cbinfo->owner != &vs->cbpeer) {
+        if ((flags & VNC_CLIPBOARD_TEXT) &&
+            vs->cbinfo->types[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT].available) {
+            if (vs->cbinfo->types[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT].data) {
+                vnc_clipboard_provide(vs, vs->cbinfo, QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT);
+            } else {
+                vs->cbpending |= (1 << QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT);
+                qemu_clipboard_request(vs->cbinfo, QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void vnc_client_cut_text(VncState *vs, size_t len, uint8_t *text)
+{
+    QemuClipboardInfo *info =
+        qemu_clipboard_info_new(&vs->cbpeer, QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD);
+
+    qemu_clipboard_set_data(&vs->cbpeer, info, QEMU_CLIPBOARD_TYPE_TEXT,
+                            len, text, true);
+    qemu_clipboard_info_unref(info);
+}
+
+void vnc_server_cut_text_caps(VncState *vs)
+{
+    uint32_t caps[2];
+
+    if (!vnc_has_feature(vs, VNC_FEATURE_CLIPBOARD_EXT)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    caps[0] = (VNC_CLIPBOARD_PROVIDE |
+               VNC_CLIPBOARD_NOTIFY  |
+               VNC_CLIPBOARD_REQUEST |
+               VNC_CLIPBOARD_CAPS    |
+               VNC_CLIPBOARD_TEXT);
+    caps[1] = 0;
+    vnc_clipboard_send(vs, 2, caps);
+
+    vs->cbpeer.name = "vnc";
+    vs->cbpeer.update.notify = vnc_clipboard_notify;
+    vs->cbpeer.request = vnc_clipboard_request;
+    qemu_clipboard_peer_register(&vs->cbpeer);
+}
diff --git a/ui/vnc.c b/ui/vnc.c
index 456db47d713db01b695693291dcff9e8ce25ff49..b3d4d7b9a5f5010fdb52f4c13707824880035120 100644
--- a/ui/vnc.c
+++ b/ui/vnc.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "vnc.h"
 #include "vnc-jobs.h"
 #include "trace.h"
@@ -596,7 +597,7 @@ bool vnc_display_reload_certs(const char *id, Error **errp)
     }
 
     if (!vd->tlscreds) {
-        error_setg(errp, "vnc tls is not enable");
+        error_setg(errp, "vnc tls is not enabled");
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -1352,6 +1353,9 @@ void vnc_disconnect_finish(VncState *vs)
         /* last client gone */
         vnc_update_server_surface(vs->vd);
     }
+    if (vs->cbpeer.update.notify) {
+        qemu_clipboard_peer_unregister(&vs->cbpeer);
+    }
 
     vnc_unlock_output(vs);
 
@@ -1777,10 +1781,6 @@ uint32_t read_u32(uint8_t *data, size_t offset)
             (data[offset + 2] << 8) | data[offset + 3]);
 }
 
-static void client_cut_text(VncState *vs, size_t len, uint8_t *text)
-{
-}
-
 static void check_pointer_type_change(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
 {
     VncState *vs = container_of(notifier, VncState, mouse_mode_notifier);
@@ -2222,6 +2222,10 @@ static void set_encodings(VncState *vs, int32_t *encodings, size_t n_encodings)
                 send_xvp_message(vs, VNC_XVP_CODE_INIT);
             }
             break;
+        case VNC_ENCODING_CLIPBOARD_EXT:
+            vs->features |= VNC_FEATURE_CLIPBOARD_EXT_MASK;
+            vnc_server_cut_text_caps(vs);
+            break;
         case VNC_ENCODING_COMPRESSLEVEL0 ... VNC_ENCODING_COMPRESSLEVEL0 + 9:
             vs->tight->compression = (enc & 0x0F);
             break;
@@ -2438,7 +2442,7 @@ static int protocol_client_msg(VncState *vs, uint8_t *data, size_t len)
             return 8;
         }
         if (len == 8) {
-            uint32_t dlen = read_u32(data, 4);
+            uint32_t dlen = abs(read_s32(data, 4));
             if (dlen > (1 << 20)) {
                 error_report("vnc: client_cut_text msg payload has %u bytes"
                              " which exceeds our limit of 1MB.", dlen);
@@ -2450,7 +2454,12 @@ static int protocol_client_msg(VncState *vs, uint8_t *data, size_t len)
             }
         }
 
-        client_cut_text(vs, read_u32(data, 4), data + 8);
+        if (read_s32(data, 4) < 0) {
+            vnc_client_cut_text_ext(vs, abs(read_s32(data, 4)),
+                                    read_u32(data, 8), data + 12);
+            break;
+        }
+        vnc_client_cut_text(vs, read_u32(data, 4), data + 8);
         break;
     case VNC_MSG_CLIENT_XVP:
         if (!(vs->features & VNC_FEATURE_XVP)) {
diff --git a/ui/vnc.h b/ui/vnc.h
index d4f3e1555809bca5eebe7477a56ba2855ebd738a..a7149831f906d05fb6c296e75a23028c78a19300 100644
--- a/ui/vnc.h
+++ b/ui/vnc.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
+#include "ui/clipboard.h"
 #include "ui/console.h"
 #include "audio/audio.h"
 #include "qemu/bitmap.h"
@@ -348,6 +349,10 @@ struct VncState
 
     Notifier mouse_mode_notifier;
 
+    QemuClipboardPeer cbpeer;
+    QemuClipboardInfo *cbinfo;
+    uint32_t cbpending;
+
     QTAILQ_ENTRY(VncState) next;
 };
 
@@ -417,6 +422,7 @@ enum {
 #define VNC_ENCODING_XVP                  0XFFFFFECB /* -309 */
 #define VNC_ENCODING_ALPHA_CURSOR         0XFFFFFEC6 /* -314 */
 #define VNC_ENCODING_WMVi                 0x574D5669
+#define VNC_ENCODING_CLIPBOARD_EXT        0xc0a1e5ce
 
 /*****************************************************************************
  *
@@ -458,6 +464,7 @@ enum VncFeatures {
     VNC_FEATURE_ZYWRLE,
     VNC_FEATURE_LED_STATE,
     VNC_FEATURE_XVP,
+    VNC_FEATURE_CLIPBOARD_EXT,
 };
 
 #define VNC_FEATURE_RESIZE_MASK              (1 << VNC_FEATURE_RESIZE)
@@ -474,6 +481,7 @@ enum VncFeatures {
 #define VNC_FEATURE_ZYWRLE_MASK              (1 << VNC_FEATURE_ZYWRLE)
 #define VNC_FEATURE_LED_STATE_MASK           (1 << VNC_FEATURE_LED_STATE)
 #define VNC_FEATURE_XVP_MASK                 (1 << VNC_FEATURE_XVP)
+#define VNC_FEATURE_CLIPBOARD_EXT_MASK       (1 <<  VNC_FEATURE_CLIPBOARD_EXT)
 
 
 /* Client -> Server message IDs */
@@ -535,6 +543,17 @@ enum VncFeatures {
 #define VNC_XVP_ACTION_REBOOT 3
 #define VNC_XVP_ACTION_RESET 4
 
+/* extended clipboard flags  */
+#define VNC_CLIPBOARD_TEXT     (1 << 0)
+#define VNC_CLIPBOARD_RTF      (1 << 1)
+#define VNC_CLIPBOARD_HTML     (1 << 2)
+#define VNC_CLIPBOARD_DIB      (1 << 3)
+#define VNC_CLIPBOARD_FILES    (1 << 4)
+#define VNC_CLIPBOARD_CAPS     (1 << 24)
+#define VNC_CLIPBOARD_REQUEST  (1 << 25)
+#define VNC_CLIPBOARD_PEEK     (1 << 26)
+#define VNC_CLIPBOARD_NOTIFY   (1 << 27)
+#define VNC_CLIPBOARD_PROVIDE  (1 << 28)
 
 /*****************************************************************************
  *
@@ -618,4 +637,9 @@ int vnc_zrle_send_framebuffer_update(VncState *vs, int x, int y, int w, int h);
 int vnc_zywrle_send_framebuffer_update(VncState *vs, int x, int y, int w, int h);
 void vnc_zrle_clear(VncState *vs);
 
+/* vnc-clipboard.c */
+void vnc_server_cut_text_caps(VncState *vs);
+void vnc_client_cut_text(VncState *vs, size_t len, uint8_t *text);
+void vnc_client_cut_text_ext(VncState *vs, int32_t len, uint32_t flags, uint8_t *data);
+
 #endif /* QEMU_VNC_H */