diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalActions.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalActions.ts
index 689b03e7ebc221e87184d2dc0d84c62af239c49a..23077803ab15c6e310069f1e3eaa178726f57590 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalActions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalActions.ts
@@ -607,12 +607,11 @@ export class TerminalPasteAction extends Action {
 		super(id, label);
 	}
 
-	public run(event?: any): Promise<any> {
+	public async run(event?: any): Promise<any> {
 		const instance = this.terminalService.getActiveOrCreateInstance();
 		if (instance) {
-			instance.paste();
+			await instance.paste();
 		}
-		return Promise.resolve(undefined);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts
index 87a9b072e11a80c03c0f6413492f44b76ac397f2..31cdb6fb01b3b63fe8ed6c89dfea174838ccb7a4 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts
@@ -869,9 +869,9 @@ export class TerminalInstance implements ITerminalInstance {
 		return this._xtermReadyPromise.then(() => this.focus(force));
 	}
 
-	public paste(): void {
+	public async paste(): Promise<void> {
 		this.focus();
-		document.execCommand('paste');
+		this._xterm._core._coreService.triggerDataEvent(await this._clipboardService.readText(), true);
 	}
 
 	public write(text: string): void {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminal.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminal.ts
index 18317305a9bded853f85a42cca2ebb09718d59c4..f427fd3ef0e6c9c5f3c87ea5f298a751cf562896 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminal.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminal.ts
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ export interface ITerminalInstance {
 	/**
 	 * Focuses and pastes the contents of the clipboard into the terminal instance.
 	 */
-	paste(): void;
+	paste(): Promise<void>;
 
 	/**
 	 * Send text to the terminal instance. The text is written to the stdin of the underlying pty