diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/controller/textAreaHandler.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/controller/textAreaHandler.ts
index 098af888c20b13c6e5098d85f73378daf80916e1..fb902c2a458de74571e3aa661cd2cb6f16457dd9 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/controller/textAreaHandler.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/controller/textAreaHandler.ts
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export class TextAreaHandler extends ViewPart {
 
 		const textAreaInputHost: ITextAreaInputHost = {
 			getPlainTextToCopy: (): string => {
-				const rawWhatToCopy = this._context.model.getPlainTextToCopy(this._selections, this._emptySelectionClipboard);
+				const rawWhatToCopy = this._context.model.getPlainTextToCopy(this._selections, this._emptySelectionClipboard, platform.isWindows);
 				const newLineCharacter = this._context.model.getEOL();
 
 				const isFromEmptySelection = (this._emptySelectionClipboard && this._selections.length === 1 && this._selections[0].isEmpty());
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModel.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModel.ts
index c97d919393a1f75d7df4269b02868d12f484de6d..d19255a2ae56231f3638ee7a3e6c5647aec26cc6 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModel.ts
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ export interface IViewModel {
 
 	deduceModelPositionRelativeToViewPosition(viewAnchorPosition: Position, deltaOffset: number, lineFeedCnt: number): Position;
 	getEOL(): string;
-	getPlainTextToCopy(ranges: Range[], emptySelectionClipboard: boolean): string | string[];
+	getPlainTextToCopy(ranges: Range[], emptySelectionClipboard: boolean, forceCRLF: boolean): string | string[];
 	getHTMLToCopy(ranges: Range[], emptySelectionClipboard: boolean): string;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModelImpl.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModelImpl.ts
index 5c41e95fffbf6d76627b11cbdff9ef6b4ebd4583..4bb9fb3bd7617aa08288ff5ee6e99dfa33fda0d2 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModelImpl.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModelImpl.ts
@@ -570,8 +570,8 @@ export class ViewModel extends viewEvents.ViewEventEmitter implements IViewModel
 		return this.model.getEOL();
 	}
 
-	public getPlainTextToCopy(ranges: Range[], emptySelectionClipboard: boolean): string | string[] {
-		const newLineCharacter = this.model.getEOL();
+	public getPlainTextToCopy(ranges: Range[], emptySelectionClipboard: boolean, forceCRLF: boolean): string | string[] {
+		const newLineCharacter = forceCRLF ? '\r\n' : this.model.getEOL();
 
 		ranges = ranges.slice(0);
 		ranges.sort(Range.compareRangesUsingStarts);
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ export class ViewModel extends viewEvents.ViewEventEmitter implements IViewModel
 
 		let result: string[] = [];
 		for (let i = 0; i < nonEmptyRanges.length; i++) {
-			result.push(this.getValueInRange(nonEmptyRanges[i], EndOfLinePreference.TextDefined));
+			result.push(this.getValueInRange(nonEmptyRanges[i], forceCRLF ? EndOfLinePreference.CRLF : EndOfLinePreference.TextDefined));
 		}
 		return result.length === 1 ? result[0] : result;
 	}
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/test/common/viewModel/viewModelImpl.test.ts b/src/vs/editor/test/common/viewModel/viewModelImpl.test.ts
index 41a7a8d0f7bf73a7467b5b9b72638a09f8ae7acc..e6ee98daa42bdf3ad3bc7a9df6dac2e788b9c65f 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/test/common/viewModel/viewModelImpl.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/test/common/viewModel/viewModelImpl.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { Range } from 'vs/editor/common/core/range';
 import { testViewModel } from 'vs/editor/test/common/viewModel/testViewModel';
+import { EndOfLineSequence } from 'vs/editor/common/model';
 
 suite('ViewModel', () => {
 
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ suite('ViewModel', () => {
 
 	function assertGetPlainTextToCopy(text: string[], ranges: Range[], emptySelectionClipboard: boolean, expected: string | string[]): void {
 		testViewModel(text, {}, (viewModel, model) => {
-			let actual = viewModel.getPlainTextToCopy(ranges, emptySelectionClipboard);
+			let actual = viewModel.getPlainTextToCopy(ranges, emptySelectionClipboard, false);
 			assert.deepEqual(actual, expected);
 		});
 	}
@@ -250,4 +251,12 @@ suite('ViewModel', () => {
 			'line2\nline3\n'
 		);
 	});
+
+	test('issue #22688 - always use CRLF for clipboard on Windows', () => {
+		testViewModel(USUAL_TEXT, {}, (viewModel, model) => {
+			model.setEOL(EndOfLineSequence.LF);
+			let actual = viewModel.getPlainTextToCopy([new Range(2, 1, 5, 1)], true, true);
+			assert.deepEqual(actual, 'line2\r\nline3\r\nline4\r\n');
+		});
+	});
 });