diff --git a/core/modules/utils/dom/dom.js b/core/modules/utils/dom/dom.js
index cb38e1cc88b..5f33bbeea99 100644
--- a/core/modules/utils/dom/dom.js
+++ b/core/modules/utils/dom/dom.js
@@ -289,7 +289,9 @@ exports.copyToClipboard = function(text,options,type) {
 	textArea.setSelectionRange(0,text.length);
 	textArea.addEventListener("copy",function(event) {
 		event.preventDefault();
-		event.clipboardData.setData("text/plain",options.plainText);
+		if (options.plainText) {
+			event.clipboardData.setData("text/plain",options.plainText);
+		}
 		event.clipboardData.setData(type,text);
 	});
 	var succeeded = false;