diff --git a/glfw/x11_window.c b/glfw/x11_window.c
index 451636d2a..cf304afab 100644
--- a/glfw/x11_window.c
+++ b/glfw/x11_window.c
@@ -2946,11 +2946,12 @@ _glfwPlatformGetClipboard(GLFWClipboardType clipboard_type, const char* mime_typ
     }
     size_t count = 0;
     if (strcmp(mime_type, "text/plain") == 0) {
-        // we need to do this because GTK/GNOME is developed by morons
-        // they convert text/plain to DOS line endings
+        // UTF8_STRING is what xclip uses by default, and there are people out there that expect to be able to paste from it with a single read operation. See https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/5842
+        // Also ancient versions of GNOME use DOS line endings even for text/plain;charset=utf-8. See https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/5528#issuecomment-1325348218
+        atoms[count++] = _glfw.x11.UTF8_STRING;
+        // we need to do this because GTK/GNOME is moronic they convert text/plain to DOS line endings, see
         // https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/2307
         atoms[count++] = atom_for_mime("text/plain;charset=utf-8").atom;
-        atoms[count++] = _glfw.x11.UTF8_STRING;
         atoms[count++] = atom_for_mime("text/plain").atom;
         atoms[count++] = XA_STRING;
     } else {