diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts
index 9857b3dca40..8d0626e5406 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import { EnvironmentVariableInfoWidget } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/bro
 import { IEnvironmentVariableInfo } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/environmentVariable';
 import { TerminalLaunchHelpAction } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalActions';
 import { TypeAheadAddon } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalTypeAheadAddon';
+import { BrowserFeatures } from 'vs/base/browser/canIUse';
 
 // How long in milliseconds should an average frame take to render for a notification to appear
 // which suggests the fallback DOM-based renderer
@@ -564,6 +565,12 @@ export class TerminalInstance extends Disposable implements ITerminalInstance {
 				return false;
 			}
 
+			// Fallback to force ctrl+v to paste on browsers that do not support
+			// navigator.clipboard.readText
+			if (!BrowserFeatures.clipboard.readText && event.key === 'v' && event.ctrlKey) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
 			return true;
 		});
 		this._register(dom.addDisposableListener(xterm.element, 'mousedown', () => {