diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/autosuggest_textarea.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/autosuggest_textarea.jsx
index 590658671b3..38deeae0e36 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/autosuggest_textarea.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/autosuggest_textarea.jsx
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ const AutosuggestTextarea = React.createClass({
     onSuggestionsFetchRequested: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     onChange: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     onKeyUp: React.PropTypes.func,
-    onKeyDown: React.PropTypes.func
+    onKeyDown: React.PropTypes.func,
+    onPaste: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   },
 
   getInitialState () {
@@ -173,6 +174,13 @@ const AutosuggestTextarea = React.createClass({
     })
   },
 
+  onPaste (e) {
+    if (e.clipboardData && e.clipboardData.files.length === 1) {
+      this.props.onPaste(e.clipboardData.files)
+      e.preventDefault();
+    }
+  },
+
   render () {
     const { value, suggestions, fileDropDate, disabled, placeholder, onKeyUp } = this.props;
     const { isFileDragging, suggestionsHidden, selectedSuggestion } = this.state;
@@ -198,6 +206,7 @@ const AutosuggestTextarea = React.createClass({
           onBlur={this.onBlur}
           onDragEnter={this.onDragEnter}
           onDragExit={this.onDragExit}
+          onPaste={this.onPaste}
           style={style}
         />
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
index 31ae8e03470..a71f5b0fdda 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const ComposeForm = React.createClass({
     onFetchSuggestions: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     onSuggestionSelected: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     onChangeSpoilerText: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    onPaste: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   },
 
   mixins: [PureRenderMixin],
@@ -82,6 +83,10 @@ const ComposeForm = React.createClass({
     this.props.onChangeSpoilerText(e.target.value);
   },
 
+  onPaste (files) {
+    this.props.onPaste(files);
+  },
+
   componentDidUpdate (prevProps) {
     if (this.props.focusDate !== prevProps.focusDate) {
       // If replying to zero or one users, places the cursor at the end of the textbox.
@@ -149,6 +154,7 @@ const ComposeForm = React.createClass({
           onSuggestionsFetchRequested={this.onSuggestionsFetchRequested}
           onSuggestionsClearRequested={this.onSuggestionsClearRequested}
           onSuggestionSelected={this.onSuggestionSelected}
+          onPaste={this.onPaste}
         />
 
         <div style={{ marginTop: '10px', overflow: 'hidden' }}>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.jsx
index 53129af6e34..a34201747ff 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import ComposeForm from '../components/compose_form';
+import { uploadCompose } from '../../../actions/compose';
 import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
 import {
   changeCompose,
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => ({
     dispatch(changeComposeSpoilerText(checked));
   },
 
+  onPaste (files) {
+    dispatch(uploadCompose(files));
+  },
+
 });
 
 export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(ComposeForm);