diff --git a/js/client.js b/js/client.js
index c9c0cc9a01..17fea020db 100644
--- a/js/client.js
+++ b/js/client.js
@@ -2159,6 +2159,21 @@ function toId() {
 			}});
 		},
 
+		copyText: function (value, target) {
+			var dummyInput = document.createElement("input");
+			// This is a hack. You can only "select" an input field.
+			//  The trick is to create a short lived input element and destroy it after a copy.
+			// (stolen from the replay code, obviously --mia)
+			dummyInput.id = "dummyInput";
+			dummyInput.value = value || target.value || target.href || "";
+			dummyInput.style.position = 'absolute';
+			target.appendChild(dummyInput);
+			dummyInput.select();
+			document.execCommand("copy");
+			target.removeChild(dummyInput);
+			$(target).text('Copied!');
+		},
+
 		// layout
 
 		bestWidth: 659,
diff --git a/src/battle-log.ts b/src/battle-log.ts
index 2d54337f5f..8c03cccf7a 100644
--- a/src/battle-log.ts
+++ b/src/battle-log.ts
@@ -760,6 +760,7 @@ export class BattleLog {
 			spotify: 0,
 			youtube: 0,
 			formatselect: 0,
+			copytext: 0,
 			twitch: 0,
 		});
 
@@ -925,6 +926,16 @@ export class BattleLog {
 						'name', getAttrib('name') || '',
 					],
 				};
+			} else if (tagName === 'copytext') {
+				return {
+					tagName: 'button',
+					attribs: [
+						'type', getAttrib('type'),
+						'class', getAttrib('class') || 'button',
+						'value', getAttrib('value'),
+						'name', 'copyText',
+					],
+				}
 			} else if (tagName === 'psicon') {
 				// <psicon> is a custom element which supports a set of mutually incompatible attributes:
 				// <psicon pokemon> and <psicon item>