diff --git a/src/plugin.c b/src/plugin.c
index 7d459d6..fd3fa69 100644
--- a/src/plugin.c
+++ b/src/plugin.c
@@ -57,13 +57,14 @@ static void set_clipboard(char *text) {
     if (!OpenClipboard(ctx->hwnd)) return;
     EmptyClipboard();
 
-    HGLOBAL hData = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, strlen(text) + 1);
+    int len = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, text, -1, NULL, 0);
+    HGLOBAL hData = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, len * sizeof(WCHAR));
     if (hData != NULL) {
-        char *data = (char *)GlobalLock(hData);
+        WCHAR *data = (WCHAR *)GlobalLock(hData);
         if (data != NULL) {
-            strcpy(data, text);
+            MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, text, -1, data, len);
             GlobalUnlock(hData);
-            SetClipboardData(CF_TEXT, hData);
+            SetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT, hData);
         }
     }
     CloseClipboard();