diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
index fd570696e69..e0642423b4e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ public:
     bool m_animateAutoComplete = true;
     bool m_highlightAutoComplete = true;
     bool m_skipAutoCompletedText = true;
+    bool m_skipFormatOnPaste = false;
     bool m_removeAutoCompletedText = true;
     bool m_keepAutoCompletionHighlight = false;
     QList<QTextCursor> m_autoCompleteHighlightPos;
@@ -7613,6 +7614,13 @@ void TextEditorWidget::circularPaste()
     }
 }
 
+void TextEditorWidget::pasteWithoutFormat()
+{
+    d->m_skipFormatOnPaste = true;
+    paste();
+    d->m_skipFormatOnPaste = false;
+}
+
 void TextEditorWidget::switchUtf8bom()
 {
     textDocument()->switchUtf8Bom();
@@ -7790,9 +7798,10 @@ void TextEditorWidget::insertFromMimeData(const QMimeData *source)
 
     int reindentBlockEnd = cursor.blockNumber() - (hasFinalNewline?1:0);
 
-    if (reindentBlockStart < reindentBlockEnd
-        || (reindentBlockStart == reindentBlockEnd
-            && (!insertAtBeginningOfLine || hasFinalNewline))) {
+    if (!d->m_skipFormatOnPaste
+        && (reindentBlockStart < reindentBlockEnd
+            || (reindentBlockStart == reindentBlockEnd
+                && (!insertAtBeginningOfLine || hasFinalNewline)))) {
         if (insertAtBeginningOfLine && !hasFinalNewline) {
             QTextCursor unnecessaryWhitespace = cursor;
             unnecessaryWhitespace.setPosition(cursorPosition);
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.h
index 6e693e36978..38c7f93daf8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.h
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ public:
     void setExtraEncodingSettings(const TextEditor::ExtraEncodingSettings &);
 
     void circularPaste();
+    void pasteWithoutFormat();
     void switchUtf8bom();
 
     void zoomF(float delta);
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoractionhandler.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoractionhandler.cpp
index ce340e803f5..51d06d50903 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoractionhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoractionhandler.cpp
@@ -317,8 +317,11 @@ void TextEditorActionHandlerPrivate::createActions()
             [] (TextEditorWidget *w) { w->selectEncoding(); }, false, tr("Select Encoding..."),
             QKeySequence(), G_EDIT_OTHER, editMenu);
     m_circularPasteAction = registerAction(CIRCULAR_PASTE,
-            [] (TextEditorWidget *w) { w->circularPaste(); }, false, tr("Paste from Clipboard History"),
-            QKeySequence(tr("Ctrl+Shift+V")), G_EDIT_COPYPASTE, editMenu);
+        [] (TextEditorWidget *w) { w->circularPaste(); }, false, tr("Paste from Clipboard History"),
+        QKeySequence(tr("Ctrl+Shift+V")), G_EDIT_COPYPASTE, editMenu);
+    m_circularPasteAction = registerAction(NO_FORMAT_PASTE,
+        [] (TextEditorWidget *w) { w->pasteWithoutFormat(); }, false, tr("Paste without Formatting"),
+        QKeySequence(Core::useMacShortcuts ? tr("Cmd+Opt+Shift+V") : QString()), G_EDIT_COPYPASTE, editMenu);
 
     // register "Edit -> Advanced" Menu Actions
     Core::ActionContainer *advancedEditMenu = Core::ActionManager::actionContainer(M_EDIT_ADVANCED);
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
index 6a1e8637d30..22b602074d8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ const char INFO_MISSING_SYNTAX_DEFINITION[] = "TextEditor.InfoSyntaxDefinition";
 const char INFO_MULTIPLE_SYNTAX_DEFINITIONS[] = "TextEditor.InfoMultipleSyntaxDefinitions";
 const char TASK_OPEN_FILE[]        = "TextEditor.Task.OpenFile";
 const char CIRCULAR_PASTE[]        = "TextEditor.CircularPaste";
+const char NO_FORMAT_PASTE[]       = "TextEditor.NoFormatPaste";
 const char SWITCH_UTF8BOM[]        = "TextEditor.SwitchUtf8bom";
 const char INDENT[]        = "TextEditor.Indent";
 const char UNINDENT[]        = "TextEditor.Unindent";