diff --git a/frontend/app/view/term/term.tsx b/frontend/app/view/term/term.tsx
index 7e6272003a..aae7fe1295 100644
--- a/frontend/app/view/term/term.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/view/term/term.tsx
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ const TerminalView = ({ blockId, model }: ViewComponentProps<TermViewModel>) =>
                 keydownHandler: model.handleTerminalKeydown.bind(model),
                 useWebGl: !termSettings?.["term:disablewebgl"],
                 sendDataHandler: model.sendDataToController.bind(model),
+                nodeModel: model.nodeModel,
             }
         );
         (window as any).term = termWrap;
diff --git a/frontend/app/view/term/termwrap.ts b/frontend/app/view/term/termwrap.ts
index a005a550c7..b676a98361 100644
--- a/frontend/app/view/term/termwrap.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/view/term/termwrap.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,12 @@
 // Copyright 2025, Command Line Inc.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+import type { BlockNodeModel } from "@/app/block/blocktypes";
 import { getFileSubject } from "@/app/store/wps";
 import { sendWSCommand } from "@/app/store/ws";
 import { RpcApi } from "@/app/store/wshclientapi";
 import { TabRpcClient } from "@/app/store/wshrpcutil";
-import {
-    WOS,
-    atoms,
-    fetchWaveFile,
-    getApi,
-    getSettingsKeyAtom,
-    globalStore,
-    openLink,
-    recordTEvent,
-} from "@/store/global";
+import { WOS, fetchWaveFile, getApi, getSettingsKeyAtom, globalStore, openLink, recordTEvent } from "@/store/global";
 import * as services from "@/store/services";
 import { PLATFORM, PlatformMacOS } from "@/util/platformutil";
 import { base64ToArray, base64ToString, fireAndForget } from "@/util/util";
@@ -35,6 +27,8 @@ const dlog = debug("wave:termwrap");
 const TermFileName = "term";
 const TermCacheFileName = "cache:term:full";
 const MinDataProcessedForCache = 100 * 1024;
+const Osc52MaxDecodedSize = 75 * 1024; // max clipboard size for OSC 52 (matches common terminal implementations)
+const Osc52MaxRawLength = 128 * 1024; // includes selector + base64 + whitespace (rough check)
 export const SupportsImageInput = true;
 
 // detect webgl support
@@ -55,6 +49,7 @@ type TermWrapOptions = {
     keydownHandler?: (e: KeyboardEvent) => boolean;
     useWebGl?: boolean;
     sendDataHandler?: (data: string) => void;
+    nodeModel?: BlockNodeModel;
 };
 
 function handleOscWaveCommand(data: string, blockId: string, loaded: boolean): boolean {
@@ -119,6 +114,83 @@ function handleOscWaveCommand(data: string, blockId: string, loaded: boolean): b
     return true;
 }
 
+// for xterm OSC handlers, we return true always because we "own" the OSC number.
+// even if data is invalid we don't want to propagate to other handlers.
+function handleOsc52Command(data: string, blockId: string, loaded: boolean, termWrap: TermWrap): boolean {
+    if (!loaded) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    const isBlockFocused = termWrap.nodeModel ? globalStore.get(termWrap.nodeModel.isFocused) : false;
+    if (!document.hasFocus() || !isBlockFocused) {
+        console.log("OSC 52: rejected, window or block not focused");
+        return true;
+    }
+    if (!data || data.length === 0) {
+        console.log("OSC 52: empty data received");
+        return true;
+    }
+    if (data.length > Osc52MaxRawLength) {
+        console.log("OSC 52: raw data too large", data.length);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    const semicolonIndex = data.indexOf(";");
+    if (semicolonIndex === -1) {
+        console.log("OSC 52: invalid format (no semicolon)", data.substring(0, 50));
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    const clipboardSelection = data.substring(0, semicolonIndex);
+    const base64Data = data.substring(semicolonIndex + 1);
+
+    // clipboard query ("?") is not supported for security (prevents clipboard theft)
+    if (base64Data === "?") {
+        console.log("OSC 52: clipboard query not supported");
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (base64Data.length === 0) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (clipboardSelection.length > 10) {
+        console.log("OSC 52: clipboard selection too long", clipboardSelection);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    const estimatedDecodedSize = Math.ceil(base64Data.length * 0.75);
+    if (estimatedDecodedSize > Osc52MaxDecodedSize) {
+        console.log("OSC 52: data too large", estimatedDecodedSize, "bytes");
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    try {
+        // strip whitespace from base64 data (some terminals chunk with newlines per RFC 4648)
+        const cleanBase64Data = base64Data.replace(/\s+/g, "");
+        const decodedText = base64ToString(cleanBase64Data);
+
+        // validate actual decoded size (base64 estimate can be off for multi-byte UTF-8)
+        const actualByteSize = new TextEncoder().encode(decodedText).length;
+        if (actualByteSize > Osc52MaxDecodedSize) {
+            console.log("OSC 52: decoded text too large", actualByteSize, "bytes");
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        fireAndForget(async () => {
+            try {
+                await navigator.clipboard.writeText(decodedText);
+                dlog("OSC 52: copied", decodedText.length, "characters to clipboard");
+            } catch (err) {
+                console.error("OSC 52: clipboard write failed:", err);
+            }
+        });
+    } catch (e) {
+        console.error("OSC 52: base64 decode error:", e);
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 // for xterm handlers, we return true always because we "own" OSC 7.
 // even if it is invalid we dont want to propagate to other handlers
 function handleOsc7Command(data: string, blockId: string, loaded: boolean): boolean {
@@ -386,6 +458,7 @@ export class TermWrap {
     promptMarkers: TermTypes.IMarker[] = [];
     shellIntegrationStatusAtom: jotai.PrimitiveAtom<"ready" | "running-command" | null>;
     lastCommandAtom: jotai.PrimitiveAtom<string | null>;
+    nodeModel: BlockNodeModel; // this can be null
 
     // IME composition state tracking
     // Prevents duplicate input when switching input methods during composition (e.g., using Capslock)
@@ -412,6 +485,7 @@ export class TermWrap {
         this.tabId = tabId;
         this.blockId = blockId;
         this.sendDataHandler = waveOptions.sendDataHandler;
+        this.nodeModel = waveOptions.nodeModel;
         this.ptyOffset = 0;
         this.dataBytesProcessed = 0;
         this.hasResized = false;
@@ -457,13 +531,16 @@ export class TermWrap {
                 loggedWebGL = true;
             }
         }
-        // Register OSC 9283 handler
-        this.terminal.parser.registerOscHandler(9283, (data: string) => {
-            return handleOscWaveCommand(data, this.blockId, this.loaded);
-        });
+        // Register OSC handlers
         this.terminal.parser.registerOscHandler(7, (data: string) => {
             return handleOsc7Command(data, this.blockId, this.loaded);
         });
+        this.terminal.parser.registerOscHandler(52, (data: string) => {
+            return handleOsc52Command(data, this.blockId, this.loaded, this);
+        });
+        this.terminal.parser.registerOscHandler(9283, (data: string) => {
+            return handleOscWaveCommand(data, this.blockId, this.loaded);
+        });
         this.terminal.parser.registerOscHandler(16162, (data: string) => {
             return handleOsc16162Command(data, this.blockId, this.loaded, this);
         });