diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c7edd33..f7a2c95 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Print name of launch command if Alacritty failed to execute it
 - Live reload font settings from config
 - UTF-8 mouse mode escape sequence (`CSI ? 1005 h` / `CSI ? 1005 l`)
+- Escape for reading clipboard (`OSC 52 ; <s / p / c> ; ? BEL`)
+- Set selection clipboard (`OSC 52 ; <s / p> ; <BASE64> BEL`)
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/alacritty_terminal/src/ansi.rs b/alacritty_terminal/src/ansi.rs
index 55c064e..3cd03cb 100644
--- a/alacritty_terminal/src/ansi.rs
+++ b/alacritty_terminal/src/ansi.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 use std::io;
 use std::str;
 
-use base64;
 use log::{debug, trace};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -324,7 +323,10 @@ pub trait Handler {
     fn reset_color(&mut self, _: usize) {}
 
     /// Set the clipboard
-    fn set_clipboard(&mut self, _: &str) {}
+    fn set_clipboard(&mut self, _: u8, _: &[u8]) {}
+
+    /// Write clipboard data to child.
+    fn write_clipboard<W: io::Write>(&mut self, _: u8, _: &mut W) {}
 
     /// Run the dectest routine
     fn dectest(&mut self) {}
@@ -847,19 +849,13 @@ where
 
             // Set clipboard
             b"52" => {
-                if params.len() < 3 {
+                if params.len() < 3 || params[1].is_empty() {
                     return unhandled(params);
                 }
 
                 match params[2] {
-                    b"?" => unhandled(params),
-                    selection => {
-                        if let Ok(string) = base64::decode(selection) {
-                            if let Ok(utf8_string) = str::from_utf8(&string) {
-                                self.handler.set_clipboard(utf8_string);
-                            }
-                        }
-                    },
+                    b"?" => self.handler.write_clipboard(params[1][0], writer),
+                    base64 => self.handler.set_clipboard(params[1][0], base64),
                 }
             },
 
diff --git a/alacritty_terminal/src/term/mod.rs b/alacritty_terminal/src/term/mod.rs
index 570dc7f..1622ece 100644
--- a/alacritty_terminal/src/term/mod.rs
+++ b/alacritty_terminal/src/term/mod.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 use std::cmp::{max, min};
 use std::ops::{Index, IndexMut, Range};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
-use std::{io, mem, ptr};
+use std::{io, mem, ptr, str};
 
 use log::{debug, trace};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -1718,8 +1718,33 @@ impl<T: EventListener> ansi::Handler for Term<T> {
 
     /// Set the clipboard
     #[inline]
-    fn set_clipboard(&mut self, string: &str) {
-        self.clipboard.store(ClipboardType::Clipboard, string);
+    fn set_clipboard(&mut self, clipboard: u8, base64: &[u8]) {
+        let clipboard_type = match clipboard {
+            b'c' => ClipboardType::Clipboard,
+            b'p' | b's' => ClipboardType::Selection,
+            _ => return,
+        };
+
+        if let Ok(bytes) = base64::decode(base64) {
+            if let Ok(text) = str::from_utf8(&bytes) {
+                self.clipboard.store(clipboard_type, text);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Write clipboard data to child.
+    #[inline]
+    fn write_clipboard<W: io::Write>(&mut self, clipboard: u8, writer: &mut W) {
+        let clipboard_type = match clipboard {
+            b'c' => ClipboardType::Clipboard,
+            b'p' | b's' => ClipboardType::Selection,
+            _ => return,
+        };
+
+        let text = self.clipboard.load(clipboard_type);
+        let base64 = base64::encode(&text);
+        let escape = format!("\x1b]52;{};{}\x07", clipboard as char, base64);
+        let _ = writer.write_all(escape.as_bytes());
     }
 
     #[inline]