diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/d-editor.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/d-editor.js.es6
index 3f07c7b2f40..78731bef8fe 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/d-editor.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/d-editor.js.es6
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import { emojiUrlFor } from 'discourse/lib/text';
 import { getRegister } from 'discourse-common/lib/get-owner';
 import { findRawTemplate } from 'discourse/lib/raw-templates';
 import { determinePostReplaceSelection, clipboardData } from 'discourse/lib/utilities';
+import { ajax } from 'discourse/lib/ajax';
+import { popupAjaxError } from 'discourse/lib/ajax-error';
 import deprecated from 'discourse-common/lib/deprecated';
 
 // Our head can be a static string or a function that returns a string
@@ -616,7 +618,7 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend({
     Ember.run.scheduleOnce("afterRender", () => $textarea.focus());
   },
 
-  _detectTable(text) {
+  _extractTable(text) {
     if (text.endsWith("\n")) {
       text = text.substring(0, text.length - 1);
     }
@@ -639,21 +641,43 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend({
 
   paste(e) {
     const clipboard = clipboardData(e);
-    const types = clipboard.types;
-    let preventDefault = false;
+    const placeholder = `${ I18n.t('pasting') }`;
+    let plainText = clipboard.getData("text/plain");
+    const html = clipboard.getData("text/html");
+    let handled = false;
 
-    if (types.some(t => t === "text/plain")) {
-      const text = clipboard.getData("text/plain");
-      const table = this._detectTable(text);
+    if (plainText) {
+      plainText = plainText.trim();
+      const table = this._extractTable(plainText);
       if (table) {
         this._addText(this._getSelected(), table);
-        preventDefault = true;
+        handled = true;
       }
-    } else if (types.some(t => t === "Files")) {
-      preventDefault = true;
     }
 
-    if (preventDefault) {
+    if (html && !handled) {
+      const self = this;
+
+      this.appEvents.trigger('composer:insert-text', placeholder);
+      handled = true;
+
+      ajax('/composer/parse_html', {
+        type: 'POST',
+        data: { html }
+      }).then(response => {
+        self.appEvents.trigger('composer:replace-text', placeholder, response.markdown);
+      }).catch(error => {
+        if (plainText) {
+          self.appEvents.trigger('composer:replace-text', placeholder, plainText);
+        } else {
+          popupAjaxError(error);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
+    const uploadFiles = clipboard.types.includes("Files") && !plainText && !html;
+
+    if (handled || uploadFiles) {
       e.preventDefault();
     }
   },
diff --git a/app/controllers/composer_controller.rb b/app/controllers/composer_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6eb78a5d061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/composer_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+require_dependency 'html_to_markdown'
+
+class ComposerController < ApplicationController
+
+  before_action :ensure_logged_in
+
+  def parse_html
+    markdown_text = HtmlToMarkdown.new(params[:html]).to_markdown
+
+    render json: { markdown: markdown_text }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index 67e35a9cb2b..4662366d966 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ en:
     uploading_filename: "Uploading {{filename}}..."
     uploaded: "Uploaded!"
 
+    pasting: "Pasting..."
+
     enable: "Enable"
     disable: "Disable"
     undo: "Undo"
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 394ad7d9bde..c66d91e15e4 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ Discourse::Application.routes.draw do
   get "session/current" => "session#current"
   get "session/csrf" => "session#csrf"
   get "composer_messages" => "composer_messages#index"
+  post "composer/parse_html" => "composer#parse_html"
 
   resources :static
   post "login" => "static#enter", constraints: { format: /(json|html)/ }
diff --git a/spec/requests/composer_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/composer_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a8923c37b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/requests/composer_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe ComposerController do
+  let(:user) { Fabricate(:user) }
+
+  describe '#parse_html' do
+
+    it "should not be able access without sign in" do
+      expect {
+        post "/composer/parse_html.json", params: {
+          html: "<strong>hello</strong>"
+        }
+      }.to raise_error(Discourse::NotLoggedIn)
+    end
+
+    it "should convert html tags to markdown text" do
+      sign_in(user)
+
+      post "/composer/parse_html.json", params: {
+        html: "<strong>hello</strong>"
+      }
+
+      expect(response.body).to eq("{\"markdown\":\"**hello**\"}")
+    end
+  end
+end