diff --git a/src/dialogs/editconfigwidget.ui b/src/dialogs/editconfigwidget.ui
--- a/src/dialogs/editconfigwidget.ui
+++ b/src/dialogs/editconfigwidget.ui
@@ -6,12 +6,21 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>275</width>
-    <height>344</height>
+    <width>459</width>
+    <height>458</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
-   <property name="margin">
+   <property name="leftMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="topMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="rightMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="bottomMargin">
     <number>0</number>
    </property>
    <item>
@@ -159,6 +168,13 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="chkMousePasteAtCursorPosition">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Paste by mouse at cursor position</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
diff --git a/src/dialogs/katedialogs.cpp b/src/dialogs/katedialogs.cpp
--- a/src/dialogs/katedialogs.cpp
+++ b/src/dialogs/katedialogs.cpp
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@
     connect(ui->sbWordWrap, SIGNAL(valueChanged(int)), this, SLOT(slotChanged()));
     connect(ui->chkAutoBrackets, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), this, SLOT(slotChanged()));
     connect(ui->chkSmartCopyCut, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), this, SLOT(slotChanged()));
+    connect(ui->chkMousePasteAtCursorPosition, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), this, SLOT(slotChanged()));
     connect(ui->cmbInputMode, SIGNAL(currentIndexChanged(int)), this, SLOT(slotChanged()));
 
     // "What's this?" help is in the ui-file
@@ -494,6 +495,7 @@
 
     KateViewConfig::global()->setAutoBrackets(ui->chkAutoBrackets->isChecked());
     KateViewConfig::global()->setSmartCopyCut(ui->chkSmartCopyCut->isChecked());
+    KateViewConfig::global()->setMousePasteAtCursorPosition(ui->chkMousePasteAtCursorPosition->isChecked());
 
     KateViewConfig::global()->setInputModeRaw(ui->cmbInputMode->currentData().toInt());
 
@@ -509,6 +511,7 @@
     ui->sbWordWrap->setValue(KateDocumentConfig::global()->wordWrapAt());
     ui->chkAutoBrackets->setChecked(KateViewConfig::global()->autoBrackets());
     ui->chkSmartCopyCut->setChecked(KateViewConfig::global()->smartCopyCut());
+    ui->chkMousePasteAtCursorPosition->setChecked(KateViewConfig::global()->mousePasteAtCursorPosition());
 
     const int id = static_cast<int>(KateViewConfig::global()->inputMode());
     ui->cmbInputMode->setCurrentIndex(ui->cmbInputMode->findData(id));
diff --git a/src/utils/kateconfig.h b/src/utils/kateconfig.h
--- a/src/utils/kateconfig.h
+++ b/src/utils/kateconfig.h
@@ -566,6 +566,9 @@
     bool smartCopyCut() const;
     void setSmartCopyCut(bool on);
 
+    bool mousePasteAtCursorPosition() const;
+    void setMousePasteAtCursorPosition(bool on);
+
     bool scrollPastEnd() const;
     void setScrollPastEnd(bool on);
 
@@ -615,6 +618,7 @@
     int m_wordCompletionMinimalWordLength;
     bool m_wordCompletionRemoveTail;
     bool m_smartCopyCut;
+    bool m_mousePasteAtCursorPosition = false;
     bool m_scrollPastEnd;
     bool m_foldFirstLine;
     bool m_showWordCount = false;
@@ -650,6 +654,7 @@
     bool m_keywordCompletionSet : 1;
     bool m_wordCompletionMinimalWordLengthSet : 1;
     bool m_smartCopyCutSet : 1;
+    bool m_mousePasteAtCursorPositionSet : 1;
     bool m_scrollPastEndSet : 1;
     bool m_allowMarkMenu : 1;
     bool m_wordCompletionRemoveTailSet : 1;
diff --git a/src/utils/kateconfig.cpp b/src/utils/kateconfig.cpp
--- a/src/utils/kateconfig.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/kateconfig.cpp
@@ -1256,6 +1256,7 @@
     m_keywordCompletionSet(false),
     m_wordCompletionMinimalWordLengthSet(false),
     m_smartCopyCutSet(false),
+    m_mousePasteAtCursorPositionSet(false),
     m_scrollPastEndSet(false),
     m_allowMarkMenu(true),
     m_wordCompletionRemoveTailSet(false),
@@ -1306,6 +1307,7 @@
     m_keywordCompletionSet(false),
     m_wordCompletionMinimalWordLengthSet(false),
     m_smartCopyCutSet(false),
+    m_mousePasteAtCursorPositionSet(false),
     m_scrollPastEndSet(false),
     m_allowMarkMenu(true),
     m_wordCompletionRemoveTailSet(false),
@@ -1355,6 +1357,7 @@
 const char KEY_WORD_COMPLETION_MINIMAL_WORD_LENGTH[] = "Word Completion Minimal Word Length";
 const char KEY_WORD_COMPLETION_REMOVE_TAIL[] = "Word Completion Remove Tail";
 const char KEY_SMART_COPY_CUT[] = "Smart Copy Cut";
+const char KEY_MOUSE_PASTE_AT_CURSOR_POSITION[] = "Mouse Paste At Cursor Position";
 const char KEY_SCROLL_PAST_END[] = "Scroll Past End";
 const char KEY_FOLD_FIRST_LINE[] = "Fold First Line";
 const char KEY_SHOW_LINE_COUNT[] = "Show Line Count";
@@ -1419,6 +1422,7 @@
     setWordCompletionMinimalWordLength(config.readEntry(KEY_WORD_COMPLETION_MINIMAL_WORD_LENGTH, 3));
     setWordCompletionRemoveTail(config.readEntry(KEY_WORD_COMPLETION_REMOVE_TAIL, true));
     setSmartCopyCut(config.readEntry(KEY_SMART_COPY_CUT, false));
+    setMousePasteAtCursorPosition(config.readEntry(KEY_MOUSE_PASTE_AT_CURSOR_POSITION, false));
     setScrollPastEnd(config.readEntry(KEY_SCROLL_PAST_END, false));
     setFoldFirstLine(config.readEntry(KEY_FOLD_FIRST_LINE, false));
     setShowLineCount(config.readEntry(KEY_SHOW_LINE_COUNT, false));
@@ -1480,6 +1484,7 @@
     config.writeEntry(KEY_WORD_COMPLETION_REMOVE_TAIL, wordCompletionRemoveTail());
 
     config.writeEntry(KEY_SMART_COPY_CUT, smartCopyCut());
+    config.writeEntry(KEY_MOUSE_PASTE_AT_CURSOR_POSITION, mousePasteAtCursorPosition());
     config.writeEntry(KEY_SCROLL_PAST_END, scrollPastEnd());
     config.writeEntry(KEY_FOLD_FIRST_LINE, foldFirstLine());
 
@@ -2211,6 +2216,29 @@
     configEnd();
 }
 
+bool KateViewConfig::mousePasteAtCursorPosition() const
+{
+    if (m_mousePasteAtCursorPositionSet|| isGlobal()) {
+        return m_mousePasteAtCursorPosition;
+    }
+
+    return s_global->mousePasteAtCursorPosition();
+}
+
+void KateViewConfig::setMousePasteAtCursorPosition(bool on)
+{
+    if (m_mousePasteAtCursorPositionSet && m_mousePasteAtCursorPosition == on) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    configStart();
+
+    m_mousePasteAtCursorPositionSet = true;
+    m_mousePasteAtCursorPosition = on;
+
+    configEnd();
+}
+
 bool KateViewConfig::scrollPastEnd() const
 {
     if (m_scrollPastEndSet || isGlobal()) {
diff --git a/src/view/kateviewinternal.cpp b/src/view/kateviewinternal.cpp
--- a/src/view/kateviewinternal.cpp
+++ b/src/view/kateviewinternal.cpp
@@ -2759,7 +2759,9 @@
         break;
 
     case Qt::MidButton:
-        placeCursor(e->pos());
+        if (!view()->config()->mousePasteAtCursorPosition()) {
+            placeCursor(e->pos());
+        }
 
         if (doc()->isReadWrite()) {
             QString clipboard = QApplication::clipboard()->text(QClipboard::Selection);