diff --git a/language/duchain/navigation/abstractnavigationwidget.h b/language/duchain/navigation/abstractnavigationwidget.h
--- a/language/duchain/navigation/abstractnavigationwidget.h
+++ b/language/duchain/navigation/abstractnavigationwidget.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 class QTextBrowser;
 
-
 namespace KDevelop {
   class AbstractNavigationWidgetPrivate;
 
diff --git a/language/duchain/navigation/abstractnavigationwidget.cpp b/language/duchain/navigation/abstractnavigationwidget.cpp
--- a/language/duchain/navigation/abstractnavigationwidget.cpp
+++ b/language/duchain/navigation/abstractnavigationwidget.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@
   layout->setMargin(0);
   setLayout(layout);
 
+  connect(d->m_browser, &QTextEdit::selectionChanged, this, [=]() {
+    d->m_browser->copy();
+  });
+
   connect(d->m_browser.data(), &QTextBrowser::anchorClicked, this, [&](const QUrl& url) { d->anchorClicked(url); });
 
   foreach(QWidget* w, findChildren<QWidget*>())