diff --git a/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.h b/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.h
--- a/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.h
+++ b/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
     class Module;
 }
 
+class QLabel;
+
 class Module : public KCModule
 {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -63,6 +65,13 @@
     void loadSoftware();
     void loadHardware();
 
+    /**
+     * Copies the software and hardware information to clipboard.
+     */
+    void copyToClipboard();
+
+    QList<QPair<QLabel*, QLabel*> > labelsForClipboard;
+
     /**
      * UI
      */
diff --git a/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.cpp b/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.cpp
--- a/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.cpp
+++ b/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "Module.h"
 #include "ui_Module.h"
 
+#include <QClipboard>
 #include <QIcon>
 #include <QStandardPaths>
 
@@ -116,8 +117,12 @@
 
 void Module::load()
 {
+    labelsForClipboard.clear();
     loadSoftware();
     loadHardware();
+
+    connect(ui->pushButtonCopyInfo, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &Module::copyToClipboard);
+    ui->pushButtonCopyInfo->setShortcut(QKeySequence::Copy);
 }
 
 void Module::save()
@@ -153,6 +158,9 @@
     const QString versionId = cg.readEntry("Version", os.versionId);
     ui->nameVersionLabel->setText(QStringLiteral("%1 %2").arg(distroName, versionId));
 
+    auto dummyDistroDescriptionLabel = new QLabel(i18nc("@title:row", "Distro:"), this);
+    labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(dummyDistroDescriptionLabel, ui->nameVersionLabel);
+
     const QString variant = cg.readEntry("Variant", QString());
     if (variant.isEmpty()) {
         ui->variantLabel->hide();
@@ -175,11 +183,16 @@
         ui->plasmaLabel->hide();
     } else {
         ui->plasmaLabel->setText(plasma);
+        labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(ui->plasma, ui->plasmaLabel);
     }
 
-    ui->qtLabel->setText(qVersion());
+    const QString qversion = qVersion();
+    ui->qtLabel->setText(qversion);
+    labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(ui->qt, ui->qtLabel);
 
-    ui->frameworksLabel->setText(KCoreAddons::versionString());
+    const QString frameworksVersion = KCoreAddons::versionString();
+    ui->frameworksLabel->setText(frameworksVersion);
+    labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(ui->frameworksLabelKey, ui->frameworksLabel);
 }
 
 void Module::loadHardware()
@@ -190,11 +203,14 @@
         ui->kernelLabel->hide();
     } else {
         ui->kernelLabel->setText(utsName.release);
+        labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(ui->kernel, ui->kernelLabel);
     }
 
     const int bits = QT_POINTER_SIZE == 8 ? 64 : 32;
+    const QString bitsStr = QString::number(bits);
     ui->bitsLabel->setText(i18nc("@label %1 is the CPU bit width (e.g. 32 or 64)",
-                                 "%1-bit", QString::number(bits)));
+                                 "%1-bit", bitsStr));
+    labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(ui->bitsKey, ui->bitsLabel);
 
     const QList<Solid::Device> list = Solid::Device::listFromType(Solid::DeviceInterface::Processor);
     ui->processor->setText(i18np("Processor:", "Processors:", list.count()));
@@ -221,17 +237,39 @@
         name = name.simplified();
         names.append(QStringLiteral("%1 × %2").arg(count).arg(name));
     }
-    ui->processorLabel->setText(names.join(QStringLiteral(", ")));
+
+    const QString processorLabel = names.join(QStringLiteral(", "));
+    ui->processorLabel->setText(processorLabel);
     if (ui->processorLabel->text().isEmpty()) {
         ui->processor->setHidden(true);
         ui->processorLabel->setHidden(true);
+    } else {
+        labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(ui->processor, ui->processorLabel);
     }
 
     const qlonglong totalRam = calculateTotalRam();
-    ui->memoryLabel->setText(totalRam > 0
+    const QString memoryLabel = totalRam > 0
                              ? i18nc("@label %1 is the formatted amount of system memory (e.g. 7,7 GiB)",
                                      "%1 of RAM", KFormat().formatByteSize(totalRam))
-                             : i18nc("Unknown amount of RAM", "Unknown"));
+                             : i18nc("Unknown amount of RAM", "Unknown");
+    ui->memoryLabel->setText(memoryLabel);
+    labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(ui->memory, ui->memoryLabel);
+}
+
+void Module::copyToClipboard()
+{
+    QString text;
+    // note that this loop does not necessarily represent the same order as in the GUI
+    for (auto p : qAsConst(labelsForClipboard)) {
+        auto descriptionLabelText = p.first->text();
+        auto valueLabel = p.second;
+        auto valueLabelText = valueLabel->text();
+        if (!valueLabel->isHidden()) {
+            text += i18nc("%1 is a label already including a colon, %2 is the corresponding value", "%1 %2", descriptionLabelText, valueLabelText) + QStringLiteral("\n");
+        }
+    }
+
+    QGuiApplication::clipboard()->setText(text);
 }
 
 QString Module::plasmaVersion() const
diff --git a/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.ui b/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.ui
--- a/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.ui
+++ b/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.ui
@@ -10,147 +10,301 @@
     <height>586</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
-  <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
-   <item row="1" column="3" colspan="2">
-    <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
-     <item>
-      <spacer name="verticalSpacer_6">
+  <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+   <item>
+    <spacer name="verticalSpacer_3">
+     <property name="orientation">
+      <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="sizeType">
+      <enum>QSizePolicy::Maximum</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+      <size>
+       <width>17</width>
+       <height>21</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+    </spacer>
+   </item>
+   <item>
+    <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2">
+     <item row="0" column="0">
+      <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="logoLabel">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string notr="true">{LogoLabel}</string>
+         </property>
+         <property name="alignment">
+          <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item>
+        <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_3">
+         <property name="orientation">
+          <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="sizeType">
+          <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+          <size>
+           <width>10</width>
+           <height>20</height>
+          </size>
+         </property>
+        </spacer>
+       </item>
+      </layout>
+     </item>
+     <item row="0" column="1">
+      <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
+       <item row="1" column="0">
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="nameVersionLabel">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string notr="true">{NameVersionLabel}</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item row="4" column="0">
+        <spacer name="verticalSpacer_5">
+         <property name="orientation">
+          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="sizeType">
+          <enum>QSizePolicy::Preferred</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+          <size>
+           <width>20</width>
+           <height>40</height>
+          </size>
+         </property>
+        </spacer>
+       </item>
+       <item row="0" column="0">
+        <spacer name="verticalSpacer_6">
+         <property name="orientation">
+          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="sizeType">
+          <enum>QSizePolicy::Preferred</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+          <size>
+           <width>20</width>
+           <height>40</height>
+          </size>
+         </property>
+        </spacer>
+       </item>
+       <item row="3" column="0">
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="urlLabel">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string notr="true">{UrlLabel}</string>
+         </property>
+         <property name="openExternalLinks">
+          <bool>true</bool>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item row="2" column="0">
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="variantLabel">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string notr="true">{variantLabel}</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+      </layout>
+     </item>
+     <item row="1" column="1">
+      <spacer name="verticalSpacer_2">
        <property name="orientation">
         <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
        </property>
        <property name="sizeType">
-        <enum>QSizePolicy::Preferred</enum>
+        <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
        </property>
        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
         <size>
-         <width>20</width>
-         <height>40</height>
+         <width>17</width>
+         <height>21</height>
         </size>
        </property>
       </spacer>
      </item>
-     <item>
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="nameVersionLabel">
+     <item row="2" column="1">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
+       <property name="font">
+        <font>
+         <weight>75</weight>
+         <bold>true</bold>
+        </font>
+       </property>
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>Software</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="alignment">
+        <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item row="3" column="0">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="plasma">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>KDE Plasma Version:</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="alignment">
+        <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item row="3" column="1">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="plasmaLabel">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string notr="true">{KDEVersion}</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item row="4" column="0">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="frameworksLabelKey">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>KDE Frameworks Version:</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="alignment">
+        <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item row="4" column="1">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="frameworksLabel">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string notr="true">{FrameworksVersion}</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item row="5" column="0">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="qt">
        <property name="text">
-        <string notr="true">{NameVersionLabel}</string>
+        <string>Qt Version:</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="alignment">
+        <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item>
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="variantLabel">
+     <item row="5" column="1">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="qtLabel">
        <property name="text">
-        <string notr="true">{variantLabel}</string>
+        <string notr="true">{QtVersion}</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item>
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="urlLabel">
+     <item row="6" column="0">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="kernel">
        <property name="text">
-        <string notr="true">{UrlLabel}</string>
+        <string>Kernel Version:</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="alignment">
+        <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
        </property>
-       <property name="openExternalLinks">
-        <bool>true</bool>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item row="6" column="1" rowspan="2">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="kernelLabel">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string notr="true">{KernelName}</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item>
-      <spacer name="verticalSpacer_5">
+     <item row="7" column="0" rowspan="2">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="bitsKey">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>OS Type:</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="alignment">
+        <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item row="8" column="1">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="bitsLabel">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string notr="true">{QtArchitecutre}</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item row="9" column="1">
+      <spacer name="verticalSpacer_4">
        <property name="orientation">
         <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
        </property>
        <property name="sizeType">
-        <enum>QSizePolicy::Preferred</enum>
+        <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
        </property>
        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
         <size>
-         <width>20</width>
-         <height>40</height>
+         <width>17</width>
+         <height>21</height>
         </size>
        </property>
       </spacer>
      </item>
+     <item row="10" column="1">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+       <property name="font">
+        <font>
+         <weight>75</weight>
+         <bold>true</bold>
+        </font>
+       </property>
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>Hardware</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="alignment">
+        <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item row="11" column="0">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="processor">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string notr="true">Processor:</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="alignment">
+        <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item row="11" column="1">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="processorLabel">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string notr="true">{PrcoessorName}</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item row="12" column="0">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="memory">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>Memory:</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="alignment">
+        <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item row="12" column="1">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="memoryLabel">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string notr="true">{MemoryAmount}</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
-   <item row="5" column="1">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="plasma">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>KDE Plasma Version:</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="alignment">
-      <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="8" column="4">
-    <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_7">
-     <property name="orientation">
-      <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-      <size>
-       <width>215</width>
-       <height>20</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-    </spacer>
-   </item>
-   <item row="1" column="1">
-    <widget class="QWidget" name="widget" native="true">
-     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
-      <item>
-       <widget class="QLabel" name="logoLabel">
-        <property name="text">
-         <string notr="true">{LogoLabel}</string>
-        </property>
-        <property name="alignment">
-         <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-       <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
-        <property name="orientation">
-         <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-        </property>
-        <property name="sizeType">
-         <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
-        </property>
-        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-         <size>
-          <width>4</width>
-          <height>0</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-       </spacer>
-      </item>
-     </layout>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="13" column="3">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="memoryLabel">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string notr="true">{MemoryAmount}</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="5" column="3">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="plasmaLabel">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string notr="true">{KDEVersion}</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="13" column="1">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="memory">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>Memory:</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="alignment">
-      <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="14" column="3">
+   <item>
     <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
@@ -163,183 +317,36 @@
      </property>
     </spacer>
    </item>
-   <item row="12" column="1">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="processor">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string notr="true">Processor:</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="alignment">
-      <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="3" column="3">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
-     <property name="font">
-      <font>
-       <weight>75</weight>
-       <bold>true</bold>
-      </font>
-     </property>
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>Software</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="alignment">
-      <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="8" column="3">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="kernelLabel">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string notr="true">{KernelName}</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="7" column="3">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="qtLabel">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string notr="true">{QtVersion}</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="8" column="0">
-    <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_4">
-     <property name="orientation">
-      <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-      <size>
-       <width>215</width>
-       <height>17</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-    </spacer>
-   </item>
-   <item row="10" column="3">
-    <spacer name="verticalSpacer_4">
-     <property name="orientation">
-      <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="sizeType">
-      <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-      <size>
-       <width>20</width>
-       <height>24</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-    </spacer>
-   </item>
-   <item row="7" column="1">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="qt">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>Qt Version:</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="alignment">
-      <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="9" column="3">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="bitsLabel">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string notr="true">{QtArchitecutre}</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="11" column="3">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
-     <property name="font">
-      <font>
-       <weight>75</weight>
-       <bold>true</bold>
-      </font>
-     </property>
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>Hardware</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="alignment">
-      <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="9" column="1">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="label_3">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>OS Type:</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="alignment">
-      <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="2" column="3">
-    <spacer name="verticalSpacer_2">
-     <property name="orientation">
-      <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="sizeType">
-      <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-      <size>
-       <width>20</width>
-       <height>24</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-    </spacer>
-   </item>
-   <item row="8" column="1">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="kernel">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>Kernel Version:</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="alignment">
-      <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="0" column="3">
-    <spacer name="verticalSpacer_3">
-     <property name="orientation">
-      <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="sizeType">
-      <enum>QSizePolicy::Maximum</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-      <size>
-       <width>20</width>
-       <height>24</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-    </spacer>
-   </item>
-   <item row="12" column="3">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="processorLabel">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string notr="true">{PrcoessorName}</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="6" column="1">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="frameworksLabelKey">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>KDE Frameworks Version:</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="alignment">
-      <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="6" column="3">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="frameworksLabel">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string notr="true">{FrameworksVersion}</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
+   <item>
+    <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_3">
+     <item row="0" column="0">
+      <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButtonCopyInfo">
+       <property name="toolTip">
+        <string>Copy software and hardware information to clipboard</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>Copy to Clipboard</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="icon">
+        <iconset theme="edit-copy">
+         <normaloff>.</normaloff>.</iconset>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item row="0" column="1">
+      <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_2">
+       <property name="orientation">
+        <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+       </property>
+       <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+        <size>
+         <width>40</width>
+         <height>20</height>
+        </size>
+       </property>
+      </spacer>
+     </item>
+    </layout>
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>