diff --git a/addons/addon-clipboard/src/ClipboardAddon.ts b/addons/addon-clipboard/src/ClipboardAddon.ts
index 5e194880c..535c450be 100644
--- a/addons/addon-clipboard/src/ClipboardAddon.ts
+++ b/addons/addon-clipboard/src/ClipboardAddon.ts
@@ -78,13 +78,43 @@ export class BrowserClipboardProvider implements IClipboardProvider {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * TODO: Once the base64 handling on Uint8Arrays is more common,
+ * remove the btoa/atob fallbacks below.
+ */
+interface IUint8ArrayB64 extends Uint8Array {
+  toBase64(): string;
+}
+interface IUint8ArrayB64Ctor extends Uint8ArrayConstructor {
+  fromBase64(s: string): IUint8ArrayB64;
+}
+
 export class Base64 implements IBase64 {
   public encodeText(data: string): string {
-    return btoa(data);
+    const bytes = new TextEncoder().encode(data) as IUint8ArrayB64;
+    if (bytes.toBase64 !== undefined) {
+      return bytes.toBase64();
+    }
+    let bin = '';
+    for (let i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) {
+      bin += String.fromCharCode(bytes[i]);
+    }
+    return btoa(bin);
   }
   public decodeText(data: string): string {
+    if ((Uint8Array as IUint8ArrayB64Ctor).fromBase64 !== undefined) {
+      try {
+        return new TextDecoder().decode((Uint8Array as IUint8ArrayB64Ctor).fromBase64(data));
+      } catch {}
+      return '';
+    }
     try {
-      return atob(data);
+      const bin = atob(data);
+      const bytes = new Uint8Array(bin.length);
+      for (let i = 0; i < bin.length; ++i) {
+        bytes[i] = bin.charCodeAt(i);
+      }
+      return new TextDecoder().decode(bytes);
     } catch {}
     return '';
   }
diff --git a/addons/addon-clipboard/test/ClipboardAddon.test.ts b/addons/addon-clipboard/test/ClipboardAddon.test.ts
index 2c04e619b..6995850d4 100644
--- a/addons/addon-clipboard/test/ClipboardAddon.test.ts
+++ b/addons/addon-clipboard/test/ClipboardAddon.test.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ test.describe('ClipboardAddon', () => {
       await ctx.page.context().grantPermissions(['clipboard-read', 'clipboard-write']);
     }
     await ctx.page.evaluate(`
-      window.term.reset()
+      window.term.reset();
       window.clipboard?.dispose();
       window.clipboard = new ClipboardAddon();
       window.term.loadAddon(window.clipboard);
@@ -92,4 +92,22 @@ test.describe('ClipboardAddon', () => {
       deepEqual(await ctx.page.evaluate(() => window.navigator.clipboard.readText()), '');
     });
   });
+
+  test.describe('non-ASCII', () => {
+    const testDataEncoded = '4oKsbWzDpMO8dMOf';
+    const testDataDecoded = '€mläütß';
+    test('write simple string', async () => {
+      await ctx.proxy.write(`\x1b]52;c;${testDataEncoded}\x07`);
+      deepEqual(await ctx.page.evaluate(() => window.navigator.clipboard.readText()), testDataDecoded);
+    });
+    test('read simple string', async () => {
+      await ctx.page.evaluate(`
+        window.data2 = [];
+        window.term.onData(e => data2.push(e));
+      `);
+      await ctx.page.evaluate((d) => window.navigator.clipboard.writeText(d), testDataDecoded);
+      await ctx.proxy.write(`\x1b]52;c;?\x07`);
+      deepEqual(await ctx.page.evaluate('window.data2'), [`\x1b]52;c;${testDataEncoded}\x07`]);
+    });
+  });
 });