diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/CursesDriver.cs b/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/CursesDriver.cs
index a35656f6bf..389e364426 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/CursesDriver.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/CursesDriver.cs
@@ -666,6 +666,9 @@ public override void Init (Action terminalResized)
 
 		TerminalResized = terminalResized;
 
+		if (Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT) {
+			Clipboard = new FakeDriver.FakeClipboard ();
+		} else {
 		if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform (OSPlatform.OSX)) {
 			Clipboard = new MacOSXClipboard ();
 		} else {
@@ -675,6 +678,7 @@ public override void Init (Action terminalResized)
 				Clipboard = new CursesClipboard ();
 			}
 		}
+		}
 
 		ClearContents ();
 		StartReportingMouseMoves ();