diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/macEditingCommands.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/macEditingCommands.ts
index d7867da029..8f4c496e8a 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/macEditingCommands.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/macEditingCommands.ts
@@ -126,4 +126,6 @@ export const macEditingCommands: {[key: string]: string|string[]} = {
   'Shift+Meta+ArrowRight': 'moveToRightEndOfLineAndModifySelection:',
 
   'Meta+KeyA': 'selectAll:',
+  'Meta+KeyC': 'copy:',
+  'Meta+KeyV': 'paste:',
 };
diff --git a/tests/page/page-keyboard.spec.ts b/tests/page/page-keyboard.spec.ts
index ed31edb50e..29638647dc 100644
--- a/tests/page/page-keyboard.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/page-keyboard.spec.ts
@@ -464,6 +464,18 @@ it('should dispatch a click event on a button when Enter gets pressed', async ({
   expect((await actual.jsonValue()).clicked).toBe(true);
 });
 
+it('should support simple copy-pasting', async ({ page, isMac, browserName }) => {
+  it.fixme(browserName === 'webkit', 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/12000');
+  const modifier = isMac ? 'Meta' : 'Control';
+  await page.setContent(`<div contenteditable>123</div>`);
+  await page.focus('div');
+  await page.keyboard.press(`${modifier}+KeyA`);
+  await page.keyboard.press(`${modifier}+KeyC`);
+  await page.keyboard.press(`${modifier}+KeyV`);
+  await page.keyboard.press(`${modifier}+KeyV`);
+  expect(await page.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('div').textContent)).toBe('123123');
+});
+
 async function captureLastKeydown(page) {
   const lastEvent = await page.evaluateHandle(() => {
     const lastEvent = {