diff --git a/src/js/components/CopyToClipboard.js b/src/js/components/CopyToClipboard.js
index 2608e38..75951b5 100644
--- a/src/js/components/CopyToClipboard.js
+++ b/src/js/components/CopyToClipboard.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export default class extends React.PureComponent {
   handleCopy = () => {
     const { clickCallback, src, namespace } = this.props
 
-    const textToCopy = JSON.stringify(this.clipboardValue(src), null, '  ')
+    const textToCopy = this.clipboardText(src)
 
     if (navigator.clipboard) {
       navigator.clipboard.writeText(textToCopy).catch(() => {
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ export default class extends React.PureComponent {
     }
   }
 
+  clipboardText = value => {
+    const clipboardValue = this.clipboardValue(value)
+
+    if (typeof clipboardValue === 'string') {
+      return clipboardValue
+    }
+
+    return JSON.stringify(clipboardValue, null, '  ')
+  }
+
   render () {
     const { theme, hidden, rowHovered } = this.props
     const style = Theme(theme, 'copy-to-clipboard').style
diff --git a/test/tests/js/components/CopyToClipboard-test.js b/test/tests/js/components/CopyToClipboard-test.js
index 5e1f125..2332fb1 100644
--- a/test/tests/js/components/CopyToClipboard-test.js
+++ b/test/tests/js/components/CopyToClipboard-test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,36 @@ import { expect } from 'chai'
 
 import CopyToClipboard from './../../../../src/js/components/CopyToClipboard'
 
+function copyToClipboard (src) {
+  const copied = []
+  const { clipboard } = global.navigator
+
+  global.navigator.clipboard = {
+    writeText: textToCopy => {
+      copied.push(textToCopy)
+      return Promise.resolve()
+    }
+  }
+
+  const wrapper = shallow(
+    <CopyToClipboard
+      src={src}
+      namespace={['root']}
+      theme='rjv-default'
+      hidden={false}
+    />
+  )
+
+  try {
+    wrapper.find('.copy-to-clipboard-container').childAt(0).simulate('click')
+  } finally {
+    wrapper.unmount()
+    global.navigator.clipboard = clipboard
+  }
+
+  return copied
+}
+
 describe('<CopyToClipboard />', function () {
   it('CopyToClipboard clipboard should exist', function () {
     const wrapper = shallow(
@@ -29,4 +59,41 @@ describe('<CopyToClipboard />', function () {
     // not sure how to test css attribute
     expect(wrapper.find('.copy-to-clipboard-container')).to.have.length(1)
   })
+
+  it('CopyToClipboard copies a string without quotes', function () {
+    expect(copyToClipboard('a string')).to.deep.equal(['a string'])
+  })
+
+  it('CopyToClipboard copies an object as JSON', function () {
+    expect(copyToClipboard({ test: true })).to.deep.equal([
+      JSON.stringify({ test: true }, null, '  ')
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('CopyToClipboard copies an array as JSON', function () {
+    expect(copyToClipboard(['a string', 1])).to.deep.equal([
+      JSON.stringify(['a string', 1], null, '  ')
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('CopyToClipboard copies a number as JSON', function () {
+    expect(copyToClipboard(1)).to.deep.equal(['1'])
+  })
+
+  it('CopyToClipboard copies a boolean as JSON', function () {
+    expect(copyToClipboard(true)).to.deep.equal(['true'])
+  })
+
+  it('CopyToClipboard copies null as JSON', function () {
+    expect(copyToClipboard(null)).to.deep.equal(['null'])
+  })
+
+  it('CopyToClipboard copies a function as source text', function () {
+    const noop = function () {}
+    expect(copyToClipboard(noop)).to.deep.equal([noop.toString()])
+  })
+
+  it('CopyToClipboard copies a regexp as source text', function () {
+    expect(copyToClipboard(/pattern/g)).to.deep.equal(['/pattern/g'])
+  })
 })