diff --git a/uppsrc/CtrlCore/CtrlClip.cpp b/uppsrc/CtrlCore/CtrlClip.cpp
index 0d4914e30..768300a98 100644
--- a/uppsrc/CtrlCore/CtrlClip.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/CtrlCore/CtrlClip.cpp
@@ -296,6 +296,15 @@ const char *ClipFmtsRTF()
 	return sClipFmtsRTF;
 }
 
+#ifdef PLATFORM_POSIX
+
+void WriteClipboardHTML(const String& html)
+{
+    WriteClipboard("text/html", html);
+}
+
+#else
+
 void WriteClipboardHTML(const String& html)
 {
 	String data;
@@ -325,4 +334,6 @@ void WriteClipboardHTML(const String& html)
 	WriteClipboard("HTML Format", data);
 }
 
+#endif
+
 }