diff --git a/src/protocols/rdp/client.c b/src/protocols/rdp/client.c
index 0e7fa873..9fc24de7 100644
--- a/src/protocols/rdp/client.c
+++ b/src/protocols/rdp/client.c
@@ -655,6 +655,7 @@ int guac_client_init(guac_client* client, int argc, char** argv) {
     guac_client_data->bounded = FALSE;
     guac_client_data->mouse_button_mask = 0;
     guac_client_data->current_surface = GUAC_DEFAULT_LAYER;
+    guac_client_data->clipboard = guac_common_clipboard_alloc(GUAC_RDP_CLIPBOARD_MAX_LENGTH);
     guac_client_data->requested_clipboard_format = CB_FORMAT_TEXT;
     guac_client_data->audio = NULL;
     guac_client_data->filesystem = NULL;
diff --git a/src/protocols/rdp/client.h b/src/protocols/rdp/client.h
index c6d242cb..4ffc0515 100644
--- a/src/protocols/rdp/client.h
+++ b/src/protocols/rdp/client.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
+#include "guac_clipboard.h"
 #include "guac_list.h"
 #include "rdp_fs.h"
 #include "rdp_keymap.h"
@@ -171,9 +172,9 @@ typedef struct rdp_guac_client_data {
     guac_rdp_keysym_state_map keysym_state;
 
     /**
-     * The current clipboard contents, in UTF-8.
+     * The current clipboard contents.
      */
-    char clipboard[GUAC_RDP_CLIPBOARD_MAX_LENGTH];
+    guac_common_clipboard* clipboard;
 
     /**
      * The format of the clipboard which was requested. Data received from
diff --git a/src/protocols/rdp/guac_handlers.c b/src/protocols/rdp/guac_handlers.c
index 5052a8d5..4453d461 100644
--- a/src/protocols/rdp/guac_handlers.c
+++ b/src/protocols/rdp/guac_handlers.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ int rdp_guac_client_free_handler(guac_client* client) {
     guac_common_list_free(guac_client_data->available_svc);
 
     /* Free client data */
+    guac_common_clipboard_free(guac_client_data->clipboard);
     cairo_surface_destroy(guac_client_data->opaque_glyph_surface);
     cairo_surface_destroy(guac_client_data->trans_glyph_surface);
     free(guac_client_data);
diff --git a/src/protocols/rdp/rdp_cliprdr.c b/src/protocols/rdp/rdp_cliprdr.c
index 7489267c..a5a7d613 100644
--- a/src/protocols/rdp/rdp_cliprdr.c
+++ b/src/protocols/rdp/rdp_cliprdr.c
@@ -219,10 +219,11 @@ void guac_rdp_process_cb_data_response(guac_client* client,
         RDP_CB_DATA_RESPONSE_EVENT* event) {
 
     rdp_guac_client_data* client_data = (rdp_guac_client_data*) client->data;
+    char received_data[GUAC_RDP_CLIPBOARD_MAX_LENGTH];
 
     guac_iconv_read* reader;
     char* input = (char*) event->data;
-    char* output = client_data->clipboard;
+    char* output = received_data;
 
     /* Find correct source encoding */
     switch (client_data->requested_clipboard_format) {
@@ -247,43 +248,12 @@ void guac_rdp_process_cb_data_response(guac_client* client,
 
     /* Convert send clipboard data */
     if (guac_iconv(reader, &input, event->size,
-            GUAC_WRITE_UTF8, &output, GUAC_RDP_CLIPBOARD_MAX_LENGTH)) {
+            GUAC_WRITE_UTF8, &output, sizeof(received_data))) {
 
-        char* current = client_data->clipboard;
-        int remaining = GUAC_RDP_CLIPBOARD_MAX_LENGTH;
-
-        /* Begin stream */
-        guac_stream* stream = guac_client_alloc_stream(client);
-        guac_protocol_send_clipboard(client->socket, stream, "text/plain");
-
-        /* Split clipboard into chunks */
-        while (remaining > 0) {
-
-            /* Calculate size of next block */
-            int block_size = 4096;
-            if (remaining < block_size)
-                block_size = remaining; 
-
-            /* If at end of string, send final blob */
-            int length = strnlen(current, block_size);
-            if (length < block_size) {
-                guac_protocol_send_blob(client->socket, stream, current, length+1);
-                break;
-            }
-
-            /* Otherwise, send current blob and continue */
-            else
-                guac_protocol_send_blob(client->socket, stream, current, length);
-
-            /* Next block */
-            remaining -= length;
-            current += length;
-
-        }
-
-        /* End stream */
-        guac_protocol_send_end(client->socket, stream);
-        guac_client_free_stream(client, stream);
+        int length = strnlen(received_data, sizeof(received_data));
+        guac_common_clipboard_reset(client_data->clipboard, "text/plain");
+        guac_common_clipboard_append(client_data->clipboard, received_data, length);
+        guac_common_clipboard_send(client_data->clipboard, client);
 
     }