diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ffd6a27..3973ad5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FILES = bashrc bash_profile vimrc zshrc gitconfig screenrc commonshrc liquidpromptrc \
 	neomuttrc pentadactylrc mailcap latexmkrc ctags \
 	i3/config i3status.conf config/dunst/dunstrc msmtprc spacemacs emacs.d mbsyncrc authinfo \
-	config/qutebrowser config/nvim/init.vim config/nvim/ginit.vim ideavimrc \
+	config/qutebrowser config/nvim/init.vim config/nvim/ginit.vim config/nvim/lua ideavimrc \
 	config/khal config/vdirsyncer/config config/khard \
 	config/rofi config/rofi-pass gdbinit notmuch-config \
 	tridactylrc config/sway/config config/mpv/mpv.conf \
diff --git a/config/nvim/lua/osc52.lua b/config/nvim/lua/osc52.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccd26ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/nvim/lua/osc52.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+local M = {}
+
+-- Code inspired by https://github.com/fcpg/vim-osc52/blob/master/plugin/osc52.vim
+
+local base64 = {}
+local max_osc52_sequence = 100000
+
+function M.get_OSC52(str, tgt)
+  return "\x1b]52;" .. tgt .. ";" .. base64.encode(str) .. "\x07"
+end
+
+-- This is for `tmux` sessions which filters OSC 52 locally.
+function M.get_OSC52_tmux(str, tgt)
+  return "\x1bPtmux;\x1b\x1b]52;" .. tgt .. ";" .. base64.encode(str) .. "\x07\x1b\\"
+end
+
+-- base64s the entire source, wraps it in a single OSC52, and then
+-- breaks the result in small chunks which are each wrapped in a DCS sequence.
+--
+-- This is appropriate when running on `screen`.  Screen doesn't support OSC 52,
+-- but will pass the contents of a DCS sequence to the outer terminal unmolested.
+-- It imposes a small max length to DCS sequences, so we send in chunks.
+function M.get_OSC52_DCS(str, tgt)
+  local b64 = base64.encode(str)
+
+  -- Insert <end-dcs><start-dcs> pair every 76 characters.
+  -- TODO: insert "\x1b\\\x1bP" every 76 characters
+
+  -- Now wrap the whole thing in <start-dcs><start-osc52>...<end-osc52><end-dcs>.
+  b64 = "\x1bP\x1b]52;" .. tgt .. ";" .. b64 .. "\x07\x1b\x5c"
+
+  return b64
+end
+
+M.terminal = vim.api.nvim_eval'$TERM'
+
+function M.copy(str, tgt)
+  tgt = tgt or 'c'
+
+  if #str > max_osc52_sequence then error'string to long to copy via OSC52' end
+
+  local osc52
+  if M.terminal:match'^tmux' ~= nil then
+    osc52 = M.get_OSC52_tmux(str, tgt)
+  elseif M.terminal:match'^screen' ~= nil then
+    osc52 = M.get_OSC52_DCS(str, tgt)
+  else
+    osc52 = M.get_OSC52(str, tgt)
+  end
+
+  io.stdout:write(osc52)
+end
+
+function _G.osc52_clipboard_handler(lines, regtype, reg)
+  M.copy(table.concat(lines, '\n'), reg == '*' and 's' or 'c')
+end
+
+function M.enable()
+  vim.cmd[[
+    let g:clipboard = {
+    \ 'name': 'osc52',
+    \ 'copy': {
+    \   '+': { lines, regtype -> v:lua.osc52_clipboard_handler(lines, regtype, '+') },
+    \   '*': { lines, regtype -> v:lua.osc52_clipboard_handler(lines, regtype, '*') },
+    \ },
+    \ 'paste': {
+    \   '+': { -> '' },
+    \   '*': { -> '' },
+    \ },
+    \}
+  ]]
+end
+
+if M.terminal ~= 'dumb' then
+  M.enable()
+end
+
+-- base 64 library from: https://github.com/iskolbin/lbase64/blob/master/base64.lua
+
+if false then _G.bit32 = {} end -- shut up type error
+
+local extract = _G.bit32 and _G.bit32.extract -- Lua 5.2/Lua 5.3 in compatibility mode
+if not extract then
+	if _G.bit then -- LuaJIT
+		local shl, shr, band = _G.bit.lshift, _G.bit.rshift, _G.bit.band
+		extract = function( v, from, width )
+			return band( shr( v, from ), shl( 1, width ) - 1 )
+		end
+	elseif _G._VERSION == "Lua 5.1" then
+		extract = function( v, from, width )
+			local w = 0
+			local flag = 2^from
+			for i = 0, width-1 do
+				local flag2 = flag + flag
+				if v % flag2 >= flag then
+					w = w + 2^i
+				end
+				flag = flag2
+			end
+			return w
+		end
+	else -- Lua 5.3+
+		extract = load[[return function( v, from, width )
+			return ( v >> from ) & ((1 << width) - 1)
+		end]]()
+	end
+end
+
+function base64.makeencoder( s62, s63, spad )
+	local encoder = {}
+	for b64code, char in pairs{[0]='A','B','C','D','E','F','G','H','I','J',
+		'K','L','M','N','O','P','Q','R','S','T','U','V','W','X','Y',
+		'Z','a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n',
+		'o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z','0','1','2',
+		'3','4','5','6','7','8','9',s62 or '+',s63 or'/',spad or'='} do
+		encoder[b64code] = char:byte()
+	end
+	return encoder
+end
+
+function base64.makedecoder( s62, s63, spad )
+	local decoder = {}
+	for b64code, charcode in pairs( base64.makeencoder( s62, s63, spad )) do
+		decoder[charcode] = b64code
+	end
+	return decoder
+end
+
+local DEFAULT_ENCODER = base64.makeencoder()
+local DEFAULT_DECODER = base64.makedecoder()
+
+local char, concat = string.char, table.concat
+
+function base64.encode( str, encoder, usecaching )
+	encoder = encoder or DEFAULT_ENCODER
+	local t, k, n = {}, 1, #str
+	local lastn = n % 3
+	local cache = {}
+	for i = 1, n-lastn, 3 do
+		local a, b, c = str:byte( i, i+2 )
+		local v = a*0x10000 + b*0x100 + c
+		local s
+		if usecaching then
+			s = cache[v]
+			if not s then
+				s = char(encoder[extract(v,18,6)], encoder[extract(v,12,6)], encoder[extract(v,6,6)], encoder[extract(v,0,6)])
+				cache[v] = s
+			end
+		else
+			s = char(encoder[extract(v,18,6)], encoder[extract(v,12,6)], encoder[extract(v,6,6)], encoder[extract(v,0,6)])
+		end
+		t[k] = s
+		k = k + 1
+	end
+	if lastn == 2 then
+		local a, b = str:byte( n-1, n )
+		local v = a*0x10000 + b*0x100
+		t[k] = char(encoder[extract(v,18,6)], encoder[extract(v,12,6)], encoder[extract(v,6,6)], encoder[64])
+	elseif lastn == 1 then
+		local v = str:byte( n )*0x10000
+		t[k] = char(encoder[extract(v,18,6)], encoder[extract(v,12,6)], encoder[64], encoder[64])
+	end
+	return concat( t )
+end
+
+function base64.decode( b64, decoder, usecaching )
+	decoder = decoder or DEFAULT_DECODER
+	local pattern = '[^%w%+%/%=]'
+	if decoder then
+		local s62, s63
+		for charcode, b64code in pairs( decoder ) do
+			if b64code == 62 then s62 = charcode
+			elseif b64code == 63 then s63 = charcode
+			end
+		end
+		pattern = ('[^%%w%%%s%%%s%%=]'):format( char(s62), char(s63) )
+	end
+	b64 = b64:gsub( pattern, '' )
+	local cache = usecaching and {}
+	local t, k = {}, 1
+	local n = #b64
+	local padding = b64:sub(-2) == '==' and 2 or b64:sub(-1) == '=' and 1 or 0
+	for i = 1, padding > 0 and n-4 or n, 4 do
+		local a, b, c, d = b64:byte( i, i+3 )
+		local s
+		if usecaching then
+			local v0 = a*0x1000000 + b*0x10000 + c*0x100 + d
+			s = cache[v0]
+			if not s then
+				local v = decoder[a]*0x40000 + decoder[b]*0x1000 + decoder[c]*0x40 + decoder[d]
+				s = char( extract(v,16,8), extract(v,8,8), extract(v,0,8))
+				cache[v0] = s
+			end
+		else
+			local v = decoder[a]*0x40000 + decoder[b]*0x1000 + decoder[c]*0x40 + decoder[d]
+			s = char( extract(v,16,8), extract(v,8,8), extract(v,0,8))
+		end
+		t[k] = s
+		k = k + 1
+	end
+	if padding == 1 then
+		local a, b, c = b64:byte( n-3, n-1 )
+		local v = decoder[a]*0x40000 + decoder[b]*0x1000 + decoder[c]*0x40
+		t[k] = char( extract(v,16,8), extract(v,8,8))
+	elseif padding == 2 then
+		local a, b = b64:byte( n-3, n-2 )
+		local v = decoder[a]*0x40000 + decoder[b]*0x1000
+		t[k] = char( extract(v,16,8))
+	end
+	return concat( t )
+end
+
+return M
diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 767b20e..6812064 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ require('telescope').setup{
   },
 }
 
+require'osc52'
+
 EOF
 
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