diff --git a/Components/ScintEdit.pas b/Components/ScintEdit.pas
index 7148076bc..fc7e8f9fa 100644
--- a/Components/ScintEdit.pas
+++ b/Components/ScintEdit.pas
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@   TScintEdit = class(TWinControl)
     procedure CancelAutoComplete;
     procedure CancelAutoCompleteAndCallTip;
     procedure CancelCallTip;
+    function CanPaste: Boolean;
     function CanRedo: Boolean;
     function CanUndo: Boolean;
     procedure ChooseCaretX;
@@ -712,6 +713,11 @@ procedure TScintEdit.CancelCallTip;
   Call(SCI_CALLTIPCANCEL, 0, 0);
 end;
 
+function TScintEdit.CanPaste: Boolean;
+begin
+  Result := Call(SCI_CANPASTE, 0, 0) <> 0;
+end;
+
 function TScintEdit.CanRedo: Boolean;
 begin
   Result := Call(SCI_CANREDO, 0, 0) <> 0;
diff --git a/Projects/Src/IDE.MainForm.pas b/Projects/Src/IDE.MainForm.pas
index 2ee6c315d..2f58c8ebc 100644
--- a/Projects/Src/IDE.MainForm.pas
+++ b/Projects/Src/IDE.MainForm.pas
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ procedure TMainForm.MemoKeyDown(Sender: TObject; var Key: Word;
       end;
     end;
   end else if ((Key = Ord('V')) or (Key = VK_INSERT)) and (Shift * [ssShift, ssAlt, ssCtrl] = [ssCtrl]) then begin
-    if not FActiveMemo.ReadOnly and Clipboard.HasFormat(CF_TEXT) then { Also see EMenuClick }
+    if FActiveMemo.CanPaste then
       if MultipleSelectionPasteFromClipboard(FActiveMemo) then
         Key := 0;
   end else if (Key = VK_SPACE) and (Shift * [ssShift, ssAlt, ssCtrl] = [ssShift, ssCtrl]) then begin
@@ -2864,7 +2864,7 @@ procedure TMainForm.EMenuClick(Sender: TObject);
   ERedo.Enabled := MemoHasFocus and FActiveMemo.CanRedo;
   ECut.Enabled := MemoHasFocus and not MemoIsReadOnly and not FActiveMemo.SelEmpty;
   ECopy.Enabled := MemoHasFocus and not FActiveMemo.SelEmpty;
-  EPaste.Enabled := MemoHasFocus and not MemoIsReadOnly and Clipboard.HasFormat(CF_TEXT); { Also see MemoKeyDown }
+  EPaste.Enabled := MemoHasFocus and FActiveMemo.CanPaste;
   EDelete.Enabled := MemoHasFocus and not FActiveMemo.SelEmpty;
   ESelectAll.Enabled := MemoHasFocus;
   ESelectNextOccurrence.Enabled := MemoHasFocus;