diff --git a/assets/js/post-form.js b/assets/js/post-form.js
index bdfe8732..c9910337 100644
--- a/assets/js/post-form.js
+++ b/assets/js/post-form.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
             this.initDropzones()
             this.initFormEvents()
+            this.initImagePasting()
             this.addToolbarButton()
         }
 
@@ -104,6 +105,48 @@
         })
     }
 
+    PostForm.prototype.initImagePasting = function() {
+        var self = this
+
+        self.$markdownEditor.bind('paste', function (event) {
+            if (event.type.indexOf('copy') === 0 || event.type.indexOf('paste') === 0) {
+                event.clipboardData = event.originalEvent.clipboardData
+            }
+
+            var clipboardData = event.clipboardData
+
+            if (clipboardData.types.indexOf('Files') != -1) {
+                var file = clipboardData.items[0].getAsFile()
+                var reader = new FileReader()
+                reader.onload = function (evt) {
+                    self.pauseUpdates()
+
+                    var formData = new FormData()
+                    formData.append('X_BLOG_IMAGE_UPLOAD', 1)
+                    formData.append('_image', evt.target.result)
+                    formData.append('_session_key', self.sessionKey)
+
+                    $.ajax({
+                        url: self.formAction,
+                        type: 'POST',
+                        cache: false,
+                        contentType: false,
+                        processData: false,
+                        data: formData
+                    })
+                    .done(function(response) {
+                        self.resumeUpdates()
+                        self.codeEditor.insertSnippet('!['+response.file+']('+response.path+')')
+                    })
+                    .fail(function(response) {
+                        self.resumeUpdates()
+                    });
+                };
+                reader.readAsDataURL(file)
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     PostForm.prototype.pauseUpdates = function() {
         this.$markdownEditor.markdownEditor('pauseUpdates')
     }
@@ -181,4 +224,4 @@
         $.oc.blogPostForm = form
     })
 
-}(window.jQuery);
\ No newline at end of file
+}(window.jQuery);
diff --git a/formwidgets/BlogMarkdown.php b/formwidgets/BlogMarkdown.php
index 9907c0df..e611c991 100644
--- a/formwidgets/BlogMarkdown.php
+++ b/formwidgets/BlogMarkdown.php
@@ -55,31 +55,48 @@ protected function checkUploadPostback()
         $uploadedFileName = null;
 
         try {
-            $uploadedFile = Input::file('file');
 
-            if ($uploadedFile)
-                $uploadedFileName = $uploadedFile->getClientOriginalName();
+            if (Input::has('file')) {
+                $uploadedFile = Input::file('file');
 
-            $validationRules = ['max:'.File::getMaxFilesize()];
-            $validationRules[] = 'mimes:jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,gif';
+                if ($uploadedFile) {
+                    $uploadedFileName = $uploadedFile->getClientOriginalName();
+                }
 
-            $validation = Validator::make(
-                ['file_data' => $uploadedFile],
-                ['file_data' => $validationRules]
-            );
+                $validationRules = ['max:'.File::getMaxFilesize()];
+                $validationRules[] = 'mimes:jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,gif';
 
-            if ($validation->fails()) {
-                throw new ValidationException($validation);
-            }
+                $validation = Validator::make(
+                    ['file_data' => $uploadedFile],
+                    ['file_data' => $validationRules]
+                );
+
+                if ($validation->fails()) {
+                    throw new ValidationException($validation);
+                }
+
+                if (!$uploadedFile->isValid()) {
+                    throw new SystemException(Lang::get('cms::lang.asset.file_not_valid'));
+                }
+
+                $file = new File();
+                $file->data = $uploadedFile;
+            } elseif (Input::has('_image')) {
+                $content = Input::get('_image');
+
+                preg_match('/^(data:\s*image\/(\w+);base64,)/', $content, $result);
+        
+                $fileContent = base64_decode(str_replace($result[1], '', $content));
+                $fileExt = $result[2];
+                $fileName = md5($file_content) . '.' . $fileExt;
+                $uploadedFileName = 'image' . '.' . $fileExt;
 
-            if (!$uploadedFile->isValid()) {
-                throw new SystemException(Lang::get('cms::lang.asset.file_not_valid'));
+                $file = new File();
+                $file->fromData($fileContent, $fileName);
             }
 
             $fileRelation = $this->model->content_images();
 
-            $file = new File();
-            $file->data = $uploadedFile;
             $file->is_public = true;
             $file->save();