diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py
index fa0486b952..0c807a608a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py
@@ -337,6 +337,10 @@ class DocumentView(QWebView):
         self.connect(self.document, SIGNAL('animated_scroll_done()'),
                 self.animated_scroll_done, Qt.QueuedConnection)
 
+    @property
+    def copy_action(self):
+        return self.document.action(QWebPage.Copy)
+
     def animated_scroll_done(self):
         if self.manager is not None:
             self.manager.scrolled(self.document.scroll_fraction)
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py
index 7c50db68ee..0ed5312bf8 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from PyQt4.Qt import QMovie, QApplication, Qt, QIcon, QTimer, QWidget, SIGNAL, \
                      QDesktopServices, QDoubleSpinBox, QLabel, QTextBrowser, \
                      QPainter, QBrush, QColor, QStandardItemModel, QPalette, \
                      QStandardItem, QUrl, QRegExpValidator, QRegExp, QLineEdit, \
-                     QToolButton, QMenu, QInputDialog, QAction
+                     QToolButton, QMenu, QInputDialog, QAction, QKeySequence
 
 from calibre.gui2.viewer.main_ui import Ui_EbookViewer
 from calibre.gui2.viewer.printing import Printing
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ class EbookViewer(MainWindow, Ui_EbookViewer):
         self.connect(self.action_print, SIGNAL("triggered(bool)"), partial(self.print_book, preview=False))
         self.connect(self.print_menu.actions()[0], SIGNAL("triggered(bool)"), partial(self.print_book, preview=True))
         self.set_max_width()
+        ca = self.view.copy_action
+        ca.setShortcut(QKeySequence.Copy)
 
 
     def set_max_width(self):