diff --git a/apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.test.ts b/apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.test.ts
index 18cf959012092a7512a2c6a2a91fd56956cb8573..c11529e0c46c8da1682d47afc07edc4e697c3e15 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.test.ts
@@ -253,6 +253,22 @@ describe("isTerminalPasteShortcut", () => {
       true,
     );
   });
+
+  it("supports the conventional Shift+Insert paste shortcut", () => {
+    expect(isTerminalPasteShortcut(event({ key: "Insert", shiftKey: true }), "Linux x86_64")).toBe(
+      true,
+    );
+    expect(isTerminalPasteShortcut(event({ key: "Insert" }), "Linux x86_64")).toBe(false);
+    expect(
+      isTerminalPasteShortcut(
+        event({ key: "Insert", ctrlKey: true, shiftKey: true }),
+        "Linux x86_64",
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+    expect(isTerminalPasteShortcut(event({ key: "Insert", shiftKey: true }), "MacIntel")).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+  });
 });
 
 describe("isTerminalCompositionCommitInput", () => {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.ts b/apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.ts
index 2ac3c68d15869f612147def6a4812f9111ba32a6..9492e2d02628324e304fd6b5a877deebbe1366a5 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.ts
@@ -340,7 +340,11 @@ export function isTerminalPasteShortcut(
   event: Pick<KeyboardEvent, "ctrlKey" | "key" | "metaKey" | "shiftKey">,
   platform = navigator.platform,
 ) {
-  if (event.key.toLowerCase() !== "v") return false;
+  const key = event.key.toLowerCase();
+  if (key === "insert" && !isMacPlatform(platform)) {
+    return event.shiftKey && !event.ctrlKey && !event.metaKey;
+  }
+  if (key !== "v") return false;
   return isMacPlatform(platform) ? event.metaKey : event.ctrlKey && event.shiftKey;
 }