diff --git a/assets/keymaps/default-linux.json b/assets/keymaps/default-linux.json
index 38ef7d092d534163ead569c522227b089f84af99..bb49582ce0e939a5c43c24862a4e50f9d82125d2 100644
--- a/assets/keymaps/default-linux.json
+++ b/assets/keymaps/default-linux.json
@@ -262,9 +262,9 @@
   {
     "context": "AgentPanel > Markdown",
     "bindings": {
-      "copy": "markdown::Copy",
-      "ctrl-insert": "markdown::Copy",
-      "ctrl-c": "markdown::Copy",
+      "copy": "markdown::CopyAsMarkdown",
+      "ctrl-insert": "markdown::CopyAsMarkdown",
+      "ctrl-c": "markdown::CopyAsMarkdown",
     },
   },
   {
diff --git a/assets/keymaps/default-macos.json b/assets/keymaps/default-macos.json
index 8a0e3dfdcddbd448e6a6b9bf66f3731153208120..3c6ec6e0423e5ea254ddcd9690f92ac11e0fa73a 100644
--- a/assets/keymaps/default-macos.json
+++ b/assets/keymaps/default-macos.json
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
     "context": "AgentPanel > Markdown",
     "use_key_equivalents": true,
     "bindings": {
-      "cmd-c": "markdown::Copy",
+      "cmd-c": "markdown::CopyAsMarkdown",
     },
   },
   {
diff --git a/assets/keymaps/default-windows.json b/assets/keymaps/default-windows.json
index e344ea356fb171fb07474f498056df73c73d8307..b15313fe75cc1265b5eb0c5560f26e4c148d4336 100644
--- a/assets/keymaps/default-windows.json
+++ b/assets/keymaps/default-windows.json
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
     "context": "AgentPanel > Markdown",
     "use_key_equivalents": true,
     "bindings": {
-      "ctrl-c": "markdown::Copy",
+      "ctrl-c": "markdown::CopyAsMarkdown",
     },
   },
   {
diff --git a/crates/markdown/src/markdown.rs b/crates/markdown/src/markdown.rs
index 536d9fd6a2439e9b23b9f99d20a4aff425eda956..5c2d7323e5c2b35bd8fa19abaa8975ae805d003a 100644
--- a/crates/markdown/src/markdown.rs
+++ b/crates/markdown/src/markdown.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ actions!(
     [
         /// Copies the selected text to the clipboard.
         Copy,
+        /// Copies the selected text as markdown to the clipboard.
+        CopyAsMarkdown
     ]
 );
 
@@ -295,6 +297,14 @@ impl Markdown {
         cx.write_to_clipboard(ClipboardItem::new_string(text));
     }
 
+    fn copy_as_markdown(&self, _: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
+        if self.selection.end <= self.selection.start {
+            return;
+        }
+        let text = self.source[self.selection.start..self.selection.end].to_string();
+        cx.write_to_clipboard(ClipboardItem::new_string(text));
+    }
+
     fn parse(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
         if self.source.is_empty() {
             return;
@@ -1356,6 +1366,14 @@ impl Element for MarkdownElement {
                 }
             }
         });
+        window.on_action(std::any::TypeId::of::<crate::CopyAsMarkdown>(), {
+            let entity = self.markdown.clone();
+            move |_, phase, window, cx| {
+                if phase == DispatchPhase::Bubble {
+                    entity.update(cx, move |this, cx| this.copy_as_markdown(window, cx))
+                }
+            }
+        });
 
         self.paint_mouse_listeners(hitbox, &rendered_markdown.text, window, cx);
         rendered_markdown.element.paint(window, cx);