diff --git a/client/src/app.c b/client/src/app.c
index 3c42fe0a..fa67c038 100644
--- a/client/src/app.c
+++ b/client/src/app.c
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ void app_clipboardRelease(void)
 
 void app_clipboardNotifyTypes(const LG_ClipboardData types[], int count)
 {
+  if (!g_params.clipboardToVM)
+    return;
+
   if (count == 0)
   {
     spice_clipboard_release();
diff --git a/client/src/config.c b/client/src/config.c
index 7b7d7edc..a4ef5e0c 100644
--- a/client/src/config.c
+++ b/client/src/config.c
@@ -568,11 +568,14 @@ bool config_load(int argc, char * argv[])
 
     if (g_params.useSpiceClipboard)
     {
-      g_params.clipboardToVM    = option_get_bool("spice", "clipboardToVM"   );
-      g_params.clipboardToLocal = option_get_bool("spice", "clipboardToLocal");
-
-      if (!g_params.clipboardToVM && !g_params.clipboardToLocal)
-        g_params.useSpiceClipboard = false;
+      g_params.clipboardToVM     = option_get_bool("spice", "clipboardToVM"   );
+      g_params.clipboardToLocal  = option_get_bool("spice", "clipboardToLocal");
+      g_params.useSpiceClipboard = g_params.clipboardToVM || g_params.clipboardToLocal;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      g_params.clipboardToVM    = false;
+      g_params.clipboardToLocal = false;
     }
 
     g_params.scaleMouseInput  = option_get_bool("spice", "scaleCursor");
diff --git a/client/src/main.c b/client/src/main.c
index 594c2ce9..ce6587af 100644
--- a/client/src/main.c
+++ b/client/src/main.c
@@ -684,11 +684,12 @@ static int lg_run(void)
   // try to connect to the spice server
   if (g_params.useSpiceInput || g_params.useSpiceClipboard)
   {
-    spice_set_clipboard_cb(
-        cb_spiceNotice,
-        cb_spiceData,
-        cb_spiceRelease,
-        cb_spiceRequest);
+    if (g_params.useSpiceClipboard)
+      spice_set_clipboard_cb(
+          cb_spiceNotice,
+          cb_spiceData,
+          cb_spiceRelease,
+          cb_spiceRequest);
 
     if (!spice_connect(g_params.spiceHost, g_params.spicePort, ""))
     {