diff --git a/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.cc b/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.cc
index cb413800be77..01e670be9261 100644
--- a/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.cc
+++ b/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.cc
@@ -54,12 +54,16 @@ std::string Read(const std::string& format_string,
 void Write(const mate::Dictionary& data,
            mate::Arguments* args) {
   ui::ScopedClipboardWriter writer(GetClipboardType(args));
-  base::string16 text, html;
+  base::string16 text, html, bookmark;
   gfx::Image image;
 
-  if (data.Get("text", &text))
+  if (data.Get("text", &text)) {
     writer.WriteText(text);
 
+    if (data.Get("bookmark", &bookmark))
+      writer.WriteBookmark(bookmark, base::UTF16ToUTF8(text));
+  }
+
   if (data.Get("rtf", &text)) {
     std::string rtf = base::UTF16ToUTF8(text);
     writer.WriteRTF(rtf);
@@ -122,6 +126,23 @@ void WriteHtml(const base::string16& html, mate::Arguments* args) {
   writer.WriteHTML(html, std::string());
 }
 
+v8::Local<v8::Value> ReadBookmark(mate::Arguments* args) {
+  base::string16 title;
+  std::string url;
+  mate::Dictionary dict = mate::Dictionary::CreateEmpty(args->isolate());
+  ui::Clipboard* clipboard = ui::Clipboard::GetForCurrentThread();
+  clipboard->ReadBookmark(&title, &url);
+  dict.Set("title", title);
+  dict.Set("url", url);
+  return dict.GetHandle();
+}
+
+void WriteBookmark(const base::string16& title, const std::string& url,
+                   mate::Arguments* args) {
+  ui::ScopedClipboardWriter writer(GetClipboardType(args));
+  writer.WriteBookmark(title, url);
+}
+
 gfx::Image ReadImage(mate::Arguments* args) {
   ui::Clipboard* clipboard = ui::Clipboard::GetForCurrentThread();
   SkBitmap bitmap = clipboard->ReadImage(GetClipboardType(args));
@@ -150,6 +171,8 @@ void Initialize(v8::Local<v8::Object> exports, v8::Local<v8::Value> unused,
   dict.SetMethod("writeRTF", &WriteRtf);
   dict.SetMethod("readHTML", &ReadHtml);
   dict.SetMethod("writeHTML", &WriteHtml);
+  dict.SetMethod("readBookmark", &ReadBookmark);
+  dict.SetMethod("writeBookmark", &WriteBookmark);
   dict.SetMethod("readImage", &ReadImage);
   dict.SetMethod("writeImage", &WriteImage);
   dict.SetMethod("clear", &Clear);
diff --git a/docs/api/clipboard.md b/docs/api/clipboard.md
index c2a16a79b9fb..85712bc651d9 100644
--- a/docs/api/clipboard.md
+++ b/docs/api/clipboard.md
@@ -75,6 +75,20 @@ Returns the content in the clipboard as RTF.
 
 Writes the `text` into the clipboard in RTF.
 
+### `clipboard.readBookmark()` _macOS_ _Windows_
+
+Returns an Object containing `title` and `url` keys representing the bookmark in
+the clipboard. The `title` and `url` values will be empty strings when the
+bookmark is unavailable.
+
+### `clipboard.writeBookmark(title, url[, type])` _macOS_ _Windows_
+
+* `title` String
+* `url` String
+* `type` String (optional)
+
+Writes the `title` and `url` into the clipboard as a bookmark.
+
 ### `clipboard.clear([type])`
 
 * `type` String (optional)
@@ -111,6 +125,8 @@ Reads `data` from the clipboard.
   * `text` String
   * `html` String
   * `image` [NativeImage](native-image.md)
+  * `rtf` String
+  * `bookmark` String - The title of the url at `text`.
 * `type` String (optional)
 
 ```javascript
diff --git a/spec/api-clipboard-spec.js b/spec/api-clipboard-spec.js
index 344e01452fba..25b65b4784d0 100644
--- a/spec/api-clipboard-spec.js
+++ b/spec/api-clipboard-spec.js
@@ -41,6 +41,24 @@ describe('clipboard module', function () {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('clipboard.readBookmark', function () {
+    it('returns title and url', function () {
+      if (process.platform === 'linux') return
+
+      clipboard.writeBookmark('a title', 'http://electron.atom.io')
+      assert.deepEqual(clipboard.readBookmark(), {
+        title: 'a title',
+        url: 'http://electron.atom.io'
+      })
+
+      clipboard.writeText('no bookmark')
+      assert.deepEqual(clipboard.readBookmark(), {
+        title: '',
+        url: ''
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('clipboard.write()', function () {
     it('returns data correctly', function () {
       var text = 'test'
@@ -48,16 +66,22 @@ describe('clipboard module', function () {
       var p = path.join(fixtures, 'assets', 'logo.png')
       var i = nativeImage.createFromPath(p)
       var markup = process.platform === 'darwin' ? "<meta charset='utf-8'><b>Hi</b>" : process.platform === 'linux' ? '<meta http-equiv="content-type" ' + 'content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><b>Hi</b>' : '<b>Hi</b>'
+      var bookmark = {title: 'a title', url: 'test'}
       clipboard.write({
         text: 'test',
         html: '<b>Hi</b>',
         rtf: '{\\rtf1\\utf8 text}',
+        bookmark: 'a title',
         image: p
       })
       assert.equal(clipboard.readText(), text)
       assert.equal(clipboard.readHTML(), markup)
       assert.equal(clipboard.readRTF(), rtf)
       assert.equal(clipboard.readImage().toDataURL(), i.toDataURL())
+
+      if (process.platform !== 'linux') {
+        assert.deepEqual(clipboard.readBookmark(), bookmark)
+      }
     })
   })
 })