diff --git a/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.cc b/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.cc
index e6119864cb61..da624a0a1ad3 100644
--- a/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.cc
+++ b/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.cc
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ struct Converter<ui::ClipboardType> {
 
 namespace {
 
+std::vector<base::string16> AvailableFormats(ui::ClipboardType type) {
+  std::vector<base::string16> format_types;
+  bool ignore;
+  ui::Clipboard* clipboard = ui::Clipboard::GetForCurrentThread();
+  clipboard->ReadAvailableTypes(type, &format_types, &ignore);
+  return format_types;
+}
+
 bool Has(const std::string& format_string, ui::ClipboardType type) {
   ui::Clipboard* clipboard = ui::Clipboard::GetForCurrentThread();
   ui::Clipboard::FormatType format(ui::Clipboard::GetFormatType(format_string));
@@ -64,6 +72,24 @@ void WriteText(const base::string16& text, ui::ClipboardType type) {
   writer.WriteText(text);
 }
 
+base::string16 ReadHtml(ui::ClipboardType type) {
+  base::string16 data;
+  base::string16 html;
+  std::string url;
+  uint32 start;
+  uint32 end;
+  ui::Clipboard::GetForCurrentThread()->ReadHTML(type, &html, &url,
+                                                 &start, &end);
+  data = html.substr(start, end - start);
+  return data;
+}
+
+void WriteHtml(const base::string16& html,
+               ui::ClipboardType type) {
+  ui::ScopedClipboardWriter writer(type);
+  writer.WriteHTML(html, std::string());
+}
+
 gfx::Image ReadImage(ui::ClipboardType type) {
   SkBitmap bitmap = ui::Clipboard::GetForCurrentThread()->ReadImage(type);
   return gfx::Image::CreateFrom1xBitmap(bitmap);
@@ -81,10 +107,13 @@ void Clear(ui::ClipboardType type) {
 void Initialize(v8::Local<v8::Object> exports, v8::Local<v8::Value> unused,
                 v8::Local<v8::Context> context, void* priv) {
   mate::Dictionary dict(context->GetIsolate(), exports);
+  dict.SetMethod("_availableFormats", &AvailableFormats);
   dict.SetMethod("_has", &Has);
   dict.SetMethod("_read", &Read);
   dict.SetMethod("_readText", &ReadText);
   dict.SetMethod("_writeText", &WriteText);
+  dict.SetMethod("_readHtml", &ReadHtml);
+  dict.SetMethod("_writeHtml", &WriteHtml);
   dict.SetMethod("_readImage", &ReadImage);
   dict.SetMethod("_writeImage", &WriteImage);
   dict.SetMethod("_clear", &Clear);
diff --git a/atom/common/api/lib/clipboard.coffee b/atom/common/api/lib/clipboard.coffee
index 582feba4b1ef..44dadb8cd9ee 100644
--- a/atom/common/api/lib/clipboard.coffee
+++ b/atom/common/api/lib/clipboard.coffee
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 binding = process.atomBinding 'clipboard'
 module.exports =
+  availableFormats: (type='standard') -> binding._availableFormats type
   has: (format, type='standard') -> binding._has format, type
   read: (format, type='standard') -> binding._read format, type
   readText: (type='standard') -> binding._readText type
   writeText: (text, type='standard') -> binding._writeText text, type
+  readHtml: (type='standard') -> binding._readHtml type
+  writeHtml: (markup, type='standard') -> binding._writeHtml markup, type
   readImage: (type='standard') -> binding._readImage type
   writeImage: (image, type='standard') -> binding._writeImage image, type
   clear: (type='standard') -> binding._clear type
diff --git a/docs/api/clipboard.md b/docs/api/clipboard.md
index c0f830491c1b..b9ca8b3a9b90 100644
--- a/docs/api/clipboard.md
+++ b/docs/api/clipboard.md
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@ Returns the content in clipboard as plain text.
 
 Writes the `text` into clipboard as plain text.
 
+## clipboard.readHtml([type])
+
+* `type` String
+
+Returns the content in clipboard as markup.
+
+## clipboard.writeHtml(markup[, type])
+
+* `markup` String
+* `type` String
+
+Writes the `markup` into clipboard.
+
 ## clipboard.readImage([type])
 
 * `type` String
@@ -49,20 +62,29 @@ Writes the `image` into clipboard.
 
 Clears everything in clipboard.
 
-## clipboard.has(format[, type])
+## clipboard.availableFormats([type])
 
-* `format` String
+Returns an array of supported `format` for the clipboard `type`.
+
+## clipboard.has(data[, type])
+
+* `data` String
 * `type` String
 
-Returns whether clipboard has data in specified `format`.
+Returns whether clipboard supports the format of specified `data`.
+
+```javascript
+var clipboard = require('clipboard');
+console.log(clipboard.has('<p>selection</p>'));
+```
 
 **Note:** This API is experimental and could be removed in future.
 
-## clipboard.read(format[, type])
+## clipboard.read(data[, type])
 
-* `format` String
+* `data` String
 * `type` String
 
-Reads the data in clipboard of the `format`.
+Reads the `data` in clipboard.
 
 **Note:** This API is experimental and could be removed in future.
diff --git a/spec/api-clipboard-spec.coffee b/spec/api-clipboard-spec.coffee
index feadd15b0a6f..429fcbc2d0ad 100644
--- a/spec/api-clipboard-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/api-clipboard-spec.coffee
@@ -18,3 +18,15 @@ describe 'clipboard module', ->
       text = '千江有水千江月，万里无云万里天'
       clipboard.writeText text
       assert.equal clipboard.readText(), text
+
+  describe 'clipboard.readHtml()', ->
+    it 'returns markup correctly', ->
+      text = '<string>Hi</string>'
+      markup =
+        if process.platform is 'darwin'
+          '<meta charset=\'utf-8\'><string>Hi</string>'
+        else
+          '<meta http-equiv="content-type" ' +
+          'content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><string>Hi</string>'
+      clipboard.writeHtml text
+      assert.equal clipboard.readHtml(), markup