diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index a909dc22a..83cce1003 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 - Fix visual problem with stroke cap menu [Taiga #8730](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/8730)
 - Fix issue when exporting libraries when merging libraries [Taiga #8758](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/8758)
 - Fix problem with comments max length [Taiga #8778](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/8778)
+- Fix copy/paste images in Safari [Taiga #8771](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/8771)
 
 ## 2.1.5
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace.cljs
index dd62ff70d..6806ce89b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace.cljs
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@
    [beicon.v2.core :as rx]
    [cljs.spec.alpha :as s]
    [cuerdas.core :as str]
-   [potok.v2.core :as ptk]))
+   [potok.v2.core :as ptk]
+   [promesa.core :as p]))
 
 (def default-workspace-local {:zoom 1})
 (log/set-level! :debug)
@@ -1551,15 +1552,40 @@
                   shapes   (->> (cfh/selected-with-children objects selected)
                                 (keep (d/getf objects)))]
 
-              (->> (rx/from shapes)
-                   (rx/merge-map (partial prepare-object objects frame-id))
-                   (rx/reduce collect-data initial)
-                   (rx/map (partial sort-selected state))
-                   (rx/map (partial advance-copies state selected))
-                   (rx/map #(t/encode-str % {:type :json-verbose}))
-                   (rx/map wapi/write-to-clipboard)
-                   (rx/catch on-copy-error)
-                   (rx/ignore)))))))))
+              ;; The clipboard API doesn't handle well asynchronous calls because it expects to use
+              ;; the clipboard in an user interaction. If you do an async call the callback is outside
+              ;; the thread of the UI and so Safari blocks the copying event.
+              ;; We use the API `ClipboardItem` that allows promises to be passed and so the event
+              ;; will wait for the promise to resolve and everything should work as expected.
+              ;; This only works in the current versions of the browsers.
+              (if (some? (unchecked-get ug/global "ClipboardItem"))
+                (let [resolve-data-promise
+                      (p/create
+                       (fn [resolve reject]
+                         (->> (rx/from shapes)
+                              (rx/merge-map (partial prepare-object objects frame-id))
+                              (rx/reduce collect-data initial)
+                              (rx/map (partial sort-selected state))
+                              (rx/map (partial advance-copies state selected))
+                              (rx/map #(t/encode-str % {:type :json-verbose}))
+                              (rx/map #(wapi/create-blob % "text/plain"))
+                              (rx/subs! resolve reject))))]
+                  (->> (rx/from (wapi/write-to-clipboard-promise "text/plain" resolve-data-promise))
+                       (rx/catch on-copy-error)
+                       (rx/ignore)))
+
+                ;; FIXME: this is to support Firefox versions below 116 that don't support `ClipboardItem`
+                ;; after the version 116 is less common we could remove this.
+                ;; https://caniuse.com/?search=ClipboardItem
+                (->> (rx/from shapes)
+                     (rx/merge-map (partial prepare-object objects frame-id))
+                     (rx/reduce collect-data initial)
+                     (rx/map (partial sort-selected state))
+                     (rx/map (partial advance-copies state selected))
+                     (rx/map #(t/encode-str % {:type :json-verbose}))
+                     (rx/map wapi/write-to-clipboard)
+                     (rx/catch on-copy-error)
+                     (rx/ignore))))))))))
 
 (declare ^:private paste-transit)
 (declare ^:private paste-text)
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/util/webapi.cljs b/frontend/src/app/util/webapi.cljs
index 9d1ba5c2e..2225a96db 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/util/webapi.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/util/webapi.cljs
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@
   (let [cboard (unchecked-get js/navigator "clipboard")]
     (.writeText ^js cboard data)))
 
+(defn write-to-clipboard-promise
+  [mimetype promise]
+  (let [cboard (unchecked-get js/navigator "clipboard")
+        data   (js/ClipboardItem.
+                (-> (obj/create)
+                    (obj/set! mimetype promise)))]
+    (.write ^js cboard #js [data])))
+
 (defn read-from-clipboard
   []
   (try