diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/clipboard.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/clipboard.kak
index 8aa7eadc..b8347c2e 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/clipboard.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/clipboard.kak
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ declare-option -docstring %{
     Command for copying to system clipboard.
 } str clipboard_copy_cmd 'wl-copy'
 
+declare-option str clipboard_strip_cmd %{
+    perl -ne '
+    BEGIN { $prefix = undef }
+    if (!defined $prefix) {
+        ($prefix) = /^([ \t]*)/;
+    }
+    s/^\Q$prefix\E//;
+    print;
+    ' | wl-copy
+}
+
 declare-option int clip_selcount 0
 
 define-command -hidden clip-trim %{
@@ -12,6 +23,13 @@ define-command -hidden clip-trim %{
     }
 }
 
+define-command clip-copy-strip %{
+    evaluate-commands -save-regs '|' %{
+        set-register | %opt{clipboard_strip_cmd}
+        execute-keys '<a-|><ret>'
+    }
+}
+
 define-command -docstring %{
     clip-copy [-split]: copy selections to system clipboard
         Set the clipboard_copy_cmd option to change the command
@@ -52,6 +70,7 @@ define-command -docstring %{
 
 map -docstring "yank the selections into the clipboard" global user y ": clipboard-copy<ret>"
 map -docstring "yank the split selections into the clipboard" global user Y ": clipboard-copy -split<ret>"
+map -docstring "yank main selection, strip leading whitespace" global user <a-y> ': clip-copy-strip<ret>'
 
 map -docstring "paste the clipboard" global user p "<a-!> wl-paste -n<ret>"
 map -docstring "paste the clipboard before" global user P "! wl-paste -n<ret>"