diff --git a/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js b/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js
index 3ad20179..6264eacb 100644
--- a/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js
+++ b/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ var event = require("../lib/event");
 var useragent = require("../lib/useragent");
 var dom = require("../lib/dom");
 var lang = require("../lib/lang");
+var BROKEN_SETDATA = useragent.isChrome < 18;
 
 var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
     var text = dom.createElement("textarea");
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
 
         var clipboardData = e.clipboardData || window.clipboardData;
 
-        if (clipboardData) {
+        if (clipboardData && !BROKEN_SETDATA) {
             // Safari 5 has clipboardData object, but does not handle setData()
             var supported = clipboardData.setData("Text", data);
             if (supported) {
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
         }
 
         var clipboardData = e.clipboardData || window.clipboardData;
-        if (clipboardData) {
+        if (clipboardData && !BROKEN_SETDATA) {
             // Safari 5 has clipboardData object, but does not handle setData()
             var supported = clipboardData.setData("Text", data);
             if (supported) {