diff --git a/lib/ace/textinput.js b/lib/ace/textinput.js
index 076f7875..5391c0e3 100644
--- a/lib/ace/textinput.js
+++ b/lib/ace/textinput.js
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
     var inCompostion = false;
     var copied = false;
 
-    function sendText() {
+    function sendText(valueToSend) {
         if (!copied) {
-            var value = text.value;
+            var value = valueToSend || text.value;
             if (value) {
                 if (value.charCodeAt(value.length-1) == PLACEHOLDER.charCodeAt(0)) {
                     value = value.slice(0, -1);
@@ -116,7 +116,19 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
 
     event.addListener(text, "keypress", onTextInput);
     event.addListener(text, "textInput", onTextInput);
-    event.addListener(text, "paste", onTextInput);
+    event.addListener(text, "paste", function(e) {
+        // Some browsers support the event.clipboardData API. Use this to get
+        // the pasted content which increases speed if pasting a lot of lines.
+        if (e.clipboardData && e.clipboardData.getData) {
+            sendText(e.clipboardData.getData("text/plain"));
+            e.preventDefault();
+        } else
+        // If a browser doesn't support any of the things above, use the regular
+        // method to detect the pasted input.
+        {
+            onTextInput();
+        }
+    });
     event.addListener(text, "propertychange", onTextInput);
 
     event.addListener(text, "copy", onCopy);