diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/12534.md b/changelog/unreleased/12534.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e57ec99d596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/12534.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Bugfix: Fix "Copy private link to clipboard" on native Wayland sessions
+
+The "Copy private link to clipboard" action now correctly writes to the
+clipboard on native Wayland sessions. Previously the write was silently
+dropped by the Wayland compositor because the ownCloud daemon has no
+compositor surface.
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/client/issues/12534
diff --git a/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index a51e69a6193..273950295dc 100644
--- a/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -230,4 +230,10 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     if(SharedMimeInfo_FOUND)
         update_xdg_mimetypes( ${KDE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/mime/packages )
     endif(SharedMimeInfo_FOUND)
+
+    option(BUNDLE_WL_COPY "Bundle wl-copy for self-contained builds such as AppImage" OFF)
+    if(BUNDLE_WL_COPY)
+        find_program(WL_COPY_EXECUTABLE wl-copy REQUIRED)
+        install(PROGRAMS ${WL_COPY_EXECUTABLE} DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
+    endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/src/gui/socketapi/socketapi.cpp b/src/gui/socketapi/socketapi.cpp
index 23b888b62d3..ad06142adc9 100644
--- a/src/gui/socketapi/socketapi.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/socketapi/socketapi.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QFileDialog>
+#include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QLocalSocket>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QMetaMethod>
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
 #include <QBuffer>
 
 #include <QClipboard>
+#include <QProcess>
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_MAC
 #include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
@@ -672,7 +674,15 @@ void SocketApi::command_OPEN_PRIVATE_LINK_VERSIONS(const QString &localFile, Soc
 
 void SocketApi::copyUrlToClipboard(const QUrl &link)
 {
-    QApplication::clipboard()->setText(link.toString());
+    if (!qgetenv("WAYLAND_DISPLAY").isEmpty()) {
+        QString wlCopy = QApplication::applicationDirPath() + QStringLiteral("/wl-copy");
+        if (!QFileInfo::exists(wlCopy)) {
+            wlCopy = QStringLiteral("wl-copy");
+        }
+        QProcess::startDetached(wlCopy, {link.toString()});
+    } else {
+        QApplication::clipboard()->setText(link.toString());
+    }
 }
 
 void SocketApi::command_MAKE_AVAILABLE_LOCALLY(const QString &filesArg, SocketListener *)