diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qmimedata.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qmimedata.cpp
index afbd2adcfed..4237efc8f81 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qmimedata.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qmimedata.cpp
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ void QMimeData::setText(const QString &text)
 */
 bool QMimeData::hasText() const
 {
-    return hasFormat(textPlainLiteral()) || hasUrls();
+    return hasFormat(textPlainLiteral()) || hasFormat(textPlainUtf8Literal()) || hasUrls();
 }
 
 /*!