diff --git a/debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py b/debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py
index bad88c7f18..b025fb17c5 100644
--- a/debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py
+++ b/debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py
@@ -611,11 +611,14 @@ class Window (object):
     @action
     def handle_edit_copy_line_action_activate (self, action):
 
-        # TODO: Should probably copy the _exact_ line as taken from the file.
+        line_index = self.get_active_line_index ()
+        model = self.log_view.get_model ()
+        line_offset = model.line_offsets[line_index]
 
-        line = self.get_active_line ()
-        log_line = Data.LogLine (line)
-        self.clipboard.set_text (log_line.line_string ())
+        line_text = model.access_offset (line_offset).strip ()
+        line_text = Data.strip_escape (line_text)
+
+        self.clipboard.set_text (line_text)
 
     @action
     def handle_edit_copy_message_action_activate (self, action):