diff --git a/lib/qtermwidget.cpp b/lib/qtermwidget.cpp
index 1ab2e56..b5056ae 100644
--- a/lib/qtermwidget.cpp
+++ b/lib/qtermwidget.cpp
@@ -556,3 +556,8 @@ void QTermWidget::setSelectionEnd(int& row, int& column)
 {
     m_impl->m_terminalDisplay->screenWindow()->screen()->setSelectionEnd(column, row);
 }
+
+QString QTermWidget::selectedText(bool preserveLineBreaks)
+{
+    return m_impl->m_terminalDisplay->screenWindow()->screen()->selectedText(preserveLineBreaks);
+}
diff --git a/lib/qtermwidget.h b/lib/qtermwidget.h
index 801b776..c3970e1 100644
--- a/lib/qtermwidget.h
+++ b/lib/qtermwidget.h
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ public:
     void getSelectionStart(int& row, int& column);
     void setSelectionEnd(int& row, int& column);
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the currently selected text.
+     * @param preserveLineBreaks Specifies whether new line characters should
+     * be inserted into the returned text at the end of each terminal line.
+     */
+    QString selectedText(bool preserveLineBreaks = true);
+
 signals:
     void finished();
     void copyAvailable(bool);